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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Armenia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 17 November 2021
Song: 19 November 2021
Selected artist(s)Maléna
Selected song"Qami Qami"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Vahram Petrosyan
  • tokionine
  • Maléna
  • David Tserunyan[1]
Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2021 • 2022►

Armenia is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France, having internally selected Maléna as their representative with the song "Qami Qami". She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with the song "Why" before the country withdrew due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

Main article: Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its first entry in 2007, with their best result being in 2010 when they won with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan.[3] Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.[4] In the 2019 contest, Karina Ignatyan represented country in Gliwice, Poland with the song "Colours of Your Dream". The song ended 9th out of 19 entries with 115 points.

Despite being included on the final list of participating countries,[5] Armenia withdrew from the 2020 contest in November 2020 due to the then-ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh war.[6] It was later revealed that Maléna Fox had been internally selected to represent Armenia with the song "Why".[7] With the Nagorno-Karabakh war ending on 10 November, Armenia's head of delegation David Tserunyan wrote on Instagram that the country would "come back stronger than ever".[8]

Before Junior Eurovision

On 17 November 2021, AMPTV confirmed that Maléna was internally selected to represent Armenia again in the contest.[9] Prior to the announcement, Armenian media had already reported that she was selected.[10][11] It was officially revealed on 18 November 2021 that Maléna would perform "Qami Qami" at the contest, and the lyrics of the song were revealed on the junioreurovision.tv website. The song itself was released the next day.

Artist and song information

Maléna

Main article: Maléna (Armenian singer)
Maléna
Birth nameArpine Martoyan
Born (2007-01-10) 10 January 2007 (age 17)
OriginYerevan, Armenia
GenresPop
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2018-present
LabelsTKN

Arpine Martoyan (born 10 January 2007), known professionally as Maléna or Maléna Fox,[12] is an Armenian child singer. She was set to represent Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, but the country withdrew only weeks beforehand. Her withdrawn entry "Why" was revealed hours before the contest's broadcast. Instead, she will represent Armenia at Junior Eurovision 2021 with the song "Qami Qami".

Qami Qami

Armenia "Qami Qami"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Maléna
Languages
Armenian, English
Composer(s)
tokionine
Lyricist(s)
  • Vahram Petrosyan
  • tokionine
  • Maléna
  • David Tserunyan
Entry chronology
◄ "Colours of Your Dream" (2019)

"Qami Qami" (Armenian: Քամի Քամի; English translation: "Wind Wind") is a song by Armenian singer Maléna. It will represent Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Armenia will perform ninth on 19 December 2021, following Ireland and preceding Kazakhstan.[13]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 19 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[14] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.


References

  1. ^ "Maléna - Armenia - Paris 2021". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "EBU: Armenia to participate in Junior Eurovision Song Contest". panarmenian.net. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ Adams, William Lee (23 November 2010). "Baby Gaga and Tributes to Mama at Junior Eurovision". content.time.com. Time. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ^ Siim, Jarmo (18 January 2011). "Armenia to host Junior Eurovision in 2011". European Broadcasting Union.
  5. ^ "13 countries will 'Move the World' at Junior Eurovision 2020". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ Farren, Neil (5 November 2020). "Armenia: Withdraws From Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 November 2020). "Armenia: Maléna Reveals Withdrawn Junior Eurovision Song". Eurovoix.
  8. ^ Tserunyan, David (5 November 2020). "David Tserunyan on Instagram: "Dear friends and Eurovision fans, it is with great sadness that we announce our withdrawal from JESC 2020. Our team has been working…"". Instagram. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Maléna will represent Armenia at the Junior Eurovision 2021". eurovision.am. AMPTV. 17 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Avagyan, Alen (15 October 2021). "Ով կներկայացնի Հայաստանը «Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ»-ում". ՀՐԱՊԱՐԱԿ (in Armenian). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. ^ Adessi, Antonio (17 October 2021). "Junior Eurovision 2021, Malena Fox rappresenterà l'Armenia". Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  12. ^ David López, José (17 November 2021). "Maléna Fox will represent Armenia at Junior Eurovision 2021!". ESCPlus. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Junior Eurovision: Running order revealed… 🇫🇷". Junioreurovision.tv. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  14. ^ "You can vote on the winner of Junior Eurovision! 🗳". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 13 December 2021 suggested (help)
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