Country Armenia Selected song "Lonely Planet" | Selected entrant Dorians | |
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Selection process Artist: Internal selection
Song: National Final Selection date(s) Artist: 22 January 2013
Song: 2 March 2013 Semi-final result Qualified (7th, 69 points) | ||
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Armenian entry was selected through a combination of an internal selection to select the artist and a national final to select the song, organised by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV). Dorians represented Armenia with the song "Lonely Planet", which qualified from the second semi-final of the competition and placed 18th in the final, scoring 41 points.
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Internal selection
On 22 January 2013, ARMTV announced that they had internally selected Gor Sujyan to represent Armenia. It was later decided that Gor Sujyan would perform at Eurovision with his band Dorians.
National Final
The national final to select Armenia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest took place on 2 March 2013, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan. A submission period was opened from 22 January until 20 February and 70 applications in total were received from composers from Spain, Belgium, Sweden, France and Armenia. Gor Sujyan performed four songs, supported on stage by his band Dorians, with the names of the composers of the songs being withheld until after the competition. A combination of public and jury votes chose "Lonely Planet", music by Tony Iommi and lyrics by Vardan Zadoyan, as the winning song.
The interval acts during the event were Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Armenian representatives Compass Band performing their entry "Sweetie Baby", 2013 Georgian representatives Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani performing the Georgian entry "Waterfall" and 2013 Maltese representative Gianluca Bezzina performing the Maltese entry "Tomorrow".
The professional jury consisted of: Sergey Smbatyan (Conductor and Art director of State Youth Orchestra of Armenia), Sona (singer), Erik Antaranyan (Television host), Gevorg Hakobyan (opera singer) and Karen Kazaryan (Producer).
At Eurovision
Armenia was allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May for a place in the final on 18 May. In the second semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Armenia would perform 11th, following Israel and preceding Hungary.
Armenia qualified from the second semi-final, placing 7th and scoring 69 points. At the second semi-final winners' press conference, Armenia was allocated to perform in the first half of the final. In the final, the producers of the show decided that Armenia would perform 12th, following Germany and preceding the Netherlands. Armenia placed 18th in the final, scoring 41 points.