Armenia was represented at 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
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. Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan. 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 (; "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 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. Auditions were held to select the participants for the live show, and the ten finalists were revealed on 3 September 2019. Artist Song Songwriter(s)Anahit Arakelyan"Chem handznvi" Ruzan Mkrtchyan, Aram MartikyanAni Atayan"Every Time"Ani AtayanAnishock"Selfie Yerevan"Artem ValterAnzhela Albertyan"Khaghanq khaghagh" Vazgen Koloyan, Mariam HovhannisyanEmily Hovhannisyan"Parum enq pary" Mane Araqelyan, Elita HarutyunyanKarina Ignatyan"Colours of Your Dream"Taras Demchuk, Avet Barseghyan, Margarita DoroshevichNarek Markosyan"Im ergy" Armen Gevorgyan, Qnarik SasunyanRobert Bagratyan"Captain Friendship"Robert Bagratyan, Timur Kamishanskiy, Arthur AghekyanRoza Eloyan"Im qaghaq" Karen Sevak, Avet BarseghyanVardan Margaryan"La La La"Tokionine, Suzanne Khanzadian
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 (, born on 7 July 2006) was selected with the song "Colours of Your Dream". The song was written by Taras Demchuk, Avet Barseghyan and Margarita Doroshevish and contained lyrics in Armenian and English.
+ Final – 15 September 2019 Draw Artist Song AdultjuryKidsjuryTelevote Total PlaceVotesPoints 1 Karina Ignatyan "Colours of Your Dream" 46 422,091 50 138 12 Narek Markosyan "Im ergy" 16 26589 25 67 7 3 Anzhela Albertyan "Khaghanq khaghagh" 3223516207554 Roza Eloyan "Im qaghaq" 3230947359735 Robert Bagratyan "Captain Friendship" 313550115814 6 Emily Hovhannisyan "Parum enq pary" 201815654310 7 Anishock "Selfie Yerevan" 1222741306488 Ani Atayan "Every Time" 16191,20140755 9 Vardan Margaryan "La La La" 47431,31745135210 Anahit Arakelyan "Chem handznvi"231737010509
+ Detailed adult jury votesDrawSongTotal1"Colours of Your Dream"7 9101010462"Im ergy"52432163"Khaghanq khaghagh"64886324"Im qaghaq"95675325"Captain Friendship"87358316"Parum enq pary"16247207"Selfie Yerevan"23511128"Every Time"41164169"La La La"10109994710"Chem handznvi"3872323Jury Members – Olga Salamakha – Natia Mshvenieradze – Borislav Milanov – Nicola Caligiore – Lilith Navasardyan
+ Detailed kids jury votesDrawSongTotal1"Colours of Your Dream"10101093422"Im ergy"74582263"Khaghanq khaghagh"58451234"Im qaghaq"49674305"Captain Friendship"97766356"Parum enq pary"22815187"Selfie Yerevan"63328228"Every Time"15247199"La La La"86910104310"Chem handznvi"3113917Jury Members – Roksana Węgiel – – Angelina – –
Artist and song information
Karina Ignatyan
Karina Ignatyan (Armenian: Կարինա Իգնատյան; born 7 July 2006) is an Armenian-Russian born singer who represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Colours of Your Dream", finishing ninth. She has participated in many competitions throughout her career such as The Voice Kids Russia and New Wave Junior.
It was announced that she would be the spokesperson for Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 where she announced that Armenia gave their 12 points to Georgia. She also hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 alongside, Iveta Mukuchyan, and Garik Papoyan.
Colours of Your Dream "Colours of Your Dream" is a song by Armenian singer Karina Ignatyan. It won Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2019 and represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The song written and composed by Taras Demchuk, Avet Barseghyan and Margarita Doroshevish. The music video for the song was released on 3 November 2019 During Ignatyans performance she was joined by four dancers, the song would later place 9th with 115 points.
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 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
+ 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 45 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 4 4 7 7 6 5 02 4 13 14 8 16 10 1 03 2 2 2 1 5 2 10 04 10 8 10 5 8 8 3 05 13 15 18 9 18 16 06 3 1 1 6 2 3 8 07 9 7 9 3 3 5 6 08 16 11 13 10 11 13 09 17 9 15 12 9 12 10 5 5 5 13 17 7 4 11 12 12 12 11 15 15 12 11 14 11 14 12 14 13 6 6 8 4 4 4 7 14 1 3 3 2 1 1 12 15 16 18 17 16 18 13 18 17 8 10 7 17 6 9 2 18 15 18 17 16 14 17 19 14 16 6 15 10 11
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