# Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place on 26 November 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Michael Grigoryan, also known as Misha, was internally selected on 18 July 2017 as the Armenian representative. His song for the contest, "Boomerang", was revealed on 23 October 2017.

## Background

Prior to the 2016 contest, Armenia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest nine 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. Armenia went on to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

## Before Junior Eurovision

The Armenian broadcaster announced on 18 July 2017 that the Armenian entrant for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was Michael Grigoryan. His entry for the contest in Georgia, "Boomerang", was presented to the public along with its official music video on 23 October 2017.

## Artist and song information
### Misha

Michael Grigoryan (born 4 May 2008 in Republic of Artsakh) is an Armenian child singer. His mother is a music teacher at a local kindergarten and his father is the conductor of NKR's Army Orchestra.
He studies at Stepanakert's N3 school and started his musical career at the early age of 4 years old. Then he met Lira Kocharyan, founder and director of the music group "Voices of Artsakh", who would eventually become his producer, and Misha started being a part of the group, working with music professionals.
Soon after he began participating in international competitions and winning several awards. In 2016, he took part in the children's version of New Wave with his song "Poqrik Karabakhtsi", getting a second place and being the jury's favorite.

### Boomerang

"Boomerang" is a song by Armenian child singer Michael Grigoyan. It represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and placed 6th.

## At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 20 November 2017, Armenia was drawn to perform fourth on 26 November 2017, following the Netherlands and preceding Belarus.

### Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.