Armenia selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry by a national final with two quarter-finals, one semi-final and a final. The winner was Monika Manucharova with "Im Ergy Hnchyune", which represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 22 November 2008.
Before Junior Eurovision
National final A submission period for artists was held until 5 May 2008. 200 applications were received, and 36 entries were chosen for the national final.
Quarter-final 1 The first quarter-final was held on 30 June 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. Eighteen songs competed and an "expert" jury chose 10 songs to qualify for the semi-final. Draw Artist Song (English title)Result 1 Nadezhda & Mary "Me and You"Eliminated 2 Serine Hodikyan "How"Advanced3 Arevik Asatryan "Crazy Dancers"Eliminated 4 Suzanna Antonyan "Blue Sky"Eliminated 5 MMS "Step by step"Eliminated 6 Ani & Alisa "Hello"Advanced 7 Mary Arzumanyan "Child's Smile"Eliminated 8 Marine Markaryan "My Song - Fary Tale"Eliminated 9 Larisa Gevorkyan "Crazy Girl"Advanced 10 Zangak "Laugh"Eliminated 11 Mary Mndjoyan "Child's Days"Advanced 12 Diana Bagdasaryan "Rock'n'Roll"Advanced 13 David Gukasyan "Me and Me"Advanced 14 Emma Kazaryan "My Song"Advanced15 Hovsanna Hublaryan "Wings of Hope"Eliminated 16 Arsen Nahapetyan "Song - you're my life"Advanced 17 Do-Re-Mi "Chocolate"Advanced 18 Artashes Muradyan "Captain From Fairy-tale"Advanced
Quarter-final 2 The second quarter-final was held on 1 July 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. Eighteen songs competed and an "expert" jury chose 10 songs to qualify for the semi-final. Draw Artist Song (English title)Result 1 Do-Re-Mi "My Little Cloud"Advanced2 Arevik Asatryan "Dream"Eliminated 3 Plus-Minus "My Dream"Advanced 4 Erna Mirzoyan "Happy Song"Advanced 5 Goar Gevorkyan "Request"Advanced 6 Gayane Keryan "White Dolphin"Eliminated 7 Nadezhda Sargsyan "Give Me A Hand"Eliminated 8 Syurpriz "Fairy Tale"Advanced 9 Inessa Kocharyan "Spring"Advanced10 Anahit Petrosyan "Echo"Eliminated 11 Mary Martirosyan "Smile"Advanced12 Luara Airapetyan "My Song"Advanced13 Anush Karapetyan "Tired"Eliminated14 Monika Manucharova "Sounds of My Song"Advanced15 Marine, Larisa & Emma "Three Sisters"Eliminated 16 Tamara Lalayan "Song In My Soul"Advanced 17 Siranush Grigoryan "Hello To The Sun"Eliminated18Do-Re-Mi "Sara-Bara-Du"Advanced
Semi-final The semi-final was held on 6 July 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. The eighteen songs which qualified from the two quarter-finals competed and an "expert" jury chose 10 songs to qualify for the final. Draw Artist Song (English title)Result 1 Arsen Nahapetyan "Song - you're my life"Eliminated 2 Do-Re-Mi "My Little Cloud"Eliminated 3 Erna Mirzoyan "Happy Song"Eliminated 4 Inessa Kocharyan "Spring"Eliminated 5 Serine Hodikyan "How"Advanced 6 Goar Gevorkyan "Request"Advanced 7 Plus-Minus "My Dream"Advanced 8 Mary Martirosyan "Smile"Eliminated 9 Ani & Alisa "Hello"Eliminated 10 Luara Airapetyan "My Song"Advanced 11 Artashes Muradyan "Captain From Fairy-tale"Advanced 12 Emma Kazaryan "My Song"Advanced 13 Tamara Lalayan "Song In My Soul"Eliminated 14 Mary Mndjoyan "Child's Days"Advanced15 Do-Re-Mi "Sara-Bara-Du"Advanced 16 Diana Bagdasaryan "Rock'N'Roll"Eliminated 17 Monica Manucharova "Sounds of My Song"Advanced 18 Syurpriz "Fairy Tale"Eliminated 19 Larisa Gevorkyan "Crazy Girl"Eliminated 20 David Gukasyan "Me and Me"Eliminated21 Do-Re-Me "Chocolate"Advanced
Final The final was held on 11 July 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. The ten songs which qualified from the two quarter-finals competed and the winner was chosen by a combination of televoting and the votes from an "expert" jury. Draw Artist Song 1 Artashes Muradyan "Hekiatneri navapety" 2 Plus-Minus "Im erezanq" 3 Do-Re-Mi "Sara-Bara-Bu" 4 Goar Gevorgyan "Hndrank" 5 Serine Hodikyan "Inchpes" 6 Mery Mndjoyan "Mankutyan orer"7Monica Manucharova"Im ergy hnchyune" 8Luara Hayrapetyan "Im ergy" 9 Emma Kazaryan "Im ergy" 10 Nadezhda Sargsyan & FriendsWas previously Do-Re-Mi in the Semi-Finals "Shokolad"
At Junior Eurovision
Since the song was performed in the national final, the lyrics have been changed, as well as the melody. The song title was changed from "Im Ergy Hnchuny" to "Im Ergy Hnchyune". Armenia was drawn to perform in spot two. As well as the singer on stage, like in the national final, there were two dancers and two backing singers; one of them was the songwriter. The animation on the screen behind them also appeared in the preview video. The song placed in the 8th position with 59 points, which were received from Belgium, Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Georgia.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Armenia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Armenia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Notes
References
External links Official Armenian Junior Eurovision Site of 2008