Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
CountryFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 8 September 2017
  • Song: 20 October 2017
Selected entrantGrigol Kipshidze
Selected song"Voice of The Heart"
Finals performance
Final result2nd, 185 points
Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄201620172018►

Georgia took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 as the host country after their victory in 2016 with the song "Mzeo" by Mariam Mamadashvili. Their entry was decided through an internal selection. [1] They were represented by Grigol Kipshidze and the song "Voice of The Heart". [2]

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Background

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its debut in 2007, [3] and since then they have never missed a single contest. Georgia is also the most successful country in the competition, with three victories in 2008, 2011 and 2016. [4]

Before Junior Eurovision

On 29 July 2017 the Georgian broadcaster GPB announced they were going to select their entrant internally, opening the submissions period until 1 September 2017. The winner of the selection process was to be decided by a professional jury. [1] Then, on 6 September 2017, the GPB announced that their entrant would be revealed later that week on 8 September 2017; whereas the song will be revealed at a later point. [5] They did as expected, and on 8 September 2017 the GPB confirmed that their representative for the 2017 contest is Grigol Kipshidze. [6] [7]

Artist and song information

Grigol Kipshidze
Born (2005-08-15) 15 August 2005 (age 18) [8]
Tbilisi, Georgia
Instrument(s)Vocals

Grigol Kipshidze

Grigol Kipshidze (Georgian :გრიგოლ ყიფშიძე; born 15 August 2005) is a Georgian singer who represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Prior to his Junior Eurovision experience, he studied at the National Center for Folklore between 2011 and 2015, and in 2014 he entered the Vocal Academy of Tbilisi. He has also participated in various singing contests, achieving the most successful result at the 2017 edition of X-Factor Georgia, where he made it to the final. [6]

"Voice of the Heart"

"Voice of the Heart" (Georgian :გულის ხმა; Gulis khma) is a song by Georgian singer Grigol Kipshidze. It represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 and reached the 2nd place with 185 points. It marked only the second time a song from the host nation finished second.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Georgia was drawn to perform ninth on 26 November 2017, following Macedonia and preceding Albania. [9]

Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [10]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [11] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Georgia [12]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 131415141515
02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 951481092
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 61013513101
04Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 53173210
05Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2111101265
06Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1011126274
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 11810131413
08Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 14999912
09Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 15125151114
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3623738
12Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1213612611
13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12311112
14Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 815711483
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4482847
16Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7744556

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