Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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

Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV)
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	2007
Highest placement	1st: 2010, 2021
Host	2011, 2022
Participation history 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Related articles
Depi Mankakan Evratesil
External links
AMPTV page
Armenia's page at JuniorEurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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. Armenia hosted the contest at the Karen Demirchyan Complex in Yerevan in 2011 and again in 2022.

History

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" (Armenian: Երազանք).^[4] At the running order draw for Junior Eurovision 2007, Armenia were drawn third, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus, 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 three occasions (2012, 2014 and 2023), runners-up at five contests (2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, and 2022), 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.^[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 would host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022.^[18] Armenia was represented by Nare with the song "Dance!", which finished second place with 180 points.

In 2023, Armenia was represented by Yan Girls and the song "Do It My Way", which finished third out of sixteen participants with 180 points. In 2024, Armenia was represented by Leo with the song "Cosmic Friend" , placing 8th with 125 points.

Participation overview

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
X	Entry selected but did not compete
†	Upcoming event

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	Monika	"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 and 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[a]	1	224
2022	Nare	"Dance!"	Armenian, English	2	180
2023	Yan Girls	"Do It My Way"	Armenian, English	3	180
2024	Leo	"Cosmic Friend"	Armenian, English	8	125

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.^[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	N/A
2021	Arman Margaryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan	Karina Ignatyan	[38][39]
2022	Hamlet Arakelyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan	Maléna	[40]
2023		Lino Mercier	[41]
2024	Sevak Hakobyan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan	Nané Andreasyan	[42]

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters	Ref.
2011	Yerevan	Karen Demirchyan Complex	Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan	[43]
2022			Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan and Karina Ignatyan	[44]

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.

Notes

1. Contains phrases in Western Armenian

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