Armenia in JESC 2009

     Luara Hayrapetyan born on 29 September 1997 is an Armenian singer who represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Barcelona", finishing in joint second place.
     Luara has won many prestigious awards like the International Contest 'Small Asterisks' (Volgograd, Russia); In 2007, Grand Prix Winner of the All-Russia Contest ' Constellations of Volga ' (Samara, Russia); the I Prize Winner of the VI All-Russia Contest ' XXI Century Voices' (Anapa, Russia);In 2008, Grand Prix Winner of Junior section of prestigious Slavyanski Bazar in Vitebsk and winner of special prize "Lira" (Belarus); In 2009 qualified for the international final of "New Wave Junior" contest (Moscow, Russia).
She has been participating in a number of contests and festivals since 5-year-old period, represented Russia and Armenia. Year 2004 I Prize Winner of the International Contest "Malen'kie Zvezdochki" (Tuapse, All-Russian Children Center "Orlenok") Year 2005 I Prize Winner of the International Festival "Childhood Without Borders" (Moscow, Russia) November 2006  etc. Since 2005 Astrakhan Regional Government granted the scholarship for the achievements in the fields of art and creativity. Luara has already recorded 4 albums: "Pochemuchka", "Krasnaya Shapochka", "Sokhrani" and "Shokoladka". There are several music videos that she managed to release. Luara has managed to take part in the National Selections for the Junior Eurovision Song Contests in Russia (year 2006, II place), and Armenia (year 2008, III place).
Luara dreams to become a Jazz Singer and her music idols are Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Lisa Minelli. Her favorite school subjects are Physical Training, Math, Russian language and History. She also plays big tennis and swims in the pool during the time of leisure. Luara's favorite animals are horses and she dreams to have one. She also likes travelling, learning new things in foreign countries and she has already done it to Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, and Malta.
        Luara's favorite quote is Mark Twain's "When in doubt tell the truth" ("Following the Equator") and her favorite book is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Luara and her brother are huge football fans, playing football on the grass in the yard with their friends. During the Manchester United vs Barcelona game their whole family jumped up shouting "Goal, Barcelona!" and this became the main plot for her song.
Luara currently lives and studies music in Russia.

Armenia in JESC 2008

 13 years old Monica Manucharova represented Armenia in JESC 2008 in Cyprus. She is  from Gyumri, Armenia . Monica studied in Robert Mkheyan’s group. She was selected by public via massage voting and jury.

Monika Manucharova was selected in top ten group but generally 200 applications were received. JESC 2008 took place on 22 November.  That  year Azerbaijan  also took part in the competition. Her song's name was "Im yergi hnchyune" which means "The sound of my song". She wrote the music for her song herself  and the author of the words was her friend Mary  Mnjoyan .
Monica  with 59 points took the eighth place. She was the second to perform. The winner of the contest became Georgia ...

Armenia in JESC 2007

      "Junior Eurovision" is very important project.  In 2007 Armenia debuted in the competition. As main candidates Armenia considered children from "Arevik" band: they were 12 years old, they wrote own songs (according to the rules of competition authors should be also children). Band consisted of 6 children - two vocalists (and songwriters), others performed backing vocals. They had written nearly 6 songs. It was much easier to work with these children than with adults.
      They were used to sing live, they danced, jumped around the stage and at the same time had no vocal problems as they had already some professional training. They had already seen a world, used to long journeys, they were learning Enlgish, knew how behave themselves, how to smile and speak with mass-media and listeners. These modern, European children  open "door to Europe".  The band was already known in Europe and in America: they could almost be considered professionals, and it was much better that Armenia would be represented for the first time by children who wouldn't be afraid of public and responsibility. They were used to pressure. Contest  held in December in the Netherlands.
     They represented Armenia with a song " Yerazanq" which means dream, and with 136 point took the second place 

The Winner of JESC 2010

              Vladimir Arzumanyan was born on May 26, 1998 in Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) in a family of musical teachers. He studies currently at school and attends the Lyceum of Arts or the musical studies. Vladimir also possesses the brown belt in karate and plays football.

             He sings from the age of 6, the time when his mother noticed his musical talent. The variety of songs that he performs allowed him to take part in the musical festivals and competitions both at homeland and abroad.
            The summer of 2010 was marked with the 3rd place in New Wave Junior competition and brought lots of popularity among the youngsters in Armenia. Vladimir performs songs in Armenian, Russian, English and Italian and dreams about singing a duet with his favourite singer ever Stevie Wonder. 

          Vladimir dreams about becoming a singing President of a Football Club and believes he lives in the age of "time machine" invention!

 Vladimir Arzumanyan- Mama (video)