Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Participating broadcaster | Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) |
Participation summary | |
Appearances | 17 |
First appearance | 2007 |
Highest placement | 1st: 2008, 2011, 2016 |
Host | 2017 |
External links | |
Georgia's page at JuniorEurovision.tv | |
For the most recent participation see Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 |
The participation of Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have been responsible for the selection process of their participants since their debut. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2007 contest was Mariam Romelashvili with the song "Odelia Ranuni", which finished in fourth place out of seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and sixteen points. Since their debut, Georgia has never missed an edition of the contest, with three of these participations resulting in a win. These wins occurred in 2008, 2011 and 2016, making Georgia the most successful country in the contest, alongside France. They hosted the contest for the first time in 2017 at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi.
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Georgia's first entry was Mariam Romelashvili with the song "Odelia Ranuni", which finished fourth of 17 entries at the contest in Rotterdam in 2007. Georgia was represented in 2008 by Bzikebi with the song "Bzz..", performed in an imaginary language. The song went on to win the contest, receiving 154 points and a total of eight 12-point votes out of 14 countries, the second-highest proportion of 12 points received by a winner in either Eurovision Contests, just beaten by Anastasiya Petryk in 2012.
In 2011, Georgia won the contest again with the band Candy who performed the song "Candy Music". The song won the competition with 108 points.
At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Georgia failed to reach the top 10 for the first time: Lizi Pop finished in 11th place with the song "Happy Day". However, the official video of the song uploaded to the contest's official YouTube channel is the second most-viewed video, only behind Roksana Węgiel's "Anyone I Want to Be", counting more than 29 million views as of June 2023. [update] [1]
In 2016, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "Mzeo" performed by Mariam Mamadashvili, making Georgia the first country to win the contest three times. Following this victory, Georgia hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 26 November at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi. Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze hosted the contest. [2] [3]
In 2019, Georgia achieved its worst result in the history with Giorgi Rostiashvili's "We Need Love" finishing 14th in the final, which would later be matched by Anastasia and Ranina's entry "Over the Sky" in 2023.
1 | First place |
2 | Second place |
3 | Third place |
† | Upcoming event |
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
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2007 | Mariam Romelashvili | "Odelia ranuni" (ოდელია რანუნი) | Georgian | 4 | 116 |
2008 | Bzikebi | "Bzz.." | Imaginary | 1 | 154 |
2009 | Princesses | "Lurji prinveli" (ლურჯი ფრინველი) | Georgian, English | 6 | 68 |
2010 | Mariam Kakhelishvili | "Mari-Dari" (მარი-დარი) | Imaginary | 4 | 109 |
2011 | Candy | "Candy Music" | Georgian, English | 1 | 108 |
2012 | The Funkids | "Funky Lemonade" | Georgian, English | 2 | 103 |
2013 | The Smile Shop | "Give Me Your Smile" | Georgian, English | 5 | 91 |
2014 | Lizi Pop | "Happy Day" | Georgian, English | 11 | 54 |
2015 | The Virus | "Gabede" (გაბედე) | Georgian | 10 | 51 |
2016 | Mariam Mamadashvili | " Mzeo " (მზეო) | Georgian | 1 | 239 |
2017 | Grigol Kipshidze | "Voice of the Heart" | Georgian | 2 | 185 |
2018 | Tamar Edilashvili | "Your Voice" | Georgian, English | 8 | 144 |
2019 | Giorgi Rostiashvili | "We Need Love" | Georgian, English | 14 | 69 |
2020 | Sandra Gadelia | "You Are Not Alone" | Georgian, English | 6 | 111 |
2021 | Niko Kajaia | "Let's Count the Smiles" | Georgian, English, French | 4 | 163 |
2022 | Mariam Bigvava | "I Believe" | Georgian, English | 3 | 161 |
2023 | Anastasia and Ranina | "Over the Sky" | Georgian, English | 14 | 74 |
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The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. [4] The Georgian broadcaster, GPB, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Georgian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster to announce the awarding points from Georgia. The table below lists the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2007.
Year | Commentator | Spokesperson | Ref. |
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2007 | Temo Kvirkvelia | Nino Epremidze | |
2008 | Ana Davitaia | ||
2009 | Sofia Avtunashvili | ||
2010 | Temo Kvirkvelia | Giorgi Toradze | |
2011 | Elene Makashvili | ||
2012 | Candy | ||
2013 | Natia Bunturi and Giorgi Grdzelishvili | Elene Megrelishvili | |
2014 | Mero Chikashvili and Temo Kvirkvelia | Mariam Khunjgurua | |
2015 | Tuta Chkheidze | Lizi Pop | |
2016 | Demetre Ergemlidze | Elene Sturua | |
2017 | Lizi Tavberidze | ||
2018 | Helen Kalandadze and George Abashidze | Nikoloz Vasadze | |
2019 | Demetre Ergemlidze and Tamar Edilashvili | Anastasia Garsevanishvili | |
2020 | Helen Kalandadze | Marita Khvedelidze | |
2021 | Nikoloz Lobiladze | Sandra Gadelia | |
2022 | Niko Kajaia | ||
2023 | Mariam Bigvava | ||
Year | Location | Venue | Presenters |
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2017 | Tbilisi | Olympic Palace [19] | Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze [20] |
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