Armenia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "", written by Vahram Petrosyan, Tokionine, Arpine Martoyan, and David Tserunyan, and performed by Martoyan herself under her stage name Maléna. The Armenian participating broadcaster, the Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV), internally selected its entry for the contest. Maléna was due to compete in the with the song "Why" before AMPTV withdrew due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The song won the contest with 224 points; 6 points more than the runner-up Poland.
Background
Prior to the 2021 contest, the Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV) had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest representing Armenia twelve times since its first entry in 2007, with their best result being in when they won with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan. AMPTV went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Yerevan. In the 2019 contest, Karina Ignatyan represented country in Gliwice, Poland with the song "Colours of Your Dream". The song ended 9th out of 19 entries with 115 points.
Despite being included on the final list of participants, AMPTV withdrew from the in November 2020 due to the then-ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war. It was later revealed that Maléna Fox had been internally selected to represent Armenia with the song "Why". With the Nagorno-Karabakh war ending on 10 November, Armenia's head of delegation David Tserunyan wrote on Instagram that the country would "come back stronger than ever".
Before Junior Eurovision On 17 November 2021, AMPTV confirmed that Maléna was internally selected to represent Armenia again in the contest. More than a month prior to the announcement, Armenian media had already reported that she was selected. It was officially revealed on 18 November 2021 that Maléna would perform "Qami Qami" at the contest, and the lyrics of the song were revealed on the junioreurovision.tv website. The song itself was released the next day.
At Junior Eurovision After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Armenia would perform ninth on 19 December 2021, following Ireland and preceding Kazakhstan.
At the end of the contest, Armenia received a total of 224 points, winning the contest.
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 Armenia received 109 points from the online vote
+ 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
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 15 7 17 10 5 12 02 4 1 3 3 3 1 12 03 11 12 4 7 12 10 1 04 10 4 14 13 4 8 3 05 7 16 15 14 6 15 06 8 9 13 15 8 14 07 12 6 1 2 9 4 7 08 16 11 16 11 14 17 09 10 14 17 7 6 2 7 4 11 1 5 9 12 1 3 8 12 17 3 6 9 17 9 2 13 2 13 2 1 13 2 10 14 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 9 10 8 17 15 16 16 3 15 5 5 11 5 6 17 5 14 12 16 7 13 18 6 2 10 8 16 6 5 19 13 8 11 4 10 11
After Junior Eurovision Maléna arrived at the Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia, the day after the contest, where she was awaited by a crowd of press and fans.
Two days after Armenia's victory, on 21 December, it was announced that AMPTV would host the in Armenia.
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