Armenia was represented at 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.

Background

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 when they won with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan. Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Before Junior Eurovision Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2018 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. Mika and Dalita were the hosts

Competing entries

The 23 selected singers were revealed in July 2018. The first 12 competing entries were revealed on 30 August 2018, with the remaining 12 revealed a day later. Artist Song Songwriter(s) Anahit Arakelyan "Shabadibam" Armen Virabyan Ani "Angels" Hasmik Melqonyan Anna "1 2 3 4" Nick Egibyan Arpi "Par" Tigran Petrosyan, Ada Simonyan Gor X "Why Don't" Gor X Eliza "Im Erazanq" Tigran Avetisyan, Liana Torosyan Erik "Ari Pari" Nick Egibyan Lia "Kamac-Kamac" Nick Egibyan, Vladimir Poghosyan Lili "Payqar" Egine, Anna Danielyan L.E.V.O.N "L.E.V.O.N" Artem Valter Harut Harutyunyan "Amar e" Artem Valter Maria Petrosyan "Happy Birthday" Nick Egibyan Melisa "Qameleon" David Badalyan Yurahatuk "Yurahatuk" Miqayel Margaryan Nare Elizbaryan "Du karox es" Susanna Barseghyan Sati "Insta" Nick Egibyan Sekunda "Qez im Yerevan" Karen Ananyan, Armine Grigoryan Serj Araqelyan "Good Mood" Grigor Kyokchyan Silva Grigoryan "Poqrik Zinvor" Richard Madlenyan, Grigor Kyokchyan Vahagn Mesrobyan "Es Ekel Em" Susanna Barseghyan Vardan Margaryan "Janaparh" Mane Hakobyan, Avet Barseghyan Vova "Leggo" Martin Mirzoyan, Grigor Kyokchyan 1+1 "Misht Miasin" Qristine Davtyan

Semi-finals

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.

Key:

+ Semi-final 1 – 9 September 2018 Draw Artist Song Adult Jury Kids Jury Televote Total PlaceVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPoints1 Anna "1 2 3 4"33742830641962 Arpi "Par"26427628031383 Nare Elizbaryan "Du karox es"2759149871374 Gor X "Why Don't"19216321627115 Vardan Margaryan "Janaparh"41947101,383113016 1+1 "Misht miasin"11114257291297 Eliza "Im Erazanq"296265659102148 Ani "Angels"36840739352059 Maria Petrosyan "Happy Birthday"243174147181010 L.E.V.O.N "L.E.V.O.N"43114811536830111 Lia "Kamac-Kamac"4194494866243

+ Detailed Adult Jury votesDrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Total1 "1 2 3 4" 1131081332 "Par"228311263 "Du karox es"88272274 "Why Don't"64324195 "Janaparh"399119416 "Misht miasin"15113117 "Im Erazanq"76565298 "Angels"4107510369 "Happy Birthday"516482410 "L.E.V.O.N"97111064311 "Kamac-Kamac"101149741

+ Detailed Kids Jury votesDrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Total1 "1 2 3 4" 1148811422 "Par"38565273 "Du karox es"4211194 "Why Don't"23326165 "Janaparh"710101010476 "Misht miasin"51242147 "Im Erazanq"66653268 "Angels"99778409 "Happy Birthday"154341710 "L.E.V.O.N"101111974811 "Kamac-Kamac"87911944

+ Semi-final 2 – 16 September 2018 Draw Artist Song Adult Jury Kids Jury Televote Total PlaceVotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPoints1 Sati "Insta"471141819012062 Serj Araqelyan "Good Mood"347481135052333 Silva Grigoryan "Poqrik Zinvor"295274513101974 Yurahatuk "Yurahatuk"13214222537125 Vova "Leggo"4912387991123116 Lili "Payqar"439501227742527 Sekunda "Qez im Yerevan"284203373613108 Melisa "Qameleon"263285541111979 Vahagn Mesrobyan "Es Ekel Em"101614568101110 Erik "Ari Pari"439418201219911 Anahit Arakelyan "Shabadibam"398366394721512 Harut Harutyunyan "Amar e"2954184799224

+ Detailed Adult Jury votesDrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Total1 "Insta" 105101111472"Good Mood"86398343"Poqrik Zinvor"18686294"Yurahatuk"22432135"Leggo"111212410496"Payqar"9105127437"Qez im Yerevan"77851288"Qameleon"69164269"Es Ekel Em" 312131010"Ari Pari"12411794311 "Shabadibam"51192123912"Amar e"43710529

+ Detailed Kids Jury votesDrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Total1 "Insta" 11107103412"Good Mood"10791210483"Poqrik Zinvor"73467274"Yurahatuk"34322145"Leggo"691238386"Payqar"121151111507"Qez im Yerevan"12296208"Qameleon"58654289"Es Ekel Em" 21111610"Ari Pari"861141241 11 "Shabadibam"4510893612"Amar e"91287541

Final

The final was held on 22 September 2018. 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.

+ Final – 22 September 2018 Draw Artist Song Adult Jury Kids Jury Televote Total PlaceTotalPointsTotalPointsVotesPoints 1 Lia "Kamac-Kamac" 14 1 25 4 706 4 9 92 Anahit Arakelyan "Shabadibam" 29 7 11 1 532 3 11 83 Harut Harutyunyan "Amar e" 18 2 17 2 530 2 6 104 Lily "Payqar" 18 2 34 8 762 5 15 55 Vova "Leggo" 42 9 26 5 1,564 9 23 36 Serj Araqelyan "Good Mood" 24 5 31 7 437 1 13 6 7 Vardan Margaryan "Janaparh" 36 8 34 8 2,423 10 26 28 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 28 110 Ani "Angels" 27 6 30 6808 6 18 4

+ Detailed Adult Jury votesDrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Total1 "Kamac-Kamac" 32216142"Shabadibam"541064293"Amar e"41445184"Payqar"15552185"Leggo"99798426"Good Mood"77631247"Janaparh"88389368"Im Erazanq"66123189"L.E.V.O.N"1010910104910"Angels"2387727

+ Detailed Kids Jury votesDrawSongJury 1Jury 2Jury 3Jury 4Jury 5Total1 "Kamac-Kamac" 62557252 "Shabadibam"21611113"Amar e"13436174"Payqar"882610345"Leggo"57923266"Good Mood"46795317"Janaparh"79882348"Im Erazanq"34174199"L.E.V.O.N"1010101084810"Angels"9534930

Artist and song information

Levon Galstyan 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".

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 "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 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

+ Points awarded to Armenia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Armenia received 70 points from the online vote

+ Points awarded by Armenia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 7 10 11 5 15 9 2 02 16 14 17 18 10 17 03 8 6 7 8 16 7 4 04 10 15 14 16 5 13 05 2 4 2 4 1 2 10 06 11 1 5 11 7 5 6 07 19 19 19 19 19 19 08 1 2 3 2 3 1 12 09 18 18 9 17 17 18 10 15 8 16 15 8 14 11 9 11 15 10 11 11 12 6 5 1 3 13 4 7 13 3 3 4 1 2 3 8 14 4 12 12 13 18 12 15 13 16 6 6 12 10 1 16 5 13 10 12 4 6 5 17 18 17 7 13 14 14 16 19 12 9 8 9 6 8 3 20 14 17 18 7 9 15

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