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Armenia has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2007. Armenian Public Television (ARMTV), a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have been responsible for the selection process of their participants since their debut.

The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2007 contest was Arevik with the song "Erazanq" (Երազանք), which finished in second place out of 17 participating entries, achieving a score of 136 points. Since their debut, Armenia had never missed an edition of the contest, with the exception of 2020 (due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war), and won twice, in 2010 with the song "Mama" (Մամա) by Vladimir Arzumanyan and in 2021 with the song "Qami Qami" (Քամի Քամի) by Maléna.[1][2] The worst result to date was achieved by two representatives: L.E.V.O.N. at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with his song "L.E.V.O.N" and Karina Ignatyan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with her song "Colours of Your Dream", both placing ninth. In 2011, Armenia hosted the contest at the Karen Demirchyan Complex in Yerevan, and will host the contest again in 2022.

History

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Monica at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv
Mika at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia
Maléna at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris

Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (ARMTV), announced on 21 May 2007 that they would be making their Junior Eurovision debut at the 2007 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 8 December 2007.[3] ARMTV internally selected Arevik as their debut entrant with the song "Erazanq" (Template:Lang-hy).[4] At the running order draw for Junior Eurovision 2007, Armenia were drawn third, following Template:Esccnty and preceding Template:Esccnty, where they finished in second place scoring 136 points.[5]

Following their debut success, Armenia continued to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in third place on two occasions (2012, and 2014), runners-up at four contests (2007, 2009, 2015, and 2016), and achieving their first win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Mama" (Template:Lang-hy), performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan achieving 120 points.[6][7]

Armenia were the host country of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which took place on 3 December at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex located in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.[8] It was the first time in history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the contest was held in the previous year's winning country. ARMTV was the main organiser of the show, being provided financial aid from the EBU made of entrance fees from the participating broadcasters, while Swedish company HD Resources assisted with the technical side of the production.[9]

The Armenian broadcaster announced on 21 July 2016, that they would be participating at the contest being held in Valletta, Malta on 20 November 2016.[10] ARMTV announced on 10 August 2016 that they had internally selected Anahit Adamyan and Mary Vardanyan to represent them at the contest, singing the song "Tarber". They placed second with total 232 points after Georgia, beaten only by 7 points.[11]

On 26 February 2018, ARMTV revealed that their 12th Junior Eurovision entry would be selected using Depi Mankakan Evratesil.[12]

Despite being included on the final list of participating countries,[13] Armenia withdrew from the 2020 contest in November 2020 due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war.[14] It was later revealed that Maléna had been internally selected to represent Armenia with the song "Why".[15] With the Nagorno-Karabakh war ending on 10 November, Armenia's head of delegation David Tserunyan wrote on Instagram that the country "will come back stronger than ever".[16]

On 2 September 2021, it was confirmed by the EBU that Armenia would return to the 2021 contest in France.[17] Armenia again selected Maléna, who ultimately won the contest with 224 points.

It was confirmed on 21 December 2021 that Armenia will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[18]

Participation overview

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Table key
1 Winner
2 Second place
3 Third place
X Entry selected but did not compete
† Upcoming
Year Entrant Song Language Place Points
2007 Arevik "Erazanq" (Երազանք) Armenian 2 136
2008 Monica Manucharova "Im ergi hnchyune" (Իմ երգի հնչյունը) Armenian 8 59
2009 Luara Hayrapetyan "Barcelona" (Բարսելոնա) Armenian 2 116
2010 Vladimir Arzumanyan "Mama" (Մամա) Armenian 1 120
2011 Dalita "Welcome to Armenia" Armenian, English 5 85
2012 Compass Band "Sweetie Baby" Armenian, English 3 98
2013 Monica Avanesyan "Choco-Factory" Armenian, English 6 69
2014 Betty "People of the Sun" Armenian, English 3 146
2015 Mika "Love" Armenian, English 2 176
2016 Anahit & Mary "Tarber" (Տարբեր) Armenian, English 2 232
2017 Misha "Boomerang" Armenian, English 6 148
2018 L.E.V.O.N "L.E.V.O.N" Armenian 9 125
2019 Karina Ignatyan "Colours of Your Dream" Armenian, English 9 115
2020 Maléna "Why" Armenian, English Withdrawn X
2021 Maléna "Qami Qami" (Քամի Քամի) Armenian, English[lower-alpha 1] 1 224
2022
 Nare "Dance!" Armenian, English 2 180

Commentators and spokespersons

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The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[19] The Armenian broadcaster, ARMTV, send their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Armenian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Armenia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2007.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2007 Gohar Gasparyan and Felix Khachatryan Ani Sahakyan
[20][21][22]
2008 Gohar Gasparyan Mary Sahakyan
[23]
2009 Razmik Aghajanyan
[24]
2010 Gohar Gasparyan and Artak Vardanyan Nadya Sargsyan
[25]
2011 Artak Vardanyan and Marianna Javakhyan Razmik Aghajanyan
[26]
2012 Gohar Gasparyan Mika
[27]
2013 Dalita and Vahe Khanamiryan David Vardanyan
[28]
2014 Avet Barseghyan Monika Avanesyan
[29]
2015 Betty
[30][31]
2016 Mika
[32][33]
2017 Gohar Gasparyan Lilit Tokhatyan
[34][35]
2018 Mika and Dalita Vardan Margaryan
[36]
2019 Avet Barseghyan and Mane Grigoryan Erik Antonyan
[37]
2020 No broadcast Did not participate
2021 Arman Margaryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan Karina Ignatyan
[38][39]
2022 To Be Announced Maléna
[40]

Hostings

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Year Location Venue Presenters Ref.
2011 Yerevan Karen Demirchyan Complex Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan [41]
2022 Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan and Karina Ignatyan [42]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Junior Eurovision 2021 winner: Armenia's Malena with "Qami Qami" (en-US) (2021-12-19).
  2. ^ Carter, William. Junior Eurovision: Maléna Wins it for Armenia! (en-US).
  3. ^ Junior 2007: 18 countries to take part. European Broadcasting Union (21 May 2007).
  4. ^ Arevik group to represent the country in Rotterdam. Oikotimes.
  5. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007. European Broadcasting Union (8 December 2007).
  6. ^ Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union.
  7. ^ Armenia wins 8th Junior Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union (20 November 2010).
  8. ^ Siim, Jarmo (18 January 2011). Armenia to host Junior Eurovision in 2011. European Broadcasting Union.
  9. ^ Eurovision Song Contest - Armenia. ARMTV.
  10. ^ Armenia confirms participation at Junior Eurovision!. Esc-plus (21 July 2016).
  11. ^ Anahit & Mary to sing for Armenia at Junior Eurovision 2016!. Esc-plus (10 August 2016).
  12. ^ Herbert, Emily (26 February 2018). Armenia: Depi Mankakan Evratesil to Select Next Junior Eurovision Entry. Eurovoix.
  13. ^ 13 countries will 'Move the World' at Junior Eurovision 2020. EBU (2020-09-08).
  14. ^ Farren, Neil (2020-11-05). Armenia: Withdraws From Junior Eurovision 2020. Eurovoix World.
  15. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 November 2020). Armenia: Maléna Reveals Withdrawn Junior Eurovision Song.
  16. ^ Tserunyan, David (2020-11-05). David Tserunyan on Instagram: "Dear friends and Eurovision fans, it is with great sadness that we announce our withdrawal from JESC 2020. Our team has been working…".
  17. ^ 19 participants for 19th Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (2021-09-02).
  18. ^ Armenia to host 20th Junior Eurovision in 2022 🇦🇲. Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (2021-12-21).
  19. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!. Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015.
  20. ^ Mikheev, Andy. Junior Eurovision 2007 Netherlands News.
  21. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2007 TV Special) Full Cast & Crew.
  22. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands, retrieved 23 November 2021
  23. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Limassol voting part 1, retrieved 23 November 2021
  24. ^ The exiting voting sequence of the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, retrieved 23 November 2021
  25. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 - The Voting, retrieved 23 November 2021
  26. ^ The voting sequence of the 2011 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, retrieved 23 November 2021
  27. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - Full Show, retrieved 23 November 2021
  28. ^ Granger, Anthony (2013-11-30). Kiev’13: Tonight’s Vote Announcers.
  29. ^ Granger, Anthony (5 November 2014). Armenia: Monika Avanesyan To Announce The Points.
  30. ^ Մանկական եվրատեսիլ-2015-ն այսօր՝ ժամը 22:30-ին, Առաջին ալիքի եթերում (hy). AMPTV (21 November 2015).
  31. ^ Juhász, Ervin (21 November 2015). Meet the spokespersons of tonight's Grand Final!. EBU.
  32. ^ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified (hy). AMPTV (19 November 2016).
  33. ^ Granger, Anthony (19 November 2016). Jury Rehearsal at Junior Eurovision 2016.
  34. ^ ALL THE POINTS FROM THE NATIONAL JURIES AT THE 2017 JUNIOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST. YouTube (26 November 2017).
  35. ^ "Առցանց քվեարկությունը լուրջ հետաքննության կարիք ունի". Գոհար Գասպարյանը՝ "Մանկական Եվրատեսիլի" մասին (27 November 2017).
  36. ^ All the points from the Juries - Junior Eurovision 2018. YouTube (25 November 2018).
  37. ^ Granger, Anthony (22 November 2019). Armenia: Erik Antonyan Confirmed as Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision.
  38. ^ Granger, Anthony (18 December 2021). 🇦🇲 Armenia: Karina Ignatyan Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2021.
  39. ^ Հրաչուհի Ութմազյանը եւ Արման Մարգարյանը խայտառակվել են՝ Մալենայի խոսքի ժամանակ bus tour-ը "թարգմանելով" Բաստիլ (տեսանյութ) (20 December 2021).
  40. ^ Granger, Anthony (11 December 2022). 🇦🇲 Armenia: Maléna Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2022.
  41. ^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union.
  42. ^ Junior Eurovision 2022 is good opportunity to restore tourist flows to Armenia, PM says. NEWS.am (2022-02-17).

References

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