Two contestants ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 24 December 2016 where a jury panel and a public televote selected Artsvik as the winner.

Performing during the show in position 16, "Fly with Me" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May.

The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2012 due to long-standing tensions with then host country Azerbaijan.

[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] The competition involved a three-month-long process that commenced on 1 October 2016 and concluded with a winning artist on 24 December 2016.

The judging panel was made up of six previous Armenian Eurovision entrants and consisted of:[5] On 6 July 2016, AMPTV announced an online application period with a deadline of 13 November 2015.

[4] The broadcaster received more than 120 applications at the closing of the deadline, among them being artists from the worldwide Armenian diaspora in the United States, France, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Lebanon.

The two finalists that qualified from the second semi-final competed and the winner, Artsvik, was selected by the 50/50 combination of votes from a seven-member Panarmenian jury panel with members from the worldwide Armenian diaspora and a public televote.

Pan-Armenian Jury Members Following Artsvik's win at Depi Evratesil 2017 on 24 December 2016, AMPTV announced a public call for song submissions with a deadline of 30 January 2017.

[7] Artsvik filmed the official video for the song prior to the presentation, which was directed by Arthur Manukyan.

[6] Artsvik made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Fly with Me" as the Armenian Eurovision entry.

[8][9] On 14 April, Artsvik performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir.

[12] On 31 January 2017, 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.

The LED screens projected old traditional images in pink and purple colours with a hologram of a bird appearing and flying away at the end of the performance.

[18][19] At the end of the show, Armenia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.

Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

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

The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.