Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) is responsible for organising their entry for the contest.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country	Armenia
National selection
Selection process	Depi Mankakan Evratesil
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 9 September 2018 16 September 2018 Final: 22 September 2018
Selected entrant	L.E.V.O.N
Selected song	"L.E.V.O.N"
Selected songwriter(s)	Artem Valter
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 125 points
Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its first entry in 2007, with their best result being in 2010 when they won with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan.[1] Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.[2]

Before Junior Eurovision

Competing entries

The twenty-three competing entries were released on 31 August 2018.

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Anahit Arakelyan	"Shabadibam" (Շաբադիբամ)	Armen Virabyan
Ani	"Angels"	Hasmik Melqonyan
Anna	"1 2 3 4"	Nick Egibyan
Arpi	"Par" (Պար)	Tigran Petrosyan, Ada Simonyan
Gor X	"Why Don't"	Gor X
Eliza	"Im Erazanq" (Իմ երազանք)	Tigran Avetisyan, Liana Torosyan
Erik	"Ari Pari" (Արի պարի)	Nick Egibyan
Lia	"Kamac-Kamac" (Կամաց-կամաց)	Nick Egibyan, Vladimir Poghosyan
Lili	"Payqar" (Պայքար)	Egine, Anna Danielyan
L.E.V.O.N	"L.E.V.O.N"	Artem Valter
Harut Harutyunyan	"Amar e" (Ամառ է)	Artem Valter
Maria Petrosyan	"Happy Birthday"	Nick Egibyan
Melisa	"Qameleon" (Քամելեոն)	David Badalyan
Yurahatuk	"Yurahatuk" (Յուրահատուկ)	Miqayel Margaryan
Nare Elizbaryan	"Du karox es" (Դու կարող ես)	Susanna Barseghyan
Sati	"Insta" (Ինստա)	Nick Egibyan
Sekunda	"Qez im Yerevan" (Քեզ իմ Երևան)	Karen Ananyan, Armine Grigoryan
Serj Araqelyan	"Good Mood"	Grigor Kyokchyan
Silva Grigoryan	"Poqrik Zinvor" (Փոքրիկ զինվոր)	Richard Madlenyan, Grigor Kyokchyan
Vahagn Mesrobyan	"Es Ekel Em" (Ես եկել եմ)	Susanna Barseghyan
Vardan Margaryan	"Janaparh" (Ճանապարհ)	Mane Hakobyan, Avet Barseghyan
Vova	"Leggo"	Martin Mirzoyan, Grigor Kyokchyan
1+1	"Misht Miasin" (Միշտ միասին)	Qristine Davtyan

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was held on 9 September 2018. The five acts shaded in orange qualified for the final.[3]

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Kids Jury		Televote		Total	Place
1	Anna	"1 2 3 4"	33	7	42	8	306	4	19	6
2	Arpi	"Par"	26	4	27	6	280	3	13	8
3	Nare Elizbaryan	"Du karox es"	27	5	9	1	498	7	13	7
4	GorX	"Why Don't"	19	2	16	3	216	2	7	11
5	Vardan Margaryan	"Janaparh"	41	9	47	10	1383	11	30	1
6	1+1	"Misht miasin"	11	1	14	2	572	9	12	9
7	Eliza	"Im Erazanq"	29	6	26	5	659	10	21	4
8	Ani	"Angels"	36	8	40	7	393	5	20	5
9	Maria Petrosyan	"Happy Birthday"	24	3	17	4	147	1	8	10
10	L.E.V.O.N	"L.E.V.O.N"	43	11	48	11	536	8	30	1
11	Lia	"Kamac-Kamac"	41	9	44	9	486	6	24	3

Jury results
Draw	Song	Jury					Total	Points
		Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5
1	1 2 3 4	11	3	10	8	1	33	7
2	Par	2	2	8	3	11	26	4
3	Du karox es	8	8	2	7	2	27	5
4	Why Don't	6	4	3	2	4	19	2
5	Janaparh	3	9	9	11	9	41	9
6	Misht Miasin	1	5	1	1	3	11	1
7	Im Erazanq	7	6	5	6	5	29	6
8	Angels	4	10	7	5	10	36	8
9	Happy Birthday	5	1	6	4	8	24	3
10	L.E.V.O.N	9	7	11	10	6	43	11
11	Kamac-Kamac	10	11	4	9	7	41	9

Kids Jury results
Draw	Song	Kids Jury					Total	Points
		Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5
1	1 2 3 4	11	4	8	8	11	42	8
2	Par	3	8	5	6	5	27	6
3	Du karox es	4	2	1	1	1	9	1
4	Why Don't	2	3	3	2	6	16	3
5	Janaparh	7	10	10	10	10	47	10
6	Misht Miasin	5	1	2	4	2	14	2
7	Im Erazanq	6	6	6	5	3	26	5
8	Angels	9	9	7	7	8	40	7
9	Happy Birthday	1	5	4	3	4	17	4
10	L.E.V.O.N	10	11	11	9	7	48	11
11	Kamac-Kamac	8	7	9	11	9	44	9

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 16 September 2018. The five acts shaded in orange qualified for the final.

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Kids Jury		Televote		Total	Place
1	Sati	"Insta"	47	11	41	8	190	1	20	6
2	Serzh Arakelyan	"Good Mood"	34	7	48	11	350	5	23	3
3	Silva Grigoryan	"Pokrik Zinvor"	29	5	27	4	513	10	19	7
4	Yurahatuk	"Yurahatuk"	13	2	14	2	225	3	7	12
5	Vova	"Leggo"	49	12	38	7	991	12	31	1
6	Lili	"Payqar"	43	9	50	12	277	4	25	2
7	Sekunda	"Qez im Yerevan"	28	4	20	3	373	6	13	10
8	Melisa	"Qameleon"	26	3	28	5	541	11	19	7
9	Vahag Mesrobyan	"Es Ekel Em"	10	1	6	1	456	8	10	11
10	Eric	"Ari Pari"	43	9	41	8	201	2	19	9
11	Anahit Arakelyan	"Shabadibam"	39	8	36	6	394	7	21	5
12	Harut Harutyunyan	"Amar e"	29	5	41	8	479	9	22	4

Jury results
Draw	Song	Jury					Total	Points
		Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5
1	Insta	10	5	10	11	11	47	11
2	Good Mood	8	6	3	9	8	34	7
3	Poqrik Zinvor	1	8	6	8	6	29	5
4	Yurahatuk	2	2	4	3	2	13	2
5	Leggo	11	12	12	4	10	49	12
6	Payqar	9	10	5	12	7	43	9
7	Qez im Yerevan	7	7	8	5	1	28	4
8	Qameleon	6	9	1	6	4	26	3
9	Es Ekel Em	3	1	2	1	3	10	1
10	Ari Pari	12	4	11	7	9	43	9
11	Shabadibam	5	11	9	2	12	39	8
12	Amar e	4	3	7	10	5	29	5

Kids Jury results
Draw	Song	Kids Jury					Total	Points
		Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5
1	Insta	11	10	7	10	3	41	8
2	Good Mood	10	7	9	12	10	48	11
3	Poqrik Zinvor	7	3	4	6	7	27	4
4	Yurahatuk	3	4	3	2	2	14	2
5	Leggo	6	9	12	3	8	38	7
6	Payqar	12	11	5	11	11	50	12
7	Qez im Yerevan	1	2	2	9	6	20	3
8	Qameleon	5	8	6	5	4	28	5
9	Es Ekel Em	2	1	1	1	1	6	1
10	Ari Pari	8	6	11	4	12	41	8
11	Shabadibam	4	5	10	8	9	36	6
12	Amar e	9	12	8	7	5	41	8

Final

The final was held on 22 September 2018.[4]

Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Kids Jury		Televote		Total	Place
1	Lia	"Kamac-Kamac"	14	1	25	4	706	4	9	9
2	Anahit Arakelyan	"Shabadibam"	29	7	11	1	532	3	11	8
3	Harut Harutyunyan	"Amar e"	18	2	17	2	530	2	6	10
4	Lily	"Payqar"	18	2	34	8	762	5	15	5
5	Vova	"Leggo"	42	9	26	5	1564	9	23	3
6	Serzh Arakelyan	"Good Mood"	24	5	31	7	437	1	13	6
7	Vardan Margaryan	"Janaparh"	36	8	34	8	2423	10	26	2
8	Eliza	"Im Erazanq"	18	2	19	3	836	7	12	7
9	L.E.V.O.N	"L.E.V.O.N"	49	10	48	10	1547	8	28	1
10	Ani	"Angels"	27	6	30	6	808	6	18	4

Jury results
Draw	Song	Jury					Total	Points
		Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5
1	Kamac-Kamac	3	2	2	1	6	14	1
2	Shabadibam	5	4	10	6	4	29	7
3	Amar e	4	1	4	4	5	18	2
4	Payqar	1	5	5	5	2	18	2
5	Leggo	9	9	7	9	8	42	9
6	Good Mood	7	7	6	3	1	24	5
7	Janaparh	8	8	3	8	9	36	8
8	Im Erazanq	6	6	1	2	3	18	2
9	L.E.V.O.N	10	10	9	10	10	49	10
10	Angels	2	3	8	7	7	27	6

Kids Jury results
Draw	Song	Kids Jury					Total	Points
		Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury 4	Jury 5
1	Kamac-Kamac	6	2	5	5	7	25	4
2	Shabadibam	2	1	6	1	1	11	1
3	Amar e	1	3	4	3	6	17	2
4	Payqar	8	8	2	6	10	34	8
5	Leggo	5	7	9	2	3	26	5
6	Good Mood	4	6	7	9	5	31	7
7	Janaparh	7	9	8	8	2	34	8
8	Im Erazanq	3	4	1	7	4	19	3
9	L.E.V.O.N	10	10	10	10	8	48	10
10	Angels	9	5	3	4	9	30	6

Artist and song information

Levon Galstyan
Background information
Also known as	L.E.V.O.N
Born	20 May 2006
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2014–present

"L.E.V.O.N"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country	Armenia
Artist(s)	Levon Galstyan
As	L.E.V.O.N
Language	Armenian
Composer(s)	Artem Valter
Lyricist(s)	Artem Valter
Finals performance
Final result	{{{place}}}
Entry chronology
◄ "Boomerang" (2017)
"Colours of Your Dream" (2019) ►

Levon Galstyan

Levon Galstyan (born on 20 May 2006) is an Armenian-Russian child singer. He represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "L.E.V.O.N".[5]

Levon is no stranger to singing competitions, as in 2016 he participated in The Voice Kids Russia, where he was coached by Valeriy Meladze. Since then, he has taken part in local and international competitions, including New Wave in Russia as part of The Voices of Artsakh.

L.E.V.O.N

"L.E.V.O.N" is a song by Armenian-Russian child singer Levon Galstyan. He represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, finishing in 9th place with 125 points.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Armenia was drawn to perform seventeenth on 25 November 2018, following Macedonia and preceding Wales.

Voting

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. 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. The first phase of the online voting started on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances were shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting stopped on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They could also vote for their own country’s song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, thus it would receive 20% of the available points. The public vote would count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% would come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Armenia

Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		France	Malta	Australia  Netherlands  Portugal
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belarus	Israel  Poland	Albania  Italy  Ukraine

• Armenia received 70 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Armenia

12 points  Belarus 10 points  Russia 8 points  Georgia 7 points  Australia 6 points  Netherlands 5 points  Macedonia 4 points  Kazakhstan 3 points  Malta 2 points  Ukraine 1 point  France Split voting results Split voting results from Armenia Draw Country Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Average Rank Points 01  Ukraine 7 10 11 5 15 9 2 02  Portugal 16 14 17 18 10 17 03  Kazakhstan 8 6 7 8 16 7 4 04  Albania 10 15 14 16 5 13 05  Russia 2 4 2 4 1 2 10 06  Netherlands 11 1 5 11 7 5 6 07  Azerbaijan 19 19 19 19 19 19 08  Belarus 1 2 3 2 3 1 12 09  Ireland 18 18 9 17 17 18 10  Serbia 15 8 16 15 8 14 11  Italy 9 11 15 10 11 11 12  Australia 6 5 1 3 13 4 7 13  Georgia 3 3 4 1 2 3 8 14  Israel 4 12 12 13 18 12 15  France 13 16 6 6 12 10 1 16  Macedonia 5 13 10 12 4 6 5 17  Armenia 18  Wales 17 7 13 14 14 16 19  Malta 12 9 8 9 6 8 3 20  Poland 14 17 18 7 9 15 See also Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 References Adams, William Lee (23 November 2010). "Baby Gaga and Tributes to Mama at Junior Eurovision". Time. Retrieved 5 August 2016. Siim, Jarmo (18 January 2011). "Armenia to host Junior Eurovision in 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Granger, Anthony (9 September 2018). "Armenia: First Five Depi Mankakan Evratesil Finalists Selected". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 September 2018. García, Belén (22 September 2018). "Today: Armenia selects Junior Eurovision 2018 representative". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018. García, Belén (22 September 2018). "Junior Eurovision: L.E.V.O.N wins Armenian national final". esc-plus.com. esc-plus.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.