Artsvik Harutyunyan ( arm, Արծվիկ Հարությունյան ; russian: Арцвик Арутюнян; born 21 October 1984), better known as simply Artsvik, is a Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter. She represented

Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Armenia participated in 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 f ...

with the song " Fly with Me" finishing in 18th place.

Life and career

Early life

Artsvik was born on 21 October 1984 in

Kapan Kapan ( hy, Կապան) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative center of the urban community of Kapan as well as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji River and is on the nort ...

. When she was five years old, the family left Armenia for Russia, settling in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. After graduating from high school, Artsvik studied to become a

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2013: ''Golos''

In 2013, Artsvik became a contestant on

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of ''

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'', the Russian version of ''

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''. Artsvik was eliminated in the battle rounds.

2016–present: Eurovision Song Contest 2017

In 2016, Artsvik was announced as a participant in ''

Depi Evratesil ''Depi Evratesil'' ( arm, Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ; "Towards Eurovision"; ) is an Armenian music entertainment show created by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television company of Armenia, AMPTV. It was used as the Armenia in the Eurovision Son ...

'', the Armenian national selection to find their entrant in the

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. During her time on the show, she was a member of

Essaï Altounian Essaï Altounian ( hy, Եսայի Ալթունյան, in Western Armenian ) born on 5 November 1980), sometimes credited as simply Essaï, is a French-Armenian singer, songwriter, keyboardist, music producer and an actor. Biography Essaï Alt ...

's team. She was announced the winner on 24 December 2016, and represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song " Fly with Me". The director of the music video on the song is

Arthur Manukyan Arthur Manukyan ( hy, Արթուր Մանուկյան, born July 4, 1985) is an Armenian director and producer. He is known for being the producer and director of music videos of Armenian singers. He directed dozens of television projects and eve ...

Discography

Singles

References

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