Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) | |||
| Country | Armenia | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Depi Evratesil Song: Internal Selection | |||
| Selection date | 24 December 2016 Song: 9 March 2017 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Fly with Me" | |||
| Artist | Artsvik | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 152 points) | |||
| Final result | 18th, 79 points | |||
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Armenia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Fly with Me" written by Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan, Avet Barseghyan and David Tserunyan. The song was performed by Artsvik, who was selected through the national final Depi Evratesil organised by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final involved 75 contestants and took place over three months. Two contestants ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 24 December 2016 where a jury panel and a public televote selected Artsvik as the winner. The song "Fly with Me" was selected internally and later presented to the public on 18 March 2017.
Armenia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 16, "Fly with Me" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 152 points. In the final, Armenia performed in position 5 and placed eighteenth out of the 26 participating countries with 79 points.