Armenia has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since . The Armenian participating broadcaster in the contest is the Armenian Public Television (AMPTV).
Its first entry at the contest was "" () by Arevik, which finished in second place out of 17 participants, achieving a score of 136 points. Since its debut, Armenia had never missed an edition of the contest, with the exception of (due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war), and it has never placed outside of the top ten, additionally the nation won twice, in with the song "Mama" () by Vladimir Arzumanyan and in with the song "" () by Maléna. The nation has also finished as the runner-up five times, and has placed third three times since its debut, respectfully. Meanwhile, its 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 and again in .
History
Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (AMPTV), 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. AMPTV internally selected Arevik as their debut entrant with the song "" (). At the running order draw for Junior Eurovision 2007, Armenia was drawn third, following and preceding , where 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 three occasions (, and ), runners-up at five contests (, , , , and ), and achieving their first win at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Mama" (), performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan achieving 120 points.
Armenia was 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. AMPTV 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 Armenia would be participating at the contest being held in Valletta, Malta on 20 November 2016. AMPTV announced on 10 August 2016 that they had internally selected Anahit Adamyan and Mary Vardanyan to represent them at the contest, singing the song "". They placed second with total 232 points. This placed them only seven points behind Georgia.
On 26 February 2018, AMPTV revealed that their 12th Junior Eurovision entry would be selected using . The final of took place on 22 September 2018, and was won by with his entry, "L.E.V.O.N." The Contest took place on 25 November where Armenia would place 9th with 125 points in a field of 20 competitors. This would also mark Armenia's worst result. In 2019, was used again with a different selection format. The final of the show took place on 15 September where Karina Ignatyan was selected with her entry "Colours of Your Dream." The 2019 contest took place on 24 November where Armenia once again placed 9th with 115 points in a field of 19 competitors. This tied Armenia's worst result once again.
Despite being included on the final list of participating countries, AMPTV announced its withdrawal from the contest on 5 November 2020 due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war. It was later revealed that Maléna had been internally selected to represent Armenia and later released her intended entry "Why" on 29 November 2020. With the Nagorno-Karabakh War ceasefire agreement on 10 November, Armenia's head of delegation David Tserunyan announced on Instagram post that the country "will come back stronger than ever". On 2 September 2021, it was confirmed by the EBU that Armenia would return to the 2021 contest in France. AMPTV announced on 17 November 2021 that it had reselected Maléna, and fully revealed her entry "Qami Qami" on 19 November 2021. The contest took place on 19 December 2021 and Maléna ultimately won the contest with 224 points. Armenia placed third with the Jury Vote receiving 115 points, and it had won the Online Vote with 109 points. After her victory, Maléna returned to Armenia where she landed at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan and was greeted by a crowd of fans and press.
Following Armenia's victory, the EBU confirmed on 21 December 2021 that Armenia would host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Later it was confirmed that the contest would be held in the Karen Demirchyan Complex in Yerevan on 11 December 2022, it would also be the same venue where the 2011 Contest was held. Armenia internally Nare with the song "Dance!", which finished second place with 180 points. This result gave Armenia its fifth runner-up result in the Contest.
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 the contest, Armenia was represented by Leo with the song "Cosmic Friend", placing eighth out of seventeen with 125 points.
In the contest, AMPTV internally selected Albert, with the song "Brave Heart". Armenia ultimately finished in fourth place, scoring 175 points. In wake of Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement initialed earlier that year, the Azerbaijani national jury awarded Armenia with 3 points, marking the first time in any Eurovision event that Azerbaijan's jury awarded points to Armenia.
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place ◇ Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Place Points Arevik "" Armenian 2 136 Monica Manucharova "" Armenian 8 59 Luara Hayrapetyan "Barcelona" Armenian 2 116 Vladimir Arzumanyan "" Armenian 1 120 Dalita "Welcome to Armenia" Armenian, English 5 85 Compass Band "Sweetie Baby" Armenian, English 3 98 Monika "Choco-Factory" Armenian, English 6 69 Betty "People of the Sun" Armenian, English 3 146 Mika "Love" Armenian, English 2 176 Anahit and Mary "" 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 Maléna ◇ "Why" ◇ Armenian, English ◇ colspan="2" Maléna "" Armenian, English 1 224 Nare "Dance!" Armenian, English 2 180 Yan Girls "Do It My Way" Armenian, English 3 180 Leo "Cosmic Friend" Armenian, English 8 125 Albert "Brave Heart" Armenian 4 175 Naré "Boo!" Armenian, English colspan="2"
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, AMPTV, 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.
YearCommentatorSpokespersonGohar Gasparyan and Felix KhachatryanAni SahakyanGohar GasparyanMary SahakyanRazmik AghajanyanGohar Gasparyan and Artak VardanyanNadya SargsyanArtak Vardanyan and Marianna JavakhyanRazmik AghajanyanGohar GasparyanMikaDalita and Vahe KhanamiryanDavid VardanyanAvet BarseghyanMonika AvanesyanBettyMikaGohar Gasparyan Lilit TokhatyanMika and DalitaVardan MargaryanAvet Barseghyan and Mane GrigoryanErik AntonyanArman Margaryan and Hrachuhi UtmazyanKarina Ignatyan Hamlet Arakelyan and Hrachuhi UtmazyanMalénaLino MercierSevak Hakobyan and Hrachuhi UtmazyanNané AndreasyanHamlet Arakelyan and Hrachuhi UtmazyanNare
Hostings
Year Location Venue Presenters YerevanKaren Demirchyan Complex Gohar Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan Iveta Mukuchyan, Garik Papoyan and Karina Ignatyan
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. Armenia–Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest – Relations between the two countries in the Junior and Senior Eurovision Song Contests.
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