Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) | |||
| Country |  Armenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Depi Evratesil 2025 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 16 February 2025 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Parg | |||
| Selected song | "Survivor" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Armenia will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Survivor", written by Alex Wilke, Armen Paul, Benjamin Alasu, Eva Voskanian, Joshua Curran, Martin Mooradian, Pargev Vardanyan, and Thomas G:son, and performed by Vardanyan himself under his stage name Parg. The Armenian participating broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), organised the national final Depi Evratesil 2025 to select its entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2025 contest, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Armenia sixteen times since its first entry in 2006.[1] Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, had been fourth place, achieved on two occasions: in 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé" performed by Sirusho and in 2014 with the song "Not Alone" performed by Aram Mp3. It had, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on three occasions, namely in 2011, 2018, and 2019. AMPTV briefly withdrew from the contest on two occasions: in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then-host country Azerbaijan, and in 2021 due to social and political crises in the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2][3] In 2024, "Jako" performed by Ladaniva qualified to the final and placed eighth.[4]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, AMPTV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. It had used various methods to select its entry in the past, such as internal selections and a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. Between 2014 and 2016, and again between 2022 and 2024, the broadcaster internally selected both the artist and the song, while the national final Depi Evratesil was organised in 2017, 2018 and 2020.[5][6] AMPTV confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 30 November 2024, announcing that its entry would again be selected through Depi Evratesil.[6]
Before Eurovision
[edit]Depi Evratesil 2025
[edit]Depi Evratesil 2025 was the fourth edition of Depi Evratesil, the national final organised by AMPTV in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition took place on 16 February 2025 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, hosted by Ani Khachikyan and 2014 Armenian entrant Aram Mp3.[7][8] The show was broadcast on Armenia 1, as well as online via the broadcaster's website 1tv.am and internationally via the Eurovision Song Contest's official YouTube channel.[9][10]
Competing entries
[edit]On 6 December 2024, AMPTV opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition until 10 January 2025. All entrants were to be citizens or residents of Armenia or of Armenian descent, while songwriters could be of any nationality.[11][12] Twelve finalists were selected by a jury following an audition round and revealed on 6 February 2025, while their songs, originally to be unveiled on the day of the final, were released on 9 February 2025.[13][14] Among the selected competing artists was Athena Manoukian, who was due to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before its cancellation, as well as Anahit Adamyan, who represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 alongside Mary Vardanyan.[13]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Altsight | "Dare to Dream" | Sargis Burnazyan |
| Anahit Adamyan | "Tiny Little Boo" |
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| Anahit Hakobyan and Gasoiia | "Wild" |
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| Arsen feat. Kamil | "Will You Marry Me?" |
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| Athena Manoukian | "Daqueenation" |
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| Flora Bichakhchyan | "Prayer" | Flora Bichakhchyan |
| Gevorg Harutyunyan | "Hey Man" |
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| Mels | "Losing" |
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| Milena Mirijanyan | "Romantic Net" | Nick Egibyan |
| Parg | "Survivor" |
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| Sevagir | "Falling" | Em Kalmukhyan |
| Simon | "Ay paparey bye" (Այ պապարեյ բյե) |
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Final
[edit]The final took place on 16 February 2025. The winner, "Survivor" performed by Parg, was selected based on the combination of votes from an international jury (1/3), a national jury (1/3) and a televote (1/3).[15] Both juries consisted of seven members who distributed their points following the same pattern used in the Eurovision Song Contest, i.e. 12, 10 and 8–1 points to their ten favourites; the international jury consisted of Alexandra Redde-Amiel, Felix Bergsson, Julian Gutierrez, Natia Mshvenieradze, Nicoline Refsing, Sergio Jaén and Stefano Karakocci, while the national jury consisted of Anush Ter-Ghukasyan, Aram Sukiasyan, Artur Yezekyan, David Babakhanyan, David Tserunyan, Hovhannes Movsisyan and Tigran Virabyan.[16][15] In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Maléna, who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Armenia, with "Flashing Lights", host Aram Mp3 with "Not Alone", and Brunette, who represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, with "Future Lover", "No Energy" and "Superstar Illness".[17]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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| Intl. | National | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Parg | "Survivor" | 62 | 68 | 7,087 | 84 | 214 | 1 |
| 2 | Sevagir | "Falling" | 15 | 20 | 553 | 0 | 35 | 12 |
| 3 | Anahit Adamyan | "Tiny Little Boo" | 32 | 29 | 2,271 | 35 | 96 | 5 |
| 4 | Mels | "Losing" | 25 | 38 | 2,006 | 28 | 91 | 6 |
| 5 | Simon | "Ay paparey bye" | 76 | 72 | 4,337 | 49 | 197 | 2 |
| 6 | Flora Bichakhchyan | "Prayer" | 32 | 22 | 1,697 | 21 | 75 | 8 |
| 7 | Gevorg Harutyunyan | "Hey Man" | 20 | 16 | 2,850 | 42 | 78 | 7 |
| 8 | Altsight | "Dare to Dream" | 29 | 12 | 263 | 0 | 41 | 11 |
| 9 | Anahit Hakobyan and Gasoiia | "Wild" | 25 | 34 | 4,969 | 56 | 115 | 4 |
| 10 | Arsen feat. Kamil | "Will You Marry Me?" | 11 | 24 | 905 | 7 | 42 | 9 |
| 11 | Milena Mirijanyan | "Romantic Net" | 19 | 9 | 1,302 | 14 | 42 | 9 |
| 12 | Athena Manoukian | "Daqueenation" | 60 | 62 | 5,062 | 70 | 192 | 3 |
References
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- ^ a b Granger, Anthony (30 November 2024). "Armenia: Depi Evratesil Returns as National Selection for Eurovision in 2025". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "«Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ»-ը տեղի կունենա փետրվարի 16-ին. Առաջին ալիքը մանրամասներ է հայտնել" ["Depi Evratesil" will take place on February 16. First Channel has announced details]. 1lurer.am (in Armenian). AMPTV. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ AMPTV [@armpublictv] (12 February 2024). "«Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ 2025»-ի հաղորդավարներն են Արամ MP3-ն և Անի Խաչիկյանը։" [The hosts of "Depi Evratesil 2025" are Aram MP3 and Ani Khachikyan.] – via Instagram.
- ^ "«Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ»-ը տեղի կունենա փետրվարի 16-ին. Առաջին ալիքը մանրամասներ է հայտնել" ["Depi Evratesil" will take place on February 16. First Channel has announced details]. 1lurer.am (in Armenian). AMPTV. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Armenia 2025: Your guide to 'Depi Evratesil'". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ Farren, Neil (6 December 2024). "🇦🇲 Armenia: Depi Evratesil 2025 Submission Window Open". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Բարի գալուստ «Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ 2025» մրցույթի լսումների գրանցման էջ" [Welcome to the "Depi Evratesil 2025" auditions registration page]. Eurovision.am (in Armenian). AMPTV. 6 December 2024. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ a b Farren, Neil (6 February 2025). "🇦🇲 Armenia: Depi Evratesil 2025 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Հայտնի են «Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ» նախագծի մասնակիցների անունները" [The names of the participants of the "Depi Evratesil" project are known.]. Panorama.am (in Armenian). 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Granger, Anthony (17 February 2025). "🇦🇲 Armenia: Depi Evratesil 2025 Jurors & Televoting Results Released". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Ljuština, Stevan (16 February 2025). "Jermenija 2025 | Parg predstavlja Jermeniju" [Armenia 2025 | Parg will represent Armenia]. Evrovizija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ AMPTV [@armpublictv] (11 February 2025). "«Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ» նախագծի հատուկ հյուրերն են «Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2021»-ի հաղթող Մալենան, ով պատվով Հայաստանին հաղթանակ բերեց, և «Եվրատեսիլ 2023»-ի մասնակից Բրյունետը։" [The special guests of the "Depi Evratesil" project are Maléna, the winner of Junior Eurovision 2021, who brought Armenia victory with honor, and Brunette, a participant in Eurovision 2023.] (in Armenian) – via Instagram.
- ^ Večić, Tamara (10 February 2025). "🇦🇲 Armenia: Depi Evratesil 2025 Running Order Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 February 2025.