| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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| Country |  Armenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Evrotesil 2013 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 22 January 2013 Song: 2 March 2013 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dorians | |||
| Selected song | "Lonely Planet" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 69 points) | |||
| Final result | 18th, 41 points | |||
| Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Lonely Planet" written by Tony Iommi and Vardan Zadoyan. The song was performed by the band Dorians, which was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. In May 2012, Armenia announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2012 due to tensions with then host country Azerbaijan. Gor Sujyan was announced as the Armenian artist on 22 January 2013, while the song was selected through a national final, which took place on 2 March 2013 where four songs competed. "Lonely Planet" was selected as the winning song following the combination of votes from a professional jury and a public televote. Sujyan later announced that he would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of Dorians.
Armenia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 11, "Lonely Planet" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Armenia placed seventh out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 69 points. In the final, Armenia performed in position 12 and placed eighteenth out of the 26 participating countries with 41 points.