Armenia: Parg wins Depi Evratesil and heads to Eurovision 2025

After internally selecting their representatives since 2022, Armenia has returned to a national final format this year to determine their Eurovision 2025 representative. The last time Armenia went this route was in 2020.

12 acts chosen by Armenian broadcaster AMPTV took part in Depi Evratesil this year in hopes of getting the votes to take the victory. All the acts performed their songs, which were released just a week prior, with only one that could emerge on top.

Now we know who is waving Armenia's flag: it's Parg with "Survivor" after winning Depi Evratesil 2025.

"Survivor" was written by Alex Wilke, Armen Paul, Benji Alasu, Eva Voskanian, Joshua Curran, Martin Mooradian, Parg, and Thomas G:son.

This evening Armenian broadcaster AMPTV hosted Depi Evratesil at the Karen Demirchyan Complex in Yerevan. The show was hosted by Aram MP3 and Ani Khachikyan.

The show also featured intervals acts from JESC winner from Armenia in 2021, Maléna, 2014 Eurovision representative Aram MP3 performing his entry "Not Alone," and 2023 representative Brunette performing a medley including a rendition of her entry "Future Lover."

Parg will take the Eurovision stage for Armenia in the first half of Semi-final 2 on 15 May.

Parg

Parg is an Armenian singer from Gavar, Sevan. He's known for using a dynamic blend of indie pop and alternative alongside his raspy voice and poetic lyrics.

He first released songs on Spotify back in 2020, with his 2022 song "SNAP" accumulating over 500,000 streams. Parg likes to draw inspiration from personal experiences to help create music about resilience, identity and love.

Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Armenia has been in Eurovision since 2006, participating 16 times (all the years except 2012 and 2021), with very good results: 8 out of the 16 times Armenia finished in top-10!

Their best results are two 4th place positions (2008 and 2014), and they have qualified for the Grand Final 13 out of 16 times.