Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 explained

Contest:Junior
Year:2019
Country:Armenia
Preselection:Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2019
Preselection Date:15 September 2019
Entrant:Karina Ignatyan
Song:Colours of Your Dream
Final Result:9th, 115 points

Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, held in Gliwice, Poland on 24 November 2019. The Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Karina Ignatyan was chosen with her song "Colours of Your Dream".

Background

See main article: Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2019 contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 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.[1] Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.[2] In the 2018 contest, Levon represented country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "L.E.V.O.N". The song ended 9th out of 20 entries with 125 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2019

Depi Makankan Evratesil 2019 (Armenian: Դեպի Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2019; "Towards Junior Eurovision 2019") was the second edition of the national final Armenian: [[Depi Mankakan Evratesil]] and selected the Armenian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The competition took place on 15 September 2019 at the AMPTV studios in Yerevan. Ten entries competed and the winner was determined by the combination of votes from international and Armenian jury panels and a public vote. The show was broadcast on Armenia 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's website 1tv.am.

Competing entries

A submission period for artists was held from 19 June 2019.[3] Auditions were held to select the participants for the live show, and the ten finalists were revealed on 3 September 2019.[4]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Anahit Arakelyan"Chem handznvi" Ruzan Mkrtchyan, Aram Martikyan
Ani Atayan"Every Time"Ani Atayan
Anishock"Selfie Yerevan"Artem Valter
Anzhela Albertyan"Khaghanq khaghagh" Vazgen Koloyan, Mariam Hovhannisyan
Emily Hovhannisyan"Parum enq pary" Mane Araqelyan, Elita Harutyunyan
Karina Ignatyan"Colours of Your Dream"Taras Demchuk, Avet Barseghyan, Margarita Doroshevich
Narek Markosyan"Im ergy" Armen Gevorgyan, Qnarik Sasunyan
Robert Bagratyan"Captain Friendship"Robert Bagratyan, Timur Kamishanskiy, Arthur Aghekyan
Roza Eloyan"Im qaghaq" Karen Sevak, Avet Barseghyan
Vardan Margaryan"La La La"Tokionine, Suzanne Khanzadian

Final

The national final took place on 15 September 2019.[5] The winner was decided through a combination of SMS voting (1/3), an international adult jury (1/3) and an international kids jury (1/3).[6] At the end of the event, Karina Ignatyan (Armenian: Կարինա Իգնատյան, born on 7 July 2006) was selected with the song "Colours of Your Dream".[7] The song was written by Taras Demchuk, Avet Barseghyan and Margarita Doroshevish and contained lyrics in Armenian and English.

Final – 15 September 2019
DrawArtistSongAdult
jury
Kids
jury
TelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPoints
1align=left Karina Ignatyanalign=left "Colours of Your Dream"46422,091501381
2align=left Narek Markosyanalign=left "Im ergy"162658925677
3align=left Anzhela Albertyanalign=left "Khaghanq khaghagh"322351620755
4align=left Roza Eloyanalign=left "Im qaghaq"323094735973
5align=left Robert Bagratyanalign=left "Captain Friendship"313550115814
6align=left Emily Hovhannisyanalign=left "Parum enq pary"201815654310
7align=left Anishockalign=left "Selfie Yerevan"122274130648
8align=left Ani Atayanalign=left "Every Time"16191,20140755
9align=left Vardan Margaryanalign=left "La La La"47431,317451352
10align=left Anahit Arakelyanalign=left "Chem handznvi"231737010509
Detailed adult jury votes
DrawSongTotal
1align=left "Colours of Your Dream"7 910101046
2align=left "Im ergy"5243216
3align=left "Khaghanq khaghagh"6488632
4align=left "Im qaghaq"9567532
5align=left "Captain Friendship"8735831
6align=left "Parum enq pary"1624720
7align=left "Selfie Yerevan"2351112
8align=left "Every Time"4116416
9align=left "La La La"101099947
10align=left "Chem handznvi"3872323
Jury Members
  • – Olga Salamakha
  • – Natia Mshvenieradze
  • – Borislav Milanov
  • – Nicola Caligiore
  • – Lilith Navasardyan
Detailed kids jury votes
DrawSongTotal
1align=left "Colours of Your Dream"1010109342
2align=left "Im ergy"7458226
3align=left "Khaghanq khaghagh"5845123
4align=left "Im qaghaq"4967430
5align=left "Captain Friendship"9776635
6align=left "Parum enq pary"2281518
7align=left "Selfie Yerevan"6332822
8align=left "Every Time"1524719
9align=left "La La La"869101043
10align=left "Chem handznvi"3113917
Jury Members

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Armenia was drawn to perform 15th at the 24 November 2019 contest, following Netherlands and preceding Portugal.[8] Vika Martirosyan was the organizer and choreographer of the dance in both the music video and stage performance. The Armenian entry came 9th with 115 points.

Voting

Detailed voting results

+
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
017447765
0241314816101
0322215210
04108105883
0513151891816
063116238
079793356
08161113101113
091791512912
10555131774
11121212111515
12111411141214
136684447
1413321112
15
16181716181318
17810717692
18151817161417
1914166151011

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adams. William Lee. Baby Gaga and Tributes to Mama at Junior Eurovision. content.time.com. Time. 5 August 2016. 23 November 2010.
  2. Web site: Armenia to host Junior Eurovision in 2011. Siim. Jarmo. 18 January 2011. European Broadcasting Union.
  3. Web site: Armenia: Junior Eurovision 2019 participation confirmed. Christou. Costa. 19 June 2019. escxtra.
  4. Web site: Junior Eurovision: Armenia will select entrant on September 15. Maddalozzo. Riccardo. 3 September 2019. escxtra.
  5. Web site: Armenia: Ten Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2019 Finalists Revealed. Granger. Anthony. 3 September 2019. Eurovoix.
  6. Web site: "ԴԵՊԻ ՄԱՆԿԱԿԱՆ ԵՎՐԱՏԵՍԻԼ 2019"-Ի ՔՎԵԱՐԿՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԱՐԴՅՈՒՆՔՆԵՐԸ. The results of voting from Junior Eurovision 2019.. 16 September 2019. ARMTV. Armenian.
  7. News: Armenia: Karina Ignatyan to Junior Eurovision 2019. 15 September 2019. Farren. Neil. Eurovoix.
  8. Web site: This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order! . European Broadcasting Union . 2 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200528214606/https://junioreurovision.tv/story/here-is-the-running-order-for-junior-eurovision-2019 . 28 May 2020 . 18 November 2019 . live.
  9. Web site: Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019 . European Broadcasting Union . 2 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602093923/https://junioreurovision.tv/event/gliwice-silesia/gliwice-silesia-2019/results/armenia . 2 June 2021 . live.