Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France, having internally selected Maléna as their representative with the song "Qami Qami". She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with the song "Why" before the country withdrew due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2] Armenia won with 224 points; 6 points more than the runner-up Poland.[3][4]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
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| Country |  Armenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 17 November 2021 Song: 19 November 2021 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Maléna | |||
| Selected song | "Qami Qami" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 224 points | |||
| Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
editPrior to the 2021 contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in 2007, with their best result being in 2010 when they won with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan.[5] Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.[6] 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 participating countries,[7] Armenia withdrew from the 2020 contest in November 2020 due to the then-ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war.[8] It was later revealed that Maléna Fox had been internally selected to represent Armenia with the song "Why".[9] 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".[10]
Before Junior Eurovision
editOn 17 November 2021, AMPTV confirmed that Maléna was internally selected to represent Armenia again in the contest.[11] More than a month prior to the announcement, Armenian media had already reported that she was selected.[12][13] 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
editAfter 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.[14]
At the end of the contest, Armenia received a total of 224 points, winning the contest.
Voting
editThe same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[15]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 17 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs.[16] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.
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Detailed voting results
edit| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Germany
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15 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 12 | |
| 02 |  Georgia
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4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 03 |  Poland
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11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 04 |  Malta
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10 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 05 |  Italy
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7 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 15 | |
| 06 |  Bulgaria
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8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 14 | |
| 07 |  Russia
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12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 08 |  Ireland
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16 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 17 | |
| 09 | Armenia
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| 10 |  Kazakhstan
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14 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 11 |  Albania
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1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 |  Ukraine
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17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| 13 |  France
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2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 |  Azerbaijan
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18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| 15 |  Netherlands
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9 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 16 | |
| 16 |  Spain
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3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 |  Serbia
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5 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 13 | |
| 18 |  North Macedonia
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6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 5 |
| 19 |  Portugal
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13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
After Junior Eurovision
editMaléna 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.[18]
Two days after Armenia's victory, on 21 December, it was announced that AMPTV would host the 2022 edition in Armenia.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Maléna - Armenia - Paris 2021". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "EBU: Armenia to participate in Junior Eurovision Song Contest". panarmenian.net. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2021 winner: Armenia's Malena with "Qami Qami"". wiwibloggs. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Carter, William. "Junior Eurovision: Maléna Wins it for Armenia!". Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (23 November 2010). "Baby Gaga and Tributes to Mama at Junior Eurovision". content.time.com. Time. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Siim, Jarmo (18 January 2011). "Armenia to host Junior Eurovision in 2011". European Broadcasting Union.
- ^ "13 countries will 'Move the World' at Junior Eurovision 2020". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Farren, Neil (5 November 2020). "Armenia: Withdraws From Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (28 November 2020). "Armenia: Maléna Reveals Withdrawn Junior Eurovision Song". Eurovoix.
- ^ Tserunyan, David (5 November 2020). "David Tserunyan on Instagram: "Dear friends and Eurovision fans, it is with great sadness that we announce our withdrawal from JESC 2020. Our team has been working…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Maléna will represent Armenia at the Junior Eurovision 2021". eurovision.am. AMPTV. 17 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021.
- ^ Avagyan, Alen (15 October 2021). "Ով կներկայացնի Հայաստանը «Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ»-ում". ՀՐԱՊԱՐԱԿ (in Armenian). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Adessi, Antonio (17 October 2021). "Junior Eurovision 2021, Malena Fox rappresenterà l'Armenia". Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Paris 2021". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision winner Malena arrives back in Yerevan to cheering crowds of fans". Armenpress. Yerevan. 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Armenia to host 20th Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2022". European Broadcasting Union. 21 December 2021.