Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Armenia selected its entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest through a televised national final, held on 30 September 2012, organised by the Armenian national broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV). The entry selected was Compass Band with the song Sweetie Baby.^[1]

Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Armenia
Selection process	National final
Selection date	30 September 2012
Competing entry
Song	"Sweetie Baby"
Artist	Compass Band
Placement
Final result	3rd, 98 points
Participation chronology
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

A submission period for artists was held until 20 August 2012. The broadcaster received 20 submissions. The seventeen finalists were revealed on 6 September 2012.^[2]

The final took place on 30 September 2012. The winner was decided through a combination of SMS voting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%).^{[3][better source needed]}

Final – 30 September 2012

Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Flora Mkhitaryan	"Ory" (Օրը)	6
2	Khentutyun Ensemble	"Linum e, chi linum" (Լինում է, չի լինում)	15
3	Tatev Yengibaryan	"Im Rock’y"	3
4	Ninela Mkhitaryan	"Im Ashkhar’y"	14
5	Karen Ohanyan	"Love"	16
6	Marine Abrahamyan	"Stop"	12
7	Milly Miskaryan	"Ser’y tariq chi harcnum"	9
8	Zangak Song Studio	"Tik Tak" (Թիք-Թաք)	16
9	Lusine Ghazaryan	"Yerazanqi tevov'	11
10	Lidushik	"Shnorhavor"	5
11	Vahagn Grigoryan	"Home Sweet home"	2
12	Gayane Ghazaryan	"Come"	8
13	Style	"Knock, Knock"	6
14	Sona Dounoyan	"Tarber enq"	9
15	Mane Araqelyan	"Yergavazq"	13
16	Compass Band	"Sweetie baby"	1
17	Angelina Gasparyan	"My name is Angel"	3

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to Armenia[4] Score Country 12 points[a]  Georgia  Ukraine 10 points  Israel  Netherlands  Russia 8 points  Belarus 7 points  Belgium 6 points  Sweden 5 points  Kids Jury 4 points 3 points  Albania  Moldova 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Armenia[4] Score Country 12 points  Ukraine 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Russia 7 points  Belarus 6 points  Israel 5 points  Belgium 4 points  Netherlands 3 points  Moldova 2 points  Sweden 1 point  Albania

Notes

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