Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) is responsible for organising their entry for the contest.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |  Armenia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2018 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals 9 September 2018 16 September 2018 Final 22 September 2018 | |||
| Selected entrant | L.E.V.O.N | |||
| Selected song | "L.E.V.O.N" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Artem Valter | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 125 points | |||
| Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background edit
Prior to the 2018 contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven 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.[1] Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.[2]
Before Junior Eurovision edit
Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2018 edit
Depi Makankan Evratesil 2018 (Armenian: Դեպի Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2018; "Towards Junior Eurovision 2018") was the first edition of the national final Depi Makankan Evratesil and selected the Armenian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The competition commenced on 9 September 2018 with the first of two semi-finals and concluded with a winning song and artist during the final on 22 September 2018. All shows in the competition took place at the AMPTV studios in Yerevan, broadcast on Armenia 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's website 1tv.am.
Competing entries edit
The 23 selected singers were revealed in July 2018.[3] The first 12 competing entries were revealed on 30 August 2018,[4] with the remaining 12 revealed a day later.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Anahit Arakelyan | "Shabadibam" (Շաբադիբամ) | Armen Virabyan |
| Ani | "Angels" | Hasmik Melqonyan |
| Anna | "1 2 3 4" | Nick Egibyan |
| Arpi | "Par" (Պար) | Tigran Petrosyan, Ada Simonyan |
| Gor X | "Why Don't" | Gor X |
| Eliza | "Im Erazanq" (Իմ երազանք) | Tigran Avetisyan, Liana Torosyan |
| Erik | "Ari Pari" (Արի պարի) | Nick Egibyan |
| Lia | "Kamac-Kamac" (Կամաց-կամաց) | Nick Egibyan, Vladimir Poghosyan |
| Lili | "Payqar" (Պայքար) | Egine, Anna Danielyan |
| L.E.V.O.N | "L.E.V.O.N" | Artem Valter |
| Harut Harutyunyan | "Amar e" (Ամառ է) | Artem Valter |
| Maria Petrosyan | "Happy Birthday" | Nick Egibyan |
| Melisa | "Qameleon" (Քամելեոն) | David Badalyan |
| Yurahatuk | "Yurahatuk" (Յուրահատուկ) | Miqayel Margaryan |
| Nare Elizbaryan | "Du karox es" (Դու կարող ես) | Susanna Barseghyan |
| Sati | "Insta" (Ինստա) | Nick Egibyan |
| Sekunda | "Qez im Yerevan" (Քեզ իմ Երևան) | Karen Ananyan, Armine Grigoryan |
| Serj Araqelyan | "Good Mood" | Grigor Kyokchyan |
| Silva Grigoryan | "Poqrik Zinvor" (Փոքրիկ զինվոր) | Richard Madlenyan, Grigor Kyokchyan |
| Vahagn Mesrobyan | "Es Ekel Em" (Ես եկել եմ) | Susanna Barseghyan |
| Vardan Margaryan | "Janaparh" (Ճանապարհ) | Mane Hakobyan, Avet Barseghyan |
| Vova | "Leggo" | Martin Mirzoyan, Grigor Kyokchyan |
| 1+1 | "Misht Miasin" (Միշտ միասին) | Qristine Davtyan |
Semi-finals edit
The semi-finals were held on 9 and 16 September 2018. Eleven artists took part in the first semi-final and twelve took part in the second semi-final, and five entries from both qualified to the grand final. Following both a public and a jury vote of two categories (adult and kids jury), the set of finalists was determined.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Adult Jury | Kids Jury | Televote | Total | Place | Result | |||
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| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Anna | "1 2 3 4" | 33 | 7 | 42 | 8 | 306 | 4 | 19 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Arpi | "Par" | 26 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 280 | 3 | 13 | 8 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Nare Elizbaryan | "Du karox es" | 27 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 498 | 7 | 13 | 7 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Gor X | "Why Don't" | 19 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 216 | 2 | 7 | 11 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Vardan Margaryan | "Janaparh" | 41 | 9 | 47 | 10 | 1,383 | 11 | 30 | 1 | Advanced |
| 6 | 1+1 | "Misht miasin" | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 572 | 9 | 12 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Eliza | "Im Erazanq" | 29 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 659 | 10 | 21 | 4 | Advanced |
| 8 | Ani | "Angels" | 36 | 8 | 40 | 7 | 393 | 5 | 20 | 5 | Advanced |
| 9 | Maria Petrosyan | "Happy Birthday" | 24 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 147 | 1 | 8 | 10 | Eliminated |
| 10 | L.E.V.O.N | "L.E.V.O.N" | 43 | 11 | 48 | 11 | 536 | 8 | 30 | 1 | Advanced |
| 11 | Lia | "Kamac-Kamac" | 41 | 9 | 44 | 9 | 486 | 6 | 24 | 3 | Advanced |
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Adult Jury | Kids Jury | Televote | Total | Place | Result | |||
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| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Sati | "Insta" | 47 | 11 | 41 | 8 | 190 | 1 | 20 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Serj Araqelyan | "Good Mood" | 34 | 7 | 48 | 11 | 350 | 5 | 23 | 3 | Advanced |
| 3 | Silva Grigoryan | "Poqrik Zinvor" | 29 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 513 | 10 | 19 | 7 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Yurahatuk | "Yurahatuk" | 13 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 225 | 3 | 7 | 12 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Vova | "Leggo" | 49 | 12 | 38 | 7 | 991 | 12 | 31 | 1 | Advanced |
| 6 | Lili | "Payqar" | 43 | 9 | 50 | 12 | 277 | 4 | 25 | 2 | Advanced |
| 7 | Sekunda | "Qez im Yerevan" | 28 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 373 | 6 | 13 | 10 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Melisa | "Qameleon" | 26 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 541 | 11 | 19 | 7 | Eliminated |
| 9 | Vahagn Mesrobyan | "Es Ekel Em" | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 456 | 8 | 10 | 11 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Erik | "Ari Pari" | 43 | 9 | 41 | 8 | 201 | 2 | 19 | 9 | Eliminated |
| 11 | Anahit Arakelyan | "Shabadibam" | 39 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 394 | 7 | 21 | 5 | Advanced |
| 12 | Harut Harutyunyan | "Amar e" | 29 | 5 | 41 | 8 | 479 | 9 | 22 | 4 | Advanced |
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Final edit
The final was held on 22 September 2018.[6] Following both a public and a jury vote of two categories (adult and kids jury), L.E.V.O.N was ultimately selected to represent Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[7][8]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Adult Jury | Kids Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||
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| Total | Points | Total | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Lia | "Kamac-Kamac" | 14 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 706 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Anahit Arakelyan | "Shabadibam" | 29 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 532 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Harut Harutyunyan | "Amar e" | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 530 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Lily | "Payqar" | 18 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 762 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| 5 | Vova | "Leggo" | 42 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1,564 | 9 | 23 | 3 |
| 6 | Serj Araqelyan | "Good Mood" | 24 | 5 | 31 | 7 | 437 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| 7 | Vardan Margaryan | "Janaparh" | 36 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 2,423 | 10 | 26 | 2 |
| 8 | Eliza | "Im Erazanq" | 18 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 836 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
| 9 | L.E.V.O.N | "L.E.V.O.N" | 49 | 10 | 48 | 10 | 1,547 | 8 | 28 | 1 |
| 10 | Ani | "Angels" | 27 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 808 | 6 | 18 | 4 |
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Artist and song information edit
Levon Galstyan | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | L.E.V.O.N |
| Born | 20 May 2006 |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| "L.E.V.O.N" | |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Levon Galstyan |
| As | L.E.V.O.N |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) | Artem Valter |
| Lyricist(s) | Artem Valter |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 9th |
| Final points | 125 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Boomerang" (2017) | |
| "Colours of Your Dream" (2019) ► | |
Levon Galstyan edit
Levon Galstyan (born on 20 May 2006) is an Armenian-Russian child singer. He represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "L.E.V.O.N".[9]
Levon is no stranger to singing competitions, as in 2016 he participated in The Voice Kids Russia, where he was coached by Valeriy Meladze. Since then, he has taken part in local and international competitions, including New Wave in Russia as part of The Voices of Artsakh.
L.E.V.O.N edit
"L.E.V.O.N" is a song by Armenian-Russian child singer Levon Galstyan. He represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, finishing in 9th place with 125 points.
At Junior Eurovision edit
During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Armenia was drawn to perform seventeenth on 25 November 2018, following Macedonia and preceding Wales.
Voting edit
The 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.[10]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 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 Sunday 25 November 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 a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[11] 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 |
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| 01 |  Ukraine
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7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
| 02 |  Portugal
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16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 17 | |
| 03 |  Kazakhstan
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8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 4 |
| 04 |  Albania
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10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 13 | |
| 05 |  Russia
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2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 06 |  Netherlands
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11 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 07 |  Azerbaijan
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19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
| 08 |  Belarus
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1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 09 |  Ireland
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18 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 18 | |
| 10 |  Serbia
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15 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 14 | |
| 11 |  Italy
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9 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |
| 12 |  Australia
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6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 |  Georgia
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3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 |  Israel
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4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 12 | |
| 15 |  France
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13 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 |  Macedonia
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5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 17 | Armenia
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| 18 |  Wales
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17 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | |
| 19 |  Malta
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12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 20 |  Poland
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14 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
References edit
- ^ Adams, William Lee (23 November 2010). "Baby Gaga and Tributes to Mama at Junior Eurovision". Time. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Siim, Jarmo (18 January 2011). "Armenia to host Junior Eurovision in 2011". European Broadcasting Union.
- ^ "Armenia: The 23 participants of Depi Mankakan Evratesil for JESC 2018 revealed | INFE". 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (30 August 2018). "Armenia: First Twelve Depi Mankakan Evratesil Entries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (9 September 2018). "Armenia: First Five Depi Mankakan Evratesil Finalists Selected". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ García, Belén (22 September 2018). "Today: Armenia selects Junior Eurovision 2018 representative". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "L.E.V.O.N wins Armenian national final Depi Mankakan Evratesil". junioreurovision.tv. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision: L.E.V.O.N. wins Armenian national final". ESCplus. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ García, Belén (22 September 2018). "Junior Eurovision: L.E.V.O.N wins Armenian national final". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision fans: Cast your vote online!". Junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.