Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	Armenia
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 14 July 2015 Song: 6 October 2015
Selected artist(s)	Michael Varosyan (Mika)
Selected song	"Love"
Finals performance
Final result	2nd, 176 points
Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2014 • 2015 • 2016►

Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 June 2015 it was confirmed that they would use internal selection. Michael Varosyan (Mika) was selected as the Armenian representative on 14 July with his song "Love", being selected on 6 October.

Armenia finished 2nd with 176 points during the final.

Before Junior Eurovision

Internal selection

On 11 June 2015, the Armenian public broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV), announced its plans to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. ^[1] The broadcaster had opted for an internal selection method, to decide their artist and song to represent them in November. ^[1]

The broadcaster announced on 14 July, that they had selected 12-year-old Michael Varosyan to be their representative in Bulgaria. ^[2] He was actually part of Compass Band, the representatives in 2012, but he was not allowed to compete since he was only 9. Varosyan has previous taken part in the national selection shows for Armenia since 2013, but never gained the ticket to represent his country at the junior contest.

On 19 September, an announcement by the public broadcaster stated that their 2015 Junior Eurovision representative, Michael Varosyan, would be performing the song "Love". ^[3] It was officially presented on 6 October.

Artist and song information

Michael Varosyan
Second placed Mika performing during the contest for Armenia.
Background information
Birth name	Michael Varosyan
Also known as	Mika
Born	(2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 21) [4] Armenia
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals

"Love"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry
Country	Armenia
Artist(s)	Michael Varosyan
As	Mika
Languages	Armenian, English
Composer(s)	Lilith Navasardyan, Michael Varosyan
Lyricist(s)	Avet Barseghyan, Michael Varosyan
Finals performance
Final result	2nd
Final points	176
Entry chronology
◄ "People of the Sun" (2014)
"Tarber" (2016) ►

Michael Varosyan

Michael Varosyan (Armenian : Միքայել Վարոսյան), better known as simply Mika (Armenian : Միկա), is an Armenian child singer who represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Mika started his music career at the age of six, after studying in the art. Varosyan has taken part in a variety of international music festivals, including the Armenian national selection competition "New wave" in 2012, and in 2013 he took part in "Golden Sparkles", a festival held in Varna. ^[2]

Love

"Love" is a song by Armenian child singer Michael Varosyan, simply known as Mika. It represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Bulgaria and he achieved 2nd place with 176 points which is highest number of points for a non-winning entry. ^[3]

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, Armenia were drawn to perform eleventh on 21 November 2015, following Belarus and preceding Ukraine. ^[5]

Final

Mika was wearing a pink suit and a white shirt, and his backing vocalists and dancers were also wearing pink costumes with glitter. It all started with a wide shot of the stage and the audience at the Arena Armeec, and then it approaches to the stage, where a big Earth displayed on the backdrops turns around full with pixel hearts, Mika's symbol. However, Armenia's backgrounds were very dynamic so everybody would see pink and grey colors, the word 'Love' written on the backdrop and white lights. There were also pyrotechnics at the end of the performance. At the end of the voting, Armenia placed 2nd with 176 points. ^[6]

Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released one month after the final.^{[ citation needed ]}

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Armenia had placed 2nd with the public televote and 2nd with the jury vote. In the public vote, Armenia scored 134 points, while with the jury vote, Armenia scored 149 points. ^[7] Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Armenia and awarded by Armenia in the final and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the final.

Points awarded to Armenia [8] Score Country 12 points [lower-alpha 1]   Belarus   Georgia   Netherlands   Russia 10 points   Albania   Australia   Bulgaria   Kids Jury   Macedonia   San Marino   Serbia   Slovenia 8 points   Ireland   Ukraine 7 points   Malta   Montenegro 6 points   Italy 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Armenia [8] Score Country 12 points   Malta 10 points   Slovenia 8 points   Georgia 7 points   Russia 6 points   Albania 5 points   Belarus 4 points   Serbia 3 points   Italy 2 points   San Marino 1 point   Australia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Armenian jury: ^[9]

• Artur Asatyan
• Inga Arshakyan
• Erik Karapetyan
• Emma Asatryan
• Alla Levonyan

Detailed voting results from Armenia ^[9]

Draw	Country	A. Asatyan	I. Arshakyan	E. Krapetyan	E. Asatryan	A. Levonyan	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Serbia	2	7	3	6	4	5	1	4
02	Georgia	8	12	12	12	12	12	5	8
03	Slovenia	7	8	10	10	10	10	8	10
04	Italy	12	4			7	6		3
05	Netherlands		3	2	3		2
06	Australia	1			4			3	1
07	Ireland		2
08	Russia	3	5	7	2	3	3	10	7
09	Macedonia
10	Belarus	6		5	5	6	4	7	5
11	Armenia
12	Ukraine		1	4		2		2
13	Bulgaria	4		1	1	1	1
14	San Marino							4	2
15	Malta	10	10	8	8	8	8	12	12
16	Albania	5	6	6	7	5	7	6	6
17	Montenegro

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

1. Granger, Anthony (11 June 2015). "Armenia: Internal Selection For JESC 2015". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
2. Fisher Degerfeldt, Luke James (14 July 2015). "Michael Varosyan selected for Armenia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
3. Granger, Anthony (19 September 2015). "Armenia Michael Varosyan to sing "Love"". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
4. About Michael Varosyan
5. James-Fisher, Luke (15 November 2015). "Running order for Junior Eurovision 2015". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
6. "Final of Sofia 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
7. "Full split results of Junior Eurovision 2015". European Broadcasting Union. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
8. "Results of the Final of Sofia 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
9. "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2021.