The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the annual
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
, and took place in
Yerevan
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,
Armenia
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at the
Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex
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.
It was the first time in history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the contest was held in the previous year's winning country. Public Television of Armenia
ARMTV was the main organizer of the show, being provided financial aid from the
European Broadcasting Union
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made of entrance fees from the participating broadcasters, while Swedish company HD Resources assisted with the technical side of the production.
Thirteen countries participated, with and withdrawing and returning. The winner was the group
Candy
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from
Georgia
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with the song "
Candy Music
Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 which took place on 3 December 2011, in Yerevan, Armenia. Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Teen-pop group Candy was extern ...
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and finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Georgia's second victory in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
following a previous victory in
2008
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.
Location
On 18 January 2011, Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV and the
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...
(EBU) announced that the 2011 contest would take place in the
Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
** Karen languages or Karenic la ...
, in Yerevan.
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The complex consists of two main halls; the Concerts hall and the Sports hall, in addition to the large foyer, ''Hayastan'' conference hall and ''Argishti'' hall designated for diplomatic meetings, exhibitions and other events.
]
Format
On 15 November 2011, it was revealed that Gohar Gasparyan
Gohar Gasparyan ( hy, Գոհար Գասպարյան; 14 December 1924 – 16 May 2007), also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.
Life
Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Egypt, Gasparyan studied at a Music ...
and 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 ...
would be the hosts of the show.
Logo and graphic design
In May 2011, ARMTV announced a competition for children to design the official logo of the contest, which was due to be presented on 1 June. However, in the end the logo was designed by a professional teams from ARMTV, the EBU and Studio of Anton Baranov from Belarus, who also designed logo of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010. The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan from Armenia with the song M ...
and was presented on 15 July 2011. The logo depicts equalizer bars in the shape of a mountain, hinting a toy version of the famous Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and th ...
.
The graphics were made by Guðmundur Þór Kárason
Guðmundur Þór Kárason (born 14 June 1974) is an Icelandic puppet designer and puppeteer who is best known for his work on '' LazyTown''.
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Guðmundur is the son of director Kári H. Þórsson and visual artist Jenn ...
, from Iceland
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, who previously worked on the Icelandic children's show '' LazyTown'' and was a photographer for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song), Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak. Organise ...
. The postcards were produced and directed by him alongside Arthur Vardanyan.
Voting rules changes
Changes to the voting included that televoting was possible after all songs had been performed, and not from the beginning of the show as in previous years – returning to the rules active in 2003–2005. Each country's spokesperson also announced all the points during their presentation, due to the lower number of participating countries, as it was done in 2003–2004.
Opening and interval acts
The show was opened with a traditional dance performance. During the interval Molly Sanden performed "Spread a Little Light", whilst Sirusho
Siranush Harutyunyan ( hy, Սիրանուշ Հարությունյան; born 7 January 1987), known professionally as Sirusho ( hy, Սիրուշո), is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She received her first award when she was nine years old fo ...
performed a remixed version of "Qélé, Qélé
Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Qélé, Qélé" written by H.A. Der-Hovagimian (aka DerHova) and Sirusho. The song was performed by Sirusho, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Te ...
" and last year's winner 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 ...
also took to the stage.
Participating countries
On 15 July, the EBU announced that 12 countries would compete in the upcoming contest. was to compete for the first time, while , and withdrew. EBU also had been negotiating with several other countries, including and , but they were not able to confirm their participation due to the shortage of time. On 15 August, it was announced that had joined the list, returning after a two-year absence from the contest. On 9 September, Latvia reversed its decision to withdraw from the contest and would now send a participant. However, on 7 October it was announced that San Marino would not be present in Armenia as they were not able to find a suitable participant in time for the contest, hoping to send an entry to the 2012 edition. Therefore, a total of 13 countries took part in Armenia.
Returning artists
Even though rules of Junior Eurovision do not allow participation of returning artists - EBU issued special permission for Russian entry 2011 performed by participant of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November 2009. 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union ( ...
Ekaterina Ryabova, which is first similar case in history of the contest. According to Sietse Bakker, EBU coordinator - EBU may also drop this rule completely, starting from 2012. Notably, Ekaterina
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*K ...
had also already applied to national preselection in 2010 as well, but was disqualified following the existing rule.
Participants and results
Each country gave their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system, which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Detailed voting results
12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received. All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting to ensure that no country finished with nul points
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is selected by a positional voting system. The most recent system was implemented in the , and sees each participating country award two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs: one set fr ...
; these 12 points were announced by a spokesperson from Australia.
Spokespersons
The order in which votes were cast during the 2011 contest along with the spokesperson who was responsible for announcing the votes for their respective country.
# Valentin Sadiki
# Šarlote Lēnmane
# Ștefan Roșcovan
# Razmik Arghajanyan
# Samuil Sarandev-Sancho
# Dominykas Žvirblis
# Amanda Koenig
# Anja Veterova
# Anna Lagerweij
# Anna Kovalyova
# Ina-Jane von Herff
# Elene Makashvili
# Jill & Lauren
Belgium was represented by Jill Van Vooren and Lauren De Ruyck in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Get Up!".
Jill & Lauren will compete for Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010, to be held on 20 November in M ...
Broadcasts
Each national broadcaster sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Details of the commentators and the broadcasting station for which they represented are also included in the table below.
Official album
''Junior Eurovision Song Contest Yerevan 2011'', is a compilation album put together by the European Broadcasting Union, and was released by Universal Music Group
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on 25 November 2011. The album features all the songs from the 2011 contest, along with karaoke versions.
See also
* Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union ...
References
References
External links
Junior Eurovision Official Website
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
2011
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2011 in Armenia
21st century in Yerevan
2011 song contests
Events in Yerevan
December 2011 events in Europe