Armenia kicks off 'Depi Evratesil' for Eurovision 2017

The national selection season for Eurovision 2017, officially kicked off tonight with the first show of Armenia’s three month long selection show ‘Depi Evratesil’ (To Eurovision).
In tonight’s show that aired on Armenian public television channel ARMTV, 25 participants auditioned in front of judges Hayko (2007), Inga and Anush (2009 and 2015), Aram MP3 (2014), Essai (Geneology 2015) and Iveta Mukuchyan (2016). Out of the 25 participants 12 qualified to the next stage of the selection show.
The qualifiers from tonight’s show were:
* Saro Gevorgyan
* Artsvik
* Egine
* Alexander Plato
* Mary Mheryan
* Vahe Aleksanyan
* Mariam Yevriyan
* Syuzanna Melqonyan
* Amalya Margaryan
* Kristina Avetisyan
* Anna Sedrakyan
* Only Girls
‘Depi Evratesil’ continues next Saturday, the 8th of October at 8:05pm BST (9:05CET) on ARMTV, where more participants will audition in the hope to represent Armenia at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev.