Armenia selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry by a national final with two quarter-finals, one semi-final and a final. The winner was Monika Manchuarova with "Im Ergy Hnchyune", which represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 22 November 2008.[1][better source needed]
Before Junior Eurovision
National final
A submission period for artists was held until 5 May 2008. 200 applications were received, and 36 entries were chosen for the national final.
Quarter-final 1
The first quarter-final was held on 30 June 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. Eighteen songs competed and an "expert" jury chose 10 songs to qualify for the semi-final.
Draw
Artist
Song (English title)
Result
1
Nadezhda & Mary
"Me and You"
Eliminated
2
Serine Hodikyan
"How"
Advanced
3
Arevik Asatryan
"Crazy Dancers"
Eliminated
4
Suzanna Antonyan
"Blue Sky"
Eliminated
5
MMS
"Step by step"
Eliminated
6
Ani & Alisa
"Hello"
Advanced
7
Mary Arzumanyan
"Child's Smile"
Eliminated
8
Marine Markaryan
"My Song - Fary Tale"
Eliminated
9
Larisa Gevorkyan
"Crazy Girl"
Advanced
10
Zangak
"Laugh"
Eliminated
11
Mary Mndjoyan
"Child's Days"
Advanced
12
Diana Bagdasaryan
"Rock'n'Roll"
Advanced
13
David Gukasyan
"Me and Me"
Advanced
14
Emma Kazaryan
"My Song"
Advanced
15
Hovsanna Hublaryan
"Wings of Hope"
Eliminated
16
Arsen Nahapetyan
"Song - you're my life"
Advanced
17
Do-Re-Mi
"Chocolate"
Advanced
18
Artashes Muradyan
"Captain From Fairy-tale"
Advanced
Quarter-final 2
The second quarter-final was held on 1 July 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. Eighteen songs competed and an "expert" jury chose 10 songs to qualify for the semi-final.
Draw
Artist
Song (English title)
Result
1
Do-Re-Mi
"My Little Cloud"
Advanced
2
Arevik Asatryan
"Dream"
Eliminated
3
Plus-Minus
"My Dream"
Advanced
4
Erna Mirzoyan
"Happy Song"
Advanced
5
Goar Gevorkyan
"Request"
Advanced
6
Gayane Keryan
"White Dolphin"
Eliminated
7
Nadezhda Sargsyan
"Give Me A Hand"
Eliminated
8
Syurpriz
"Fairy Tale"
Advanced
9
Inessa Kocharyan
"Spring"
Advanced
10
Anahit Petrosyan
"Echo"
Eliminated
11
Mary Martirosyan
"Smile"
Advanced
12
Luara Airapetyan
"My Song"
Advanced
13
Anush Karapetyan
"Tired"
Eliminated
14
Monika Manucharova
"Sounds of My Song"
Advanced
15
Marine, Larisa & Emma
"Three Sisters"
Eliminated
16
Tamara Lalayan
"Song In My Soul"
Advanced
17
Siranush Grigoryan
"Hello To The Sun"
Eliminated
18
Do-Re-Mi
"Sara-Bara-Du"
Advanced
Semi-final
The semi-final was held on 6 July 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. The eighteen songs which qualified from the two quarter-finals competed and an "expert" jury chose 10 songs to qualify for the final.
Draw
Artist
Song (English title)
Result
1
Arsen Nahapetyan
"Song - you're my life"
Eliminated
2
Do-Re-Mi
"My Little Cloud"
Eliminated
3
Erna Mirzoyan
"Happy Song"
Eliminated
4
Inessa Kocharyan
"Spring"
Eliminated
5
Serine Hodikyan
"How"
Advanced
6
Goar Gevorkyan
"Request"
Advanced
7
Plus-Minus
"My Dream"
Advanced
8
Mary Martirosyan
"Smile"
Eliminated
9
Ani & Alisa
"Hello"
Eliminated
10
Luara Airapetyan
"My Song"
Advanced
11
Artashes Muradyan
"Captain From Fairy-tale"
Advanced
12
Emma Kazaryan
"My Song"
Advanced
13
Tamara Lalayan
"Song In My Soul"
Eliminated
14
Mary Mndjoyan
"Child's Days"
Advanced
15
Do-Re-Mi
"Sara-Bara-Du"
Advanced
16
Diana Bagdasaryan
"Rock'N'Roll"
Eliminated
17
Monica Manucharova
"Sounds of My Song"
Advanced
18
Syurpriz
"Fairy Tale"
Eliminated
19
Larisa Gevorkyan
"Crazy Girl"
Eliminated
20
David Gukasyan
"Me and Me"
Eliminated
21
Do-Re-Me
"Chocolate"
Advanced
Final
The final was held on 11 July 2008, hosted by Felix and Emmy. The ten songs which qualified from the two quarter-finals competed and the winner was chosen by a combination of televoting and the votes from an "expert" jury.
Since the song was performed in the national final, the lyrics have been changed, as well as the melody. The song title was changed from "Im Ergy Hnchuny" to "Im Ergy Hnchyune".[1] Armenia was drawn to perform in spot two. As well as the singer on stage, like in the national final, there were two dancers and two backing singers; one of them was the songwriter. The animation on the screen behind them also appeared in the preview video. The song placed in the 8th position with 59 points, which were received from Belgium, Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Georgia.[3]
