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 which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Armenian Public Television, a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union, 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", which finished in second place out of seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and thirty-six points. Since their debut, Armenia have never missed an edition of the contest and won in with the song "Mama" by Vladimir Arzumanyan. They hosted the contest at the Karen Demirchyan Complex in. 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.
History
Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television, announced on 21 May 2007 that thy would be making their Junior Eurovision debut at the 2007 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 8 December 2007. ARMTV internally selected Arevik as their debut entrant with the song "Erazanq". At the running order draw for Junior Eurovision 2007, Armenia were drawn third, following and preceding, were they finished in second place scoring 136 points.Following their debut success, Armenia continued to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in third place on two occasions, runners-up at four contests, and achieving their first win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan achieving 120 points.
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. 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.
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. 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.
On 26 February 2018, ARMTV revealed that their 12th Junior Eurovision entry would be selected using Depi Mankakan Evratesil.
Participation
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
Arevik | "Erazanq" | Armenian | 2 | 136 | |
Monica Manucharova | "Im ergi hnchyune" | Armenian | 8 | 59 | |
Luara Hayrapetyan | "Barcelona" | Armenian | 2 | 116 | |
Vladimir Arzumanyan | "Mama" | Armenian | 1 | 120 | |
Dalita | "Welcome to Armenia" | Armenian, English | 5 | 85 | |
Compass Band | "Sweetie Baby" | Armenian, English | 3 | 98 | |
Monica Avanesyan | "Choco-Factory" | Armenian, English | 6 | 69 | |
Betty | "People of the Sun" | Armenian, English | 3 | 146 | |
Mika | "Love" | Armenian, English | 2 | 176 | |
Anahit & Mary | "Tarber" | Armenian, English | 2 | 232 | |
Misha | "Boomerang" | Armenian, English | 6 | 148 | |
L.E.V.O.N | "L.E.V.O.N" | Armenian | 9 | 125 | |
Karina Ignatyan | "Colours of Your Dream" | Armenian, English | 9 | 115 |
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. 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 | |
Gohar Gasparyan | Ani Sahakyan | ||
Gohar Gasparyan | Mari Sahakyan | ||
Gohar Gasparyan | Razmik Arghajanyan | ||
Gohar Gasparyan and Artak Vandanyan | Nadia Sargsyan | ||
Artak Vardanyan and Marianna Javakhyan | Razmik Arghajanyan | ||
Gohar Gasparyan | Mika | ||
Dalita and Vahe Khanamiryan | David Vardanyan | ||
Avet Barseghyan | Monika Avanesyan | ||
Avet Barseghyan | Betty | ||
Avet Barseghyan | Mika | ||
Gohar Gasparyan | Lilit Tokhatyan | ||
Mika and Dalita | Vardan Margaryan | ||
Avet Barseghyan and Mane Grigoryan | Erik Antonyan |
Hostings
Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
Yerevan | Karen Demirchyan Complex | Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan |