Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
CountryFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
National selection
Selection process Depi Mankakan Evratesil 2018
Selection date(s)Semi-finals
9 September 2018
16 September 2018
Final
22 September 2018
Selected entrantL.E.V.O.N
Selected song"L.E.V.O.N"
Selected songwriter(s)Artem Valter
Finals performance
Final result9th, 125 points
Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄201720182019►

Armenia participated in 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.

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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 2010 when they won with the song "Mama", performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan. [1] Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan. [2]

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.

Competing entries

The 23 selected singers were revealed in July 2018. [3] The first 12 competing entries were revealed on 30 August 2018, [4] with the remaining 12 revealed a day later.

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Anahit Arakelyan"Shabadibam" (Շաբադիբամ)Armen Virabyan
Ani"Angels"Hasmik Melqonyan
Anna"1 2 3 4"Nick Egibyan
Arpi "Par" (Պար)Tigran Petrosyan, Ada Simonyan
Gor X"Why Don't"Gor X
Eliza"Im Erazanq" (Իմ երազանք)Tigran Avetisyan, Liana Torosyan
Erik"Ari Pari" (Արի պարի)Nick Egibyan
Lia"Kamac-Kamac" (Կամաց-կամաց)Nick Egibyan, Vladimir Poghosyan
Lili"Payqar" (Պայքար)Egine, Anna Danielyan
L.E.V.O.N"L.E.V.O.N"Artem Valter
Harut Harutyunyan"Amar e" (Ամառ է)Artem Valter
Maria Petrosyan"Happy Birthday"Nick Egibyan
Melisa"Qameleon" (Քամելեոն)David Badalyan
Yurahatuk"Yurahatuk" (Յուրահատուկ)Miqayel Margaryan
Nare Elizbaryan"Du karox es" (Դու կարող ես)Susanna Barseghyan
Sati"Insta" (Ինստա)Nick Egibyan
Sekunda"Qez im Yerevan" (Քեզ իմ Երևան)Karen Ananyan, Armine Grigoryan
Serj Araqelyan"Good Mood"Grigor Kyokchyan
Silva Grigoryan"Poqrik Zinvor" (Փոքրիկ զինվոր)Richard Madlenyan, Grigor Kyokchyan
Vahagn Mesrobyan"Es Ekel Em" (Ես եկել եմ)Susanna Barseghyan
Vardan Margaryan"Janaparh" (Ճանապարհ)Mane Hakobyan, Avet Barseghyan
Vova"Leggo"Martin Mirzoyan, Grigor Kyokchyan
1+1"Misht Miasin" (Միշտ միասին)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. [5]

Semi-final 1 – 9 September 2018
DrawArtistSongAdult JuryKids JuryTelevoteTotalPlaceResult
VotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPoints
1Anna"1 2 3 4"3374283064196Eliminated
2 Arpi "Par"2642762803138Eliminated
3Nare Elizbaryan"Du karox es"275914987137Eliminated
4Gor X"Why Don't"1921632162711Eliminated
5Vardan Margaryan"Janaparh"41947101,38311301Advanced
61+1"Misht miasin"1111425729129Eliminated
7Eliza"Im Erazanq"29626565910214Advanced
8Ani"Angels"3684073935205Advanced
9Maria Petrosyan"Happy Birthday"2431741471810Eliminated
10L.E.V.O.N"L.E.V.O.N"431148115368301Advanced
11Lia"Kamac-Kamac"4194494866243Advanced
Semi-final 2 – 16 September 2018
DrawArtistSongAdult JuryKids JuryTelevoteTotalPlaceResult
VotesPointsVotesPointsVotesPoints
1Sati"Insta"47114181901206Eliminated
2Serj Araqelyan"Good Mood"34748113505233Advanced
3Silva Grigoryan"Poqrik Zinvor"29527451310197Eliminated
4Yurahatuk"Yurahatuk"1321422253712Eliminated
5Vova"Leggo"491238799112311Advanced
6Lili"Payqar"43950122774252Advanced
7Sekunda"Qez im Yerevan"28420337361310Eliminated
8Melisa"Qameleon"26328554111197Eliminated
9Vahagn Mesrobyan"Es Ekel Em"1016145681011Eliminated
10Erik"Ari Pari"4394182012199Eliminated
11Anahit Arakelyan"Shabadibam"3983663947215Advanced
12Harut Harutyunyan"Amar e"2954184799224Advanced

Final

The final was held on 22 September 2018. [6] 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. [7] [8]

Final – 22 September 2018
DrawArtistSongAdult JuryKids JuryTelevoteTotalPlace
TotalPointsTotalPointsVotesPoints
1Lia"Kamac-Kamac"141254706499
2Anahit Arakelyan"Shabadibam"2971115323118
3Harut Harutyunyan"Amar e"1821725302610
4Lily"Payqar"1823487625155
5Vova"Leggo"4292651,5649233
6Serj Araqelyan"Good Mood"2453174371136
7Vardan Margaryan"Janaparh"3683482,42310262
8Eliza"Im Erazanq"1821938367127
9L.E.V.O.N"L.E.V.O.N"491048101,5478281
10Ani"Angels"2763068086184

Artist and song information

Levon Galstyan
Levon Galstjan at JESC 2018.jpg
Background information
Also known asL.E.V.O.N
Born (2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 (age 17)
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2014–present
Flag of Armenia.svg "L.E.V.O.N"
Levon Galstjan at JESC 2018.jpg
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Levon Galstyan
As
L.E.V.O.N
Language
Composer(s)
Artem Valter
Lyricist(s)
Artem Valter
Finals performance
Final result
9th
Final points
125
Entry chronology
◄ "Boomerang" (2017)
"Colours of Your Dream" (2019) ►

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". [9]

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

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [10]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 25 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [11] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Armenia [12]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7101151592
02Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 161417181017
03Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 86781674
04Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 10151416513
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24241210
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 111511756
07Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 191919191919
08Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 12323112
09Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 18189171718
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1581615814
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 91115101111
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 65131347
13Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3341238
14Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 41212131812
15Flag of France.svg  France 13166612101
16Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 5131012465
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
18Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 17713141416
19Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 12989683
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1417187915

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