Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The participation of Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 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 seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and thirty-six points. Since their debut, Armenia had never missed an edition of the contest until their withdrawal in 2020 (due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war) and won in 2010 with the song "Mama" by Vladimir Arzumanyan. They hosted the contest at the Karen Demirchyan Complex in 2011. Their worst result to date was achieved by two representatives: Levon Galstyan 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", where they both placed ninth.

Armenia
Member station	ARMTV
National selection events	Internal selection 2007 2015–2017 National final Junior Eurosong 2008–2014 Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2018-2019
Participation summary
Appearances	13
First appearance	2007
Last appearance	2019
Best result	1st: 2010
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

History

Monika at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Kiev.

Mika at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Sofia.

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.[1] ARMTV internally selected Arevik as their debut entrant with the song "Erazanq" (Armenian: Երազանք).[2] At the running order draw for Junior Eurovision 2007, Armenia were drawn third, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus, were they finished in second place scoring 136 points.[3]

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" (Armenian: Մամա), performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan achieving 120 points.[4][5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] 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" which translates as Different. Song placed second with total 232 points after Georgia, beaten only by 7 points.[9]

On 26 February 2018, ARMTV revealed that their 12th Junior Eurovision entry would be selected using Depi Mankakan Evratesil.[10]

Despite being included on the final list of participating countries,[11] Armenia withdrew from the 2020 contest in November 2020 due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war.[12] Maléna Fox had been internally selected to represent Armenia. 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".[13]

Participation

Table key

1	Winner
2	Second place
3	Third place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Year	Artist	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 Fox[12]	"Why"[14]	Armenian, English[14]	Withdrawn X

Commentators and spokespersons

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.[15] 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	Ani Sahakyan
2008		Mari Sahakyan
2009		Razmik Arghajanyan
2010	Gohar Gasparyan and Artak Vandanyan	Nadia Sargsyan
2011	Artak Vardanyan and Marianna Javakhyan	Razmik Arghajanyan
2012	Gohar Gasparyan	Mika
2013	Dalita and Vahe Khanamiryan	David Vardanyan	[16]
2014	Avet Barseghyan	Monika Avanesyan	[17]
2015		Betty	[18][19]
2016		Mika	[20][21]
2017	Gohar Gasparyan	Lilit Tokhatyan
2018	Mika and Dalita	Vardan Margaryan
2019	Avet Barseghyan and Mane Grigoryan	Erik Antonyan	[22]
2020	No broadcast	Did not participate

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
2011	Yerevan	Karen Demirchyan Complex	Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan[23]

See also

• Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Armenia in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
• Armenia in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

References

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