[2] 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.

[3][4] Lead singer of System of a Down Serj Tankian later denied their participation in the contest with AMPTV subsequently announcing the organization of a national final to select the Armenian entry.

[5] Evrotesil 2009 was the national final that selected the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

The competition took place on 14 February 2009 at the Sport and Concert Complex in Yerevan, hosted by Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan and broadcast on Channel 1.

[10] Following Inga and Anush's win at the Armenian national final, Azerbaijani press claimed that "Jan Jan" had fully copied the song "Nakhchivani", which was composed more than 30 years ago by Azerbaijani composer Tofig Guliyev.

On 4 April, Inga and Anush performed during the Armenia Tashir Awards which was held in Moscow, Russia.

[5] On 18 April, Inga and Anush performed during the Eurovision Promo Concert, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Marga Bult and Maggie MacNeal.

[13] All countries except the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the host country, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.

[5] The singers then stood up with the dancers leaving the pedestal to perform a dance routine on the stage floor.

[15][16] 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 judged each entry 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 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.