Artsvik Boriki Harutyunyan ( ; ; 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 was represented at 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 nationa ...

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 ( ) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative centre of the Kapan Municipality and also as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji (river), Voghji River and is on the norther ...

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

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

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

speech therapist Speech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language. Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a language's lexicon. There are many different intentional speech acts, suc ...

Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow State Pedagogical University or Moscow State University of Education is an educational and scientific institution in Moscow, Russia, with eighteen faculties and seven branches operational in other Russian cities. The institution had under ...

2013: ''Golos''

In 2013, Artsvik became a contestant on season two of '' Golos'', the Russian version of '' The Voice''. Artsvik was eliminated in the battle rounds.

2016–present: Eurovision Song Contest 2017

In 2016, Artsvik was announced as a participant in '' Depi Evratesil'', the Armenian national selection to find their entrant in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song " 1944" by Jamala. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) an ...

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

Essaï Altounian Essaï Altounian (; born November 5, 1980), sometimes credited as simply Essaï, is a French-Armenian artist. Biography Essaï Altounian was born on November 5, 1980, in Paris, France. His grandparents escaped from Kharpet during the Armenian ...

'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 (; born July 4, 1985) is an Armenian director and producer, best known for producing and directing music videos of Armenian singers. He also directed dozens of television projects and events. Biography Arthur Manukyan was born ...

Discography

Singles

References

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