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.

"Lonely Planet" was selected as the winning song following the combination of votes from a professional jury and a public televote.

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.

[2] Following their one-year absence, AMPTV confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest on 27 May 2012.

[3] Armenia has used various methods to select the Armenian entry in the past, such as a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision.

[4] Following their artist reveal, AMPTV announced a public call for song submissions with a deadline of 20 February 2013.

[5] More than 70 songs were submitted by songwriters worldwide and a jury panel together with Gor Sujyan selected four songs to proceed to the national final, which took place on 2 March 2013 at the AMPTV studios in Yerevan, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan.

[9] The jury consisted of Sergey Smbatyan (conductor and director of State Youth Orchestra of Armenia), Sona (singer), Erik Antaranyan (television host), Gevorg Hakobyan (opera singer) and Karen Kazaryan (producer).

[11] The band later filmed the official video for "Lonely Planet", which was directed by Suren Tadevosyan and was released on 18 March 2013.

On 17 January 2013, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.

[16][17] At the end of the show, Armenia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.