Armenia participated in the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the seventeenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 24 November 2019, at the Gliwice Ar ...

, held in

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, 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

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 Vladimir Arzumanyan ( hy, Վլադիմիր Արզումանյան; born 26 May 1998 in Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh) is an Armenian singer. He represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the entry Mama (Մամա). I ...

. Armenia went on to host the

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in the

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n capital

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. In the 2018 contest, Levon represented country in

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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'' ( hy, Դեպի Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2019; "Towards Junior Eurovision 2019") was the second edition of the national final 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

. 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. Auditions were held to select the participants for the live show, and the ten finalists were revealed on 3 September 2019.

Final

The national final took place on 15 September 2019. 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). At the end of the event, Karina Ignatyan ( hy, Կարինա Իգնատյան, born on 7 July 2006) was selected with the song "Colours of Your Dream". The song was written by Taras Demchuk,

Avet Barseghyan Avet Barseghyan ( hy, Ավետ Բարսեղյան, ) is an Armenian songwriter and TV host, who hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia, alongside Gohar Gasparyan. Barseghyan has also written several of Armenia's entr ...

and Margarita Doroshevish and contained lyrics in

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and English.

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.

Vika Martirosyan Vika Martirosyan ( hy, Վիկա Մարտիրոսյան, birth name Viktorya Martirosyan, hy, Վիկտորյա Մարտիրոսյան; born 15 February 1985, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR) is an Armenian choreographer and dancer. Biography Vik ...

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

References

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