Junior Eurovision news waits for nothing and no one, not even Eurovision national final season. This week, during a cabinet meeting in the Armenian government, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed what had long been suspected: Yerevan, the country’s capital and largest city, will be hosting this year’s Junior Eurovision in December. It will be held in the Karen Demirchyan Complex, …
A landmark moment in the yearly Eurovision Song Contest calendar, as this marks the official transition from last year’s host city (Rotterdam) to this year’s host city (Turin/Torino). The allocation draw was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa. The Allocation Draw As usual, the draw took place in the upcoming host city of Turin, in the Palazzo Madama. …
Just 2 days after Maléna’s sensational win in Paris, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Armenian broadcaster AMPTV announced that the 20th Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Armenia next year. The official date and venue for the 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be announced on a later date. It’s not the first time that Armenia held …
With the dust, glitter and confetti still settling on the stage of La Seine Musicale after this afternoon’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the official news arm of the Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV seems to have confirmed what is suspected – Armenia will host Junior Eurovision 2022. In their article heralding the victory of 14-year-old Maléna in Paris, 1lurer.am (First Channel …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. It’s 11 days to go until Junior Eurovision 2021, and we are counting down the 19 nations participating in Paris on Sunday, December 19, 2021. Every day we will do …
They promised to come back, stronger than ever, and now they have. As previously reported, Armenian broadcaster ARMTV was likely to internally select Maléna to represent the country at Junior Eurovision this year. She was previously announced as the country’s representative for the 2020 contest, before Covid-19 and ongoing violence at the border with Azerbaijan caused Armenia to withdraw. Today, …
The EBU had been silent for a long while, but after giving us the host, the official Twitter page kept teasing us about how many countries would be participating in next year’s Eurovision. In this flashy little video they announced that there will be 41 participants in total, an increase of 2 from last year. Were there any major shock …
Happy, if unconfirmed, news out of Armenia today! An Armenian media site is reporting that, according to the information it has received from insiders, 14-year-old singer Maléna will be represent the country at this year’s Junior Eurovision. The entry is currently being developed by songwriter TOKIONINE and will be released to the public soon. Junior Eurovision fans may recall that …
Today, the EBU have announced the nineteen countries competing in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. They are: Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria France Germany Georgia Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Malta Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Russia Serbia Spain Ukraine Among these nineteen are a number of countries returning after missing the 2020 contest. Albania, Portugal, North Macedonia, Italy, and Ireland all …
David Tserunyan, the Armenian Head of Delegation for Eurovision, has hinted at a possible Eurovision 2022 return for Armenia following their withdrawal from the contest in 2021. Tserunyan was recently re-elected to the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, whose job it is to steer the contest from host to host. The Group is made up of Heads of Delegations, executive …
