Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song 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 Two songs tied for third-highest score with 99 points, and two other tied for lowest score with 31 points, but the official scoreboard  ranks Belarus as third, Russia as fourth, Macedonia as twelfth and Latvia as thirteenth placer. This is consistent with the tie-breaking rule that the song that received points from the most countries ranks higher in the case of a tie. Points 01  Russian Katya Ryabova "Kak Romeo i Dzhulyetta"(Как Ромео и Джульетта) "Like Romeo and Juliet"The official song list published on the official website  lists Russia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Netherlands with English variants of their song title. Other sources    list them with their original title. 4 99 02  Latvian Amanda Bašmakova "Mēness suns"  "Moondog" 13 31 03  Romanian, English Lerika "No, No" — 6 78 04   Armenian, English Dalita "Welcome to Armenia" — 5 85 05  Bulgarian Ivan Ivanov "Supergeroy" (Супергерой) "Superhero" 8 60 06  Lithuanian Paulina Skrabytė "Debesys" "Clouds" 10 53 07  Ukrainian, English Kristall "Evropa" (Европа) "Europe" 11 42 08  Macedonian Dorijan Dlaka "Žimi ovoj frak" (Жими овој фрак) "I Swear By This Tailcoat" 12 31 09  Dutch Rachel "Ik ben een teenager" "I'm a Teenager" 2 103 10  Russian Lidiya Zablotskaya "Angely dobra" (Ангелы добра) "Angels of Goodness" 3 99 11  Swedish Erik Rapp "Faller" "Falling" 9 57 12  Georgian Candy "Candy Music" - 1 108 13  DutchFemke "Een kusje meer" "One More Kiss" 7 64

Notes

Score sheet
 Results Total Score              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   Armenia, Lithuania, Belarus  Russia, Moldova, Ukraine 2  Bulgaria, Sweden  Latvia, Belgium 1   Macedonia   Netherlands   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.

International broadcasts
  Australia broadcast the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on SBS One on 26 December 2011. Australia also gave every country 12 points to start with. The show was broadcasted again on 9 April 2012.

 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  2009

Commentators
  - Marcel Kuijer (Nederland 3)
  - Kristien Maes and Tom De Cock (Eén)
  - Edvard Af Sillen and Ylva Hällen
  - Olga Shelest
  - Timur Miroshnychenko

 Spokespersons 
 - Valentin Sadiki
 - Šarlote Lēnmane
 - Ştefănel Roşcovan
 - Razmik Arghajanyan
 - Samuil Sarandev-Sancho
 - Dominykas Žvirblis
 - Amanda Koenig
 - Anja Veterova
 - Anna Lagerweij
 - Anna Kovalyova
 - Ina-Jane von Herff
 - Elene Makashvili
 - Jill & Lauren

References

 Other websites 
Junior Eurovision Official Website
Junior Eurovision 2011 pages on ESCKAZ.com

Category:2011 in music
Category:21st century in Armenia
Category:Junior Eurovision Song Contest by year
Category:Yerevan
Category:2011 in Europe
Category:December 2011 events