Depi Evratesil


Depi Evratesil is an Armenian music entertainment show created by the Armenian broadcaster 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.

Summary

Season 1 (2016-17)

Season 1 of Depi Evratesil 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 Depi Evratesil on the final held on 24 December. A mix of jury voting and televotes determined the results in the semifinals and final, while the judges decided who would advance in the earlier rounds. The Eurovision entry, Fly with Me, was selected by the broadcaster months afterwards.
JudgeArtistDrawFirst songDrawArmenian hitPlacePoints
AnushMarta13"Tsov" 229%
EssaïArtsvik2"I Have Nothing"4"Aprelu april" 171%

Season 2 (2018)

Season 2 of Depi Evratesil 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.
DrawArtistSongPlacePoints
1Sevak Khanagyan"Qami"124
2Gevorg Harutyunyan"Stand Up"78
3Lusine Mardanyan"If You Don't Walk Me Home"88
4Kamil Show"Puerto Rico"412
5Amaliya Margaryan"Waiting for the Sun"315
6Nemra"I'm a Liar"218
7Mariam Petrosyan"Fade"59
8Mger Armenia"Forever"97
9Robert Koloyan"Get Away With Us"106
10Asmik Shiroyan"You and I"69

Season 3 (2020)

In November 2019, it was confirmed that the contest 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.
DrawArtistSongPlacePoints
1Agop"Butterflies"1075
2Karina Evn"Why?"884
3Hayk Music"What Is To Be In Love"1257
4Erna"Life Faces"2120
5Eva Rida"No Love"884
6Athena Manoukian"Chains on You"1168
7Gabriel Jeeg"It's Your Turn"599
8Sergey & Nikolay Harutyunov"Ha, Take a Step"696
9Miriam Baghdasaryan"Run Away"4108
10Vladimir Arzumanyan"What's Going On Mama"3118
11Arthur Aleq"Heaven"1165
12Tokionine"Save Me"696

''Depi Mankakan Evratesil''

On 26 February 2018, ARMTV announced a spin-off called Depi Mankakan Evratesil. 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. Here are the results from the final for the inaugural season:
DrawArtistSongPlacePoints
1Lia"Kamac-kamac"99
2Anahit Arakelyan"Shabadibam"811
3Harut Harutyunyan"Amar e"106
4Lily"Payqar"515
5Vova"Leggo"323
6Serzh Arakelyan"Good Mood"613
7Vardan Margaryan"Janaparh"226
8Eliza"Im erazanq"712
9L.E.V.O.N"L.E.V.O.N"128
10Ani"Angels"418

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.
DrawArtistSongPlacePoints
1Karina Ignatyan"Colours of Your Dream"1138
2Narek Markosyan"Im ergy"1042
3Anzhela Albertyan"Khaghanq khaghagh"575
4Roza Eloyan"Im qaghaq"397
5Robert Bagratyan"Captain Friendship"481
6Emily Hovhannisyan"Parum enq pary"943
7Anishock"Selfie Yerevan"864
8Ani Atayan"Every Time"775
9Vardan Margaryan"La La La"2135
10Anahit Arakelyan"Chem handznvi"675

Winners

''Depi Evratesil''

''Depi Mankakan Evratesil''