Armenia wins 19th Junior Eurovision Song ContestDecember 20, 2021 - 12:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 14-year-old Maléna representing Armenia has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, giving her country its second win and first since 2010. Maléna stunned the millions watching around the world on TV and online with an incredible performance of "Qami Qami", finishing with an impressive 224 points. Armenia first took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 and has finished in the Top 3 seven times in total. Maléna from Yerevan is a talented cellist, and has dreamed about representing Armenia for many years; she participated in her nation’s selection competition back in 2018. Sara James from Poland, received 218 points to finish in 2nd place with “Somebody”. France's Enzo singing "Tic Tac” was 3rd with 187 points. EBU Members and Associates from 19 different countries took part in the annual competition for talented youngsters aged 9 to 14. The 19th edition was organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), hosted by France Télévisions (FTV) with all artists performing live on stage at La Seine Musicale in Paris, despite the challenges faced by the ongoing pandemic. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |