| Year: | 2008 |
| Contest: | Junior |
| Country: | Armenia |
| Preselection: | National Final |
| Preselection Date: | Quarter-finals: 30 June 2008 1 July 2008 Semi-final: 6 July 2008 Final: 11 July 2008 |
| Entrant: | Monika Manchuarova |
| Song: | Im Ergi Hnchyune |
| Final Result: | 8th, 59 points |
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 Manchuarova with "Im Ergy Hnchyune", which represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 22 November 2008.[1]
A submission period for artists was held until 5 May 2008. 200 applications were received, and 36 entries were chosen for the national final.
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" | Advanced | |
| 3 | 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" | Advanced | |
| 15 | 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 |
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" | Advanced | |
| 2 | 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" | Advanced | |
| 10 | Anahit Petrosyan | "Echo" | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Mary Martirosyan | "Smile" | Advanced | |
| 12 | Luara Airapetyan | "My Song" | Advanced | |
| 13 | Anush Karapetyan | "Tired" | Eliminated | |
| 14 | Monika Manucharova | "Sounds of My Song" | Advanced | |
| 15 | Marine, Larisa & Emma | "Three Sisters" | Eliminated | |
| 16 | Tamara Lalayan | "Song In My Soul" | Advanced | |
| 17 | Siranush Grigoryan | "Hello To The Sun" | Eliminated | |
| 18 | Do-Re-Mi | "Sara-Bara-Du" | Advanced |
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" | Advanced | |
| 15 | 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" | Eliminated | |
| 21 | Do-Re-Me | "Chocolate" | Advanced |
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" | |
| 7 | Monica Manucharova | "Im ergy hnchyune" | |
| 8 | Luara Hayrapetyan | "Im ergy" | |
| 9 | Emma Kazaryan | "Im ergy" | |
| 10 | Nadezhda Sargsyan & Friends[2] | "Shokolad" |
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.[3]