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Date(s) | Auditions 1 October 2016 8 October 2016 15 October 2016 Judges’ Selection 22 October 2016 29 October 2016 5 November 2016 12 November 2016 One of Two 19 November 2016 26 November 2016 3 December 2016 Semi-finals 10 December 2016 17 December 2016 Final 24 December 2016 |
Venue | ARMTV TV Studios, Yerevan |
Host(s) | Gohar Gasparyan |
Voting Method | 50% Jury 50% SMS Voting |
Winner | Artsvik |
The Armenian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was determined through the “Depi Evratesil” talent show. Auditions were held in September 2016 open to Armenian artists or artists of Armenian descent. 80 acts were selected to progress to the televised competition, broadcast in October 2016. Each act had two minutes to perform and convince the judges; contestants progressed to the next stage if 3 or more judges liked the contestant and pressed their button. 37 acts progressed to the next stage, where each judge had to pick 4 acts to join their team. In the last 10 seconds of each participant’s performance the judges could press their button if they wanted them to join their team – the first judge to press the button won the contestant.
In the third stage each judge’s acts competed against one another, with one act eliminated from the competition. After the performances five judges could give one vote to their favourite act, while the acts’ own judge could give three points. The final two artists on each team then competed against each other, with their own judge having the final say on who progressed. The remaining acts, one from each judge, then competed against each other, with two eliminated in each semi-final until two acts remained in the final. All songs performed were cover versions.
Judge | Top 24 Artists | |||
Anush Arshakyan | Marta | Alexander Plato | Stepan Hovhannisyan | Anna Sedrakyan |
Hayko | Egine | Anna Danielyan | Amaliya Margaryan | Yeva Kans |
Iveta Mukuchyan | Vahe Aleksanyan | Hasmik Shiroyan | Sona Dunoyan | Christina Mangasaryan |
Aram MP3 | Lucy | Lilit Harutyunyan | Saro Gevorgyan | Jujo |
Inga Arshakyan | Syuzanna Melqonyan | Gevorg Harutyunyan | Karina Harutyunyan | Narine Jinanyan |
Essaï Altounian | Artsvik | Opera Viva | Only Girls | Marissa |
Semi-final 1 | |||||||
# | Judge | Artist | Jury | Public | Total | Result | |
1 | Anush Arshakyan | Marta | 48 | 25.9% | 49 | 97 | 1st |
2 | Essaï Altounian | Artsvik | 32 | 20.6% | 39 | 71 | 2nd |
3 | Hayko | Egine | 25 | 17.5% | 33 | 58 | 4th |
4 | Aram MP3 | Lucy | 20 | 9.0% | 17 | 37 | 6th |
5 | Inga Arshakyan | Syuzanna Melqonyan | 31 | 19.1% | 36 | 67 | 3rd |
6 | Iveta Mukuchyan | Vahe Aleksanyan | 33 | 7.9% | 15 | 48 | 5th |
Semi-final 2 | |||||||
# | Judge | Artist | Jury | Public | Total | Result | |
1 | Anush Arshakyan | Marta | 21 | 36.4% | 40 | 61 | 2nd |
2 | Inga Arshakyan | Syuzanna Melqonyan | 30 | 21.8% | 24 | 54 | 3rd |
3 | Essaï Altounian | Artsvik | 35 | 24.6% | 27 | 62 | 1st |
4 | Hayko | Egine | 24 | 17.2% | 19 | 43 | 4th |
Final | ||||||
# | Judge | Artist | Jury | Public | Total | Result |
1 | Anush Arshakyan | Marta | 19% | 10% | 29% | 2nd |
2 | Essaï Altounian | Artsvik | 31% | 40% | 71% | 1st |
At Eurovision, the winning artist Artsvik performed the song Fly With Me.