Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | |
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| Reach for the top! | |
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| Dates | |
| Final | 3 December 2011 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Presenter(s) |
Gohar Gasparyan Avet Barseghyan |
| Director | Daniel Jelinek |
| Executive supervisor | Sietse Bakker |
| Executive producer | Levon Simonyan |
| Host broadcaster | Public Television of Armenia (ARMTV) |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 13 |
| Debuting countries | None |
| Returning countries |
 Bulgaria
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| Withdrawing countries |
 Malta Serbia
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| 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. |
| Nul points | All countries get 12 points from start |
| Winning song |
 Georgia"Candy Music" |
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| Compilation album by Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
| Released | 25 November 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the contest, and took place in Yerevan, Armenia at the 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 the previous 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 after they previously won in 2008. 13 countries participated with Malta and Serbia withdrawing and Bulgaria returning.
On 18 January 2011, Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the 2011 contest would take place in the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, in Yerevan. The complex consists of two main halls; the Concerts hall and the Sports hall, in addition to the large foyer, Hayastan conference hall and Argishti hall designated for diplomatic meetings, exhibitions and other events.
In May 2011, ARMTV announced a competition for children to design the official logo of the contest, which was due to be presented on 1 June. However, in the end the logo was designed by a professional teams from ARMTV, the EBU and Studio of Anton Baranov from Belarus, who also designed logo of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and was presented on 15 July 2011. The logo depicts equalizer bars in the shape of a mountain, hinting a toy version of the famous Mount Ararat.
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