Armenia wins 3rd place at 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest (video)

The 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest has gone down in history. The contest is over, and the winner is Italy.

Vincenzo Cantielo won with his song “Tu primo grande amore”.

Armenia’s representative, 11-year old Betty won third place with her song “People of the Sun”.

Betty received 12 points from Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and Malta; 10 points from the Netherlands; 8 points from Sweden and Slovenia; 7 points from San Marino; 6 points from Croatia, Cyprus and Serbia, and 2 points from Montenegro and Italy.

During the contest, participant of the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest Monoika Avanesyan announced Armenia’s points.

Composer Mane Hakobyan helped little Betty with her song “People of the Sun”. Avet Barseghyan wrote the lyrics, and Martin Mirzoyan was in charge of musical arrangement.

There were 16 countries participating in the contest, including Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Croatia, San Marino and Ukraine. This year the contest was held with the slogan #together. In addition, the participants of all the countries performed the song “Together”, which was written especially for the contest.

The contest was hosted by Moira Delia, and winner of last year’s Junior Eurovision, Malta’s representative Gaia Kauc gave performances.

The logo for this year’s contest was the 8-point cross of Malta, the different colorful particles of which are joined to create the idea of unity. The colors symbolize the nature of Malta, that is, the sea, the sand, the stones, the grass, the sky, the sunrise and the sunset.

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