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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
"Reach for the top!"
Dates
Final 3 December 2011
Host
Venue Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, Yerevan, Armenia
Presenter(s) Gohar Gasparyan and
Avet Barseghyan
Directed by Daniel Jelinek
Executive supervisor Sietse Bakker
Host broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV)
Participants
Number of entries 13
Returning countries  Bulgaria
Non-returning countries  Malta
 Serbia
Vote
Voting system Citizens of each participating country vote by telephone and SMS message, which counts for 50%, while a jury in each country also has a 50% say in the outcome. Each country's 10 favourites are awarded 1 to 8, 10 and 12 points.
Winning song Georgia
"Candy Music"
2010 ← Junior Eurovision Song Contest → 2012

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the contest, and took place in Yerevan, Armenia at the recently renovated Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. It was the first time in history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the contest was held in last year's winning country. Public Television of Armenia ARMTV was the main organizer of the show, being provided financial aid from the European Broadcasting Union made of entrance fees from the participating broadcasters, while Swedish company HD Resources assisted with the technical side of the production.

The winner was the group Candy from Georgia with the song Candy Music. This is Georgia's second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Final

Each country gave their votes through a 50% jury and 50% televoting system, which decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation Place Points
01  Russia Russian Katya Ryabova "Kak Romeo i Dzhulyetta"
(Как Ромео и Джульетта)
"Like Romeo and Juliet" 4 99
02  Latvia Latvian Amanda Bašmakova "Mēness suns" "Moondog" 13 31
03  Moldova Romanian, English Lerika "No, No" 6 78
04  Armenia Armenian, English Dalita "Welcome to Armenia" 5 85
05  Bulgaria Bulgarian Ivan Ivanov "Supergeroy" (Супергерой) "Superhero" 8 60
06  Lithuania Lithuanian Paulina Skrabytė "Debesys" "Clouds" 10 53
07  Ukraine Ukrainian, English Kristall "Evropa" (Европа) "Europe" 11 42
08  Macedonia Macedonian Dorijan Dlaka "Žimi ovoj frak" (Жими овој фрак) "I Swear By This Tailcoat" 12 31
09  Netherlands Dutch Rachel "Ik ben een teenager" "I'm a Teenager" 2 103
10  Belarus Russian Lidiya Zablotskaya "Angely dobra" (Ангелы добра) "Angels of Goodness" 3 99
11  Sweden Swedish Erik Rapp "Faller" "Falling" 9 57
12  Georgia Georgian Candy "Candy Music" - 1 108
13  Belgium Dutch Femke "Een kusje meer" "One More Kiss" 7 64

Score sheet

Results
Total Score Russia Latvia Moldova Armenia Bulgaria Lithuania Ukraine North Macedonia Netherlands Belarus Sweden Georgia (country) Belgium
Contestants Russia 99 10 10 12 10 8 7 7 12 1 10
Latvia 31 2 7 1 8 1
Moldova 78 6 4 6 10 2 7 6 4 8 4 4 5
Armenia 85 8 1 7 5 10 7 5 5 8 10 7
Bulgaria 60 2 2 4 1 3 12 3 6 5 6 4
Lithuania 53 6 6 2 10 4 1 12
Ukraine 42 5 1 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 7 3
Macedonia 31 1 5 2 4 1 3 3
Netherlands 103 7 12 10 7 8 6 5 2 10 10 2 12
Belarus 99 12 7 12 8 4 8 12 3 8 3 8 2
Sweden 57 4 8 3 4 3 5 4 6 8
Georgia 108 10 3 8 12 6 12 6 5 10 12 6 6
Belgium 64 3 5 3 7 3 2 4 12 1 7 5
All countries automatically receive 12 points

All 12 points

N. Recipient nation Voting nation
3  Georgia Armenia, Lithuania, Belarus
 Belarus Russia, Moldova, Ukraine
2  Russia Bulgaria, Sweden
 Netherlands Latvia, Belgium
1  Bulgaria Macedonia
 Belgium Netherlands
 Lithuania Georgia
  • All countries were given 12 points at the start of voting, therefore no country gets nul points. These 12 points were announced by a spokesperson from Australia.

Returning artists

Even though rules of Junior Eurovision do not allow participation of returning artists - EBU issued special permission for Russian entry 2011 performed by participant of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Ekaterina Ryabova, which is first similar case in history of the contest. According to Sietse Bakker, EBU coordinator - EBU may also drop this rule completely, starting from 2012. Notably, Ekaterina had also already applied to national preselection in 2010 as well, but was disqualified following the existing rule.

Artist Country Previous year(s)
Ekaterina Ryabova  Russia 2009

Commentators

  •  Netherlands - Marcel Kuijer (Nederland 3)
  •  Belgium - Kristien Maes and Tom De Cock (Eén)
  •  Sweden - Edvard Af Sillen and Ylva Hällen
  •  Russia - Olga Shelest
  •  Ukraine - Timur Miroshnychenko

Spokespersons

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión Junior 2011 para niños

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