Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Participation summary
Appearances17
First appearance 2007
Highest placement1st: 2008, 2011, 2016, 2024
Host 2017
Participation history
External links
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Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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. They are the most successful country in the contest, having won a total of four times, namely in 2008, 2011, 2016 and 2024. They hosted the contest for the first time in 2017 at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi.

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History

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. [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.

The following year, in 2024, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "To My Mom" performed by Andria Putkaradze, making Georgia the first country to win the contest four times.

Participation overview

Table key
1First place
2Second place
3Third place
†Upcoming event
YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
2007 Mariam Romelashvili "Odelia ranuni" (ოდელია რანუნი) Georgian 4116
2008 Bzikebi "Bzz.." Imaginary 1154
2009 Princesses"Lurji prinveli" (ლურჯი ფრინველი)Georgian, English668
2010 Mariam Kakhelishvili "Mari-Dari" (მარი-დარი)Imaginary4109
2011 Candy "Candy Music"Georgian, English1108
2012 The Funkids"Funky Lemonade"Georgian, English2103
2013 The Smile Shop "Give Me Your Smile"Georgian, English591
2014 Lizi Pop "Happy Day"Georgian, English1154
2015 The Virus"Gabede" (გაბედე)Georgian1051
2016 Mariam Mamadashvili " Mzeo " (მზეო)Georgian1239
2017 Grigol Kipshidze"Voice of the Heart"Georgian2185
2018 Tamar Edilashvili"Your Voice"Georgian, English8144
2019 Giorgi Rostiashvili "We Need Love"Georgian, English1469
2020 Sandra Gadelia "You Are Not Alone"Georgian, English6111
2021 Niko Kajaia "Let's Count the Smiles"Georgian, English, French 4163
2022 Mariam Bigvava"I Believe"Georgian, English3161
2023 Anastasia and Ranina"Over the Sky"Georgian, English1474
2024 Andria Putkaradze"To My Mom"Georgian1239
2025 Confirmed intention to participate † [4] [5]

Commentators and spokespersons

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. [6] 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.

YearCommentatorSpokespersonRef.
2007 Temo KvirkveliaNino Epremidze
2008 Ana Davitaia
2009 Sofia Avtunashvili
2010 Temo KvirkveliaGiorgi Toradze
2011 Elene Makashvili
2012 Candy
2013 Natia Bunturi and Giorgi GrdzelishviliElene Megrelishvili
2014 Mero Chikashvili and Temo KvirkveliaMariam Khunjgurua
2015 Tuta ChkheidzeLizi Pop
2016 Demetre ErgemlidzeElene Sturua
2017 Lizi Tavberidze
[9]
2018 Helen Kalandadze and George Abashidze Nikoloz Vasadze
2019 Demetre Ergemlidze and Tamar Edilashvili Anastasia Garsevanishvili
2020 Helen Kalandadze Marita Khvedelidze
2021 Nika Lobiladze Sandra Gadelia
2022 Niko Kajaia
2023 Mariam Bigvava
2024 Anastasia Vasadze

Hostings

YearLocationVenuePresenters
2017 Tbilisi Olympic Palace [22] Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze [23]

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    🇬🇪 ხმა მიეცი საქართველოს | ანასტასია და „რანინა" | 26 ნოემბერს 19:00"    . Facebook (in Georgian). Georgian Public Broadcaster. 10 November 2023.
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