(, , ) is an Armenian music entertainment show created by Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV). It was used as the Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in , , , and .
Its first season concluded on 24 December 2016 with the selection of Artsvik as Armenia's Eurovision representative. The second season took place in 2018, and selected Sevak Khanagyan with the song "Qami". In , the show was not renewed for a third season, and the Armenian entry for the contest was selected internally. The show returned for a third season in and a fourth season in .
Summary
Season 1 (2016–17)
Season 1 of was announced on 1July 2016. It was later confirmed that former Armenian Eurovision entrants Essaï Altounian, Inga and Anush Arshakyan, Hayko, Aram Mp3, and Iveta Mukuchyan would serve as judges on the show, each creating their own team of contestants and mentoring them through the show in a similar way to The Voice. Contestants took part in auditions from 22October to 12November 2016, where those successful were selected by the judges to be part of one of their teams. Afterwards, the contestants battled each other from 19 November to 3 December to make the semifinals. The semifinals were held on 10and 17 December. Artsvik was declared the winner of on the final held on 24 December. Judge Artist Draw Song 1 Draw Song 2 Percentage Place Anush Marta 1"Don't Stop the Music"/"Only Girl (In the World)" 3 "Tsov" 29% 2 Essaï Artsvik 2 "I Have Nothing" 4 "Aprelu april" 71% 1
Season 2 (2018)
Season 2 of was confirmed in October 2017. Unlike the previous season, artists entered with their own original songs, instead of performing covers throughout the course of the show. It aired in February 2018. The twenty selected finalists were revealed on 27 December 2017.
Draw Artist Song Points Place 1Sevak Khanagyan"Qami" 24 12Gevorg Harutyunyan"Stand Up" 8 73Lusine Mardanyan"If You Don't Walk Me Home"8 84Kamil Show"Puerto Rico" 12 45Amalia Margaryan"Waiting for the Sun" 15 3 6Nemra"I'm a Liar" 18 2 7Mariam Petrosyan"Fade" 958Mger Armenia"Forever" 7 9 9Robert Koloyan"Get Away With Us" 61010Asmik Shiroyan"You and I" 9 6
Season 3 (2020)
In November 2019, it was confirmed that would return for a third season in 2020, after not being held in 2019. As in 2018, the contest selected both the Armenian song and artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The contest consisted of a single show on 15 February 2020.
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace1Agop"Butterflies"75102Karina Evn"Why?"8483Hayk Music"What Is To Be In Love"57124Erna"Life Faces"12025Eva Rida"No Love"8486Athena Manoukian"Chains on You"16817Gabriel Jeeg"It's Your Turn"9958Sergey & Nikolay Harutyunov"Ha, Take a Step"9669Miriam Baghdasaryan"Run Away"108410Vladimir Arzumanyan"What's Going On Mama"118311Arthur Aleq"Heaven"651112Tokionine"Save Me"966
Season 4 (2025)
AMPTV confirmed its intention to participate in the on 30 November 2024, announcing that its entry would again be selected through . The competition took place on 16 February 2025 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan. Draw Artist Song Points Place 1Parg"Survivor"21412Sevagir"Falling"35123Anahit Adamyan"Tiny Little Boo"9654Mels"Losing"9165Simon ""19726Flora Bichakhchyan"Prayer"7587Gevorg Harutyunyan"Hey Man"7878Altsight"Dare to Dream"41119Anahit Hakobyan and Gasoiia"Wild"115410Arsen Kamil"Will You Marry Me?"42911Milena Mirijanyan"Romantic Net"421012Athena Manoukian"Daqueenation"1923
On 26 February 2018, ARMTV announced a spin-off called (; "Towards Junior Eurovision"). This spin-off was used to select the Armenian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The show was won by L.E.V.O.N with the song of the same name, which placed 9th in the contest with 125 points, serving as Armenia's worst result to date. The show was once again used to select the Armenian artist and song for the contest, and was won by the song "Colours of Your Dream", performed by Karina Ignatyan, which represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, coming 9th again with 115 points.
Season 1 (2018)
The first season consisted of two semi-finals held on 9 and 16 September 2018, and a final held on 22 September 2018. Twenty-three artists and songs competed, with ten competing in the final.
Draw Artist Song Place Points 1 Lia "Kamac-kamac" 9 92 Anahit Arakelyan "Shabadibam" 8 113 Harut Harutyunyan "Amar e" 10 64 Lily "Payqar" 5 155 Vova "Leggo" 3 236 Serzh Arakelyan "Good Mood" 6 13 7 Vardan Margaryan "Janaparh" 2 268 Eliza "Im erazanq" 7 12 9 L.E.V.O.N "L.E.V.O.N" 1 2810 Ani "Angels" 4 18
Season 2 (2019)
The second season contained only one episode, aired on 15 September. The ten finalists were revealed on 3 September along with their competing entries.
Draw Artist Song Place Points1 Karina Ignatyan"Colours of Your Dream" 1 1382 Narek Markosyan "Im ergy" 10 423 Anzhela Albertyan "Khaghanq khaghagh" 5 754 Roza Eloyan "Im qaghaq" 3 975 Robert Bagratyan "Captain Friendship" 4 816 Emily Hovhannisyan "Parum enq pary" 9 437 Anishock "Selfie Yerevan" 8 648 Ani Atayan "Every Time" 7 759 Vardan Margaryan "La La La" 2 13510 Anahit Arakelyan "Chem handznvi" 6 75
Winners
Depi Evratesil SeasonSongArtistAt EurovisionFinalPointsSemiPoints1 "Fly With Me" Artsvik187971522 "Qami" Sevak Khanagyancolspan="2" 15793 "Chains on You" Athena Manoukiancolspan="4" 3 "Survivor" Parg20721051
Depi Mankakan Evratesil SeasonSongArtistAt Junior EurovisionFinalPoints1"L.E.V.O.N"L.E.V.O.N 9 1252"Colours of Your Dream"Karina Ignatyan9115
See also
Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest Television in Armenia
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