Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Armenia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 which took place on 15 November 2014, in Marsa, Malta. The Armenian broadcaster Armenia 1 (ARMTV) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. The Armenian entry was selected through a national final held on 14 September 2014. Betty and her song "People of the Sun" was chosen to represent the nation in Marsa, Malta.

Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Armenia
Selection process	National Final
Selection date	14 September 2014
Competing entry
Song	"People of the Sun"
Artist	Betty
Placement
Final result	3rd, 146 points
Participation chronology
◄2013 • 2014 • 2015►

Armenia finished 3rd in the final with 146 points.

Background

Main article: Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2014 Contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest seven 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

National Selection

On 29 May 2014, ARMTV announced that a national final would be held to select Armenia's entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014. A submission period for artists was held from 1 June 2014 to 15 August 2014.^[3] The broadcaster received 87 submissions.^[4] The ten finalists were revealed on 5 September 2014, while the running order was decided on 11 September.^[4][5]

Final

The national selection took place on 14 September 2014. Betty won with the song "People Of The Sun" and thus, Betty was chosen to represent Armenia.^[6]

Draw[5]	Artist[4]	Song[4]	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Mery Kocharyan	"Chi kareli"	7	2	9	3
2	Yuna	"Walk Around"	5	4	9	4
3	Arman Simonyan & Elina Cholakhyan	"Galaxy"	10	3	13	9
4	Narek	"Ashun"	2	9	11	7
5	Mery M	"#Peace"	8	1	9	2
6	Srbuhi feat. DDJ	"Zurna"	3	8	11	6
7	Mika	"Mankutyan khorhurd"	4	5	9	5
8	Suzy	"I Dream"	9	10	19	10
9	Karen Ohanyan feat. Mika	"Shine Out"	6	6	12	8
10	Betty	"People of the Sun"	1	7	8	1

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Armenia were drawn to perform twelfth on 15 November 2014, following Italy and preceding Russia.^[7][8]

Voting

Points awarded to Armenia[9] Score Country 12 points[a]  Belarus  Bulgaria  Georgia  Malta  Russia  Ukraine 10 points  Netherlands 8 points  Slovenia  Sweden 7 points  Kids Jury  San Marino 6 points  Croatia  Cyprus  Serbia 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points  Italy  Montenegro 1 point

Points awarded by Armenia[9] Score Country 12 points  Georgia 10 points  Russia 8 points  Italy 7 points  Bulgaria 6 points  Malta 5 points  Netherlands 4 points  Ukraine 3 points  Belarus 2 points  Slovenia 1 point  Sweden

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Armenian jury:^[10]

• Aram Sargsyan (Aram Mp3)
• Armina Darbinyan
• Zaruhi Babayan
• Alla Levonyan
• Erik Karapetyan

Detailed voting results from Armenia^[10]

Draw	Country	A. Sargsyan	A. Darbinyan	Z. Babayan	A. Levonyan	E. Karapetyan	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Belarus	5	6	4	8	7	5	4	3
02	Bulgaria	7	7	7	6	5	6	8	7
03	San Marino
04	Croatia
05	Cyprus		1			2		1
06	Georgia	10	12	10	12	10	12	10	12
07	Sweden	3			2	1	2		1
08	Ukraine	1	3	2	3	3	3	6	4
09	Slovenia							2	2
10	Montenegro	4		1	1		1
11	Italy	8	8	6	7	12	8	7	8
12	Armenia
13	Russia	2	5	5	5	4	4	12	10
14	Serbia		2	3
15	Malta	6	10	12	10	8	10	3	6
16	Netherlands	12	4	8	4	6	7	5	5

Notes

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