Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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Armenia in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Participating broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV)
CountryFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement date
  • Artist: 21 October 2025
  • Song: 6 November 2025
Competing entry
Song"Brave Heart"
Artist Albert
Songwriters
  • Anita Hakhverdyan
  • Lilit Navasardyan
Placement
Final result4th, 175 points
Participation chronology
◄2024 •2025

Armenia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Brave Heart", written by Anita Hakhverdyan and Lilit Navasardyan, and performed by Albert. The Armenian participating broadcaster, Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV), internally selected its entry for the contest.

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Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Armenia had participated in the contest seventeen times since its first entry in the 2007 contest. Since then, it has won the contest on two occasions: in 2010 with "Mama" performed by Vladimir Arzumanyan and in 2021 with " Qami Qami " performed by Maléna. Armenia had also placed within the top three on ten occasions, more than any other country to have ever competed, and never placed outside of the top nine. [1] The nation opted not to take part in the contest in 2020 due to the martial law imposed on the country as a result of the then-ongoing Second Nagorno-Karabakh War; [2] it was then set to be represented by Maléna. [3] In 2024, Leo competed for Armenia with the song "Cosmic Friend", which ended up in 8th place out of 17 entries with 125 points. [4]

Before Junior Eurovision

Internal selection

The Armenian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was selected internally by AMPTV. The broadcaster opened a submission process for interested artists aged between nine and fourteen on 7 July 2025 to determine its entrant, who would then work with a creative team commissioned by the broadcaster to create the Armenian entry for the contest. [5] All submissions required participants to enter covers of two songs, with applications open until 10 August 2025; [6] shortly before the closing, the deadline was extended until the following 15 August. [7]

Fourteen acts were selected to take part in an audition round in Yerevan between 18 and 24 August 2025; [8] [9] among them was Natalina Safaryan. [10] The acts were judged by a panel which included AMPTV creative producer Anna Tadevosyan, director Arthur Manukyan, Armenian Head of Delegation David Tserunyan, composers Lilit Navasardyan and Nick Egibyan, as well as past Armenian Eurovision representatives Aram Mp3 (2014) and Jaklin Baghdasaryan (2024), which consulted with an international focus group made up of "leading industry experts" in order to choose the Armenian representative, [11] who had been selected by 7 October 2025. [12]

On 21 October 2025, Albert was announced as the selected entrant. He had previously auditioned to represent Armenia in 2023 and 2024, and reached the final of the eleventh season of The Voice Kids in France earlier in 2025. [11] [13] His competing entry, "Brave Heart", was released on 6 November 2025. [14]

Promotion and Preparation

The Armenian Broadcaster released "Junior Eurovision Diaries" which follows Albert during his preparation for the contest. [15] [16]

At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13 December 2025. On 4 November 2025, an allocation draw was held to determine the running order of the contest, ahead of which each song was classified into a different category based on its musical style and tempo. Armenia was drawn to perform in position 5, following the entry from the San Marino and before the entry from Ukraine. [17]

In Armenia, the event was broadcast on First Channel, with commentary by Hamlet Arakelyan  ( hy ) and Hrachuhi Utmazyan  ( hy ). [18] A public event was held on the day of the final at Seasons Park Station in Yerevan, featuring a live screening of the show. [19]

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. Every participating broadcaster assembles a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten. [20]

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting will begin on 12 December 2025 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on 13 December at 16:59 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 to vote for three songs. [21] 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 receives 10% of the votes, it will receive 10% of the available points.

The spokesperson for the Armenian jury was Nare, who represented Armenia in the 2022 contest. [22] Armenia placed fourth in the final, scoring 175 points; 58 points from the online vote and 117 points from the juries.

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Armenian jury: [24]

Detailed voting results from Armenia [23]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 12212112
02Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 171612141717
03Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 13129612101
04Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 121411151315
05Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
06Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4468856
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 61313131612
08Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5742147
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 89591183
10Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 21339210
11Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 15171512511
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 91516171416
13Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 1461416692
14Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 71075365
15Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3514438
16Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 161110101013
17Flag of France.svg  France 10387774
18Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 11817111514

References

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  2. ↑ "Armenia withdraws from Junior Eurovision 2020". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Gallagher, Robyn (29 November 2020). "Armenia: Maléna releases 'Why', the song that would have been her Junior Eurovision 2020 entry". Wiwibloggs . Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Final of Madrid 2024". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (4 July 2025). "Armenia: Junior Eurovision 2025 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Armenian Public TV (23 July 2025). «Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2025». հայտագրումը սկսված է [Junior Eurovision 2025: Registration is open] (Video) (in Armenian). Retrieved 23 July 2025– via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Բարի գալուստ «մանկական եվրատեսիլ 2025» մրցույթի հայաստանյան մասնակցի ընտրության լսումների գրանցման էջ" [Welcome to the registration page for the auditions for the Armenian entry for Junior Eurovision 2025]. Eurovision.am (in Armenian). AMPTV. Archived from the original on 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
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  9. ↑ @armpublictv; (10 September 2025). "Ավելի վաղ հայտարարված մրցույթին 80-ից ավելի հայտ է ստացվել Հայաստանից և տարբեր երկրներից: Մրցույթի երկրորդ փուլի համար Հանրային հեռուստաընկերությունը և մասնագիտական ժյուրին առաձնացրել են լավագույն 14-ին, լսել նրանց կենդանի կատարումներն ու հարցազրույց անցկացրել:" [The previously announced competition received more than 80 applications from Armenia and various countries. For the second round of the competition, the Public Television and a professional jury selected the best 14, listened to their live performances, and conducted interviews.] (in Armenian). Retrieved 10 September 2025– via Instagram.
  10. ↑ Oktawia (10 September 2025). "Armenia ujawnia szczegóły przesłuchań do Eurowizji Junior 2025" [Armenia reveals details of its Junior Eurovision 2025 auditions]. ESCSpot (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Albert will represent Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025". Eurovision.am. AMPTV. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Babayan, Zaruhi [@zaruhibabayanofficial]; (21 January 2025). "Անսահման ուրախ եմ, որ իմ սանը մեր Ալբերտը պիտի ներկայացնի Հայաստանանը մանկական Եվրատեսիլում։ 2 շաբաթ է ինչ այս լուրը պահվում էր գաղտնի" [I am extremely happy that my student Albert will represent Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. This news has been kept secret for 2 weeks] (in Armenian). Retrieved 21 January 2025– via Instagram.
  13. ↑ "Հայաստանը «Մանկական Եվրատեսիլ 2025» երգի միջազգային մրցույթում կներկայացնի 12-ամյա Ալբերտ Արմենակյանը" [12-year-old Albert Armenakyan will represent Armenia at Junior Eurovision 2025] (in Armenian). Aravot. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  14. ↑ Conte, Davide (6 November 2025). "🇦🇲 Armenia: Albert Armenakyan Releases "Brave Heart"". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "🇦🇲 Armenia: Third Episode of 'Junior Eurovision 2025 Diaries' Released". Eurovoix.com.
  16. ↑ "🇦🇲 Armenia: Second Episode of 'Junior Eurovision 2025 Diaries' Released". Eurovoix.com.
  17. ↑ "Junior Eurovision 2025 running order announced". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  18. ↑ AMPTV [@armpublictv]; (4 December 2025). "Դեկտեմբերի 13-ին «Մանկական 2025»-ը Առաջին ալիքի ուղիղ եթերով կմեկնաբանեն Հրաչուհի Ութմազյանն ու Համլետ Առաքելյանը" [On 13 December, Hrachuhi Utmazyan and Hamlet Arakelyan will commentate on Junior Eurovision 2025 live on First Channel.] (in Armenian). Retrieved 4 December 2025– via Instagram.
  19. ↑ Farren, Neil (11 December 2025). "Armenia: Public Viewing for Junior Eurovision 2025 to Take Place in Yerevan". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  20. ↑ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  21. ↑ "How to vote". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union.
  22. ↑ Oktawia (13 December 2025). "Ujawniono wszystkich rzeczników Eurowizji Junior 2025" [All Junior Eurovision 2025 spokespersons revealed]. ESCSpot (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  23. 1 2 3 "Results of the Final of Tbilisi 2025 – Armenia". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  24. ↑ "Final of Tbilisi 2025 – Jury". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
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