Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Georgia in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
CountryFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Selection processArtist:Ranina 2021
Song: Internal selection
Selection dateArtist: 13 November 2021
Song: 14 November 2021
Competing entry
Song"Let's Count the Smiles"
ArtistNiko Kajaia
SongwritersGiga Kukhianidze
Placement
Final result4th, 163 points
Participation chronology
◄202020212022►

Georgia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France. The children's talent show Ranina was used for the fourth year in a row to select Georgia's representative, Niko Kajaia, who performed at the contest with the song "Let's Count the Smiles". [1] He finished 4th place out of 19 participating countries.

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Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its debut in 2007, [2] 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. [3] In the 2020 contest, Sandra Gadelia represented Georgia with the song "You Are Not Alone" following her victory in the third season of Ranina, achieving 6th place out of 12 with 111 points. [4]

Before Junior Eurovision

Ranina

For the fourth year in a row, Georgia used an original children's talent show format, Ranina (Georgian :რანინა), as the selection method for their artist. Georgian broadcaster GPB confirmed that Ranina would be used for the fourth time on 2 September 2021, confirming that the show would begin on 11 September at 10pm GST. [5] The list of participants competing in the show was revealed on 6 September 2021, confirming that the show would once again have 10 competitors. [6]

Contestants
ContestantAge [a] Final placeEpisode of elimination
Nikoloz Kajaia
ნიკოლოზ ქაჯაია
10 years oldWinnerN/A
Gega Shonia
გეგა შონია
11 years oldRunner-upFinal
Barbare Makhatadze
ბარბარე მახათაძე
9 years old3rd place
Datuna Luarsabishvili
დათუნა ლუარსაბიშვილი
12 years old4th placeAfter semi-final
Guga Nadiradze
გუგა ნადირაძე
9 years old
Keso Rusia
კესო რუსია
12 years old
Ioana Navadze
იოანა ნავაძე
9 years old7th placeAfter Round 4
Mariam Bukhnikashvili
მარიამ ბუხნიკაშვილი
12 years old8th place
Nini Orkoshneli
ნინი ორკოშნელი
10 years old9th place
Andria Beridze
ანდრია ბერიძე
13 years old10th place

Round 1 (11–12 September 2021)

The jurors for this round were Elene Kalandadze, Davit Evgenidze and Nukri Kapanadze.

Show 1 – 11 September 2021 [7] [8]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeE. KalandadzeN. Kapanadze
1Nini Orkoshneli
(with Nutsa Jghamadze and Niutone)
"Sakatmeshi shep’arula mela"
(საქათმეში შეპარულა მელა)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
2Nikoloz Kajaia
(with Papuna Sharikadze)
"Sakanela"
(საქანელა)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
3Gega Shonia
(with Zviad Bolkvadze, Andria Bolkvadze and Niutone)
"Ori rezo"
(ორი რეზო)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Barbare Makhatadze
(with Sandro Kvachadze)
"Es sats’q’ali k’urdgheli"
(ეს საწყალი კურდღელი)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
5Andria Beridze
(with Zuka Khutsishvili)
"Simghera siq’varuls hgavs"
(სიმღერა სიყვარულს ჰგავს)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
Show 2 – 12 September 2021 [9] [10]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeE. KalandadzeN. Kapanadze
1Guga Nadiradze
(with Tika Balanchine and New One)
"Esa messa"
(ესა მესა)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
2Keso Rusia
(with Giorgi Gigashvili)
"Samshoblos gasakhareblad"
(სამშობლოს გასახარებლად)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
3Ioana Navadze
(with Nodiko Tatishvili and Dato Londaridze)
"Shen ghimilis deda khar"
(შენ ღიმილის დედა ხარ)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Mariam Bukhnikashvili
(with Anna Doi & Beka Gochiashvili)
"Mze"
(მზე)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
5Datuna Luarsabishvili
(with Sophie Willie and Niutone)
"Gaighime"
(გაიღიმე)
404040120
101010101010101010101010

Round 2 (18–25 September 2021)

The jurors for this round were Sopho Toroshelidze, Davit Evgenidze and Paata Godziashvili.

Show 3 – 18 September 2021 [11]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeS. ToroshelidzeP. Godziashvili
1Barbare Makhatadze"Someday My Prince Will Come"
( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs )
394039118
1091010101010101091010
2Andria Beridze"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
( The Lion King )
393638113
10101099999109109
3Nikoloz Kajaia"Everybody Wants to Be a Cat"
( The Aristocats )
404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Nini Orkoshneli"Once Upon a December"
( Anastasia )
383838114
109109109109910109
5Gega Shonia"I Wanna Be like You"
( The Jungle Book )
404040120
101010101010101010101010
Show 4 – 25 September 2021 [12]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeS. ToroshelidzeP. Godziashvili
1Mariam Bukhnikashvili"Beauty and the Beast"
( Beauty and the Beast )
393838115
1091010991010991010
2Guga Nadiradze"You've Got a Friend in Me"
( Toy Story )
403940119
10101010910101010101010
3Ioana Navadze"When She Loved Me"
( Toy Story 2 )
393939117
109101010101091091010
4Datuna Luarsabishvili"Friend Like Me"
( Aladdin )
404040120
101010101010101010101010
5Keso Rusia"Reflection"
( Mulan )
404040120
101010101010101010101010

Round 3 (14-16 October 2021)

The jurors for this round were Maia Mikaberidze, Davit Evgenidze and Giorgi Sikharulidze.

Show 5 - 14 October 2021 [13]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeM. MikaberidzeG. Sikharulidze
1Gega Shonia"Gudisa, sharat’in"
(გუდისა, შარატინ)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
2Barbare Makhatadze"Q’ovel sneulebaze"
(ყოველ სნეულებაზე)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
3Andria Beridze"Khokhbis q’elivit lamazi"
(ხოხბის ყელივით ლამაზი)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Nini Orskoshneli"K’olkhuri nana"
(კოლხური ნანა)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
5Nikoloz Kajaia"Guruli perkhuli"
(გურული ფერხული)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
Show 6 - 16 October 2021 [14]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeM. MikaberidzeG. Sikharulidze
1Guga Nadiradze"Gakhsovs t’urpav"
(გახსოვს ტურფავ)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
2Ioana Navadze"Sdzinavs t’bas"
(სძინავს ტბას)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
3Datuna Luarsabishvili"Shilduri mravalzhamieri"
(შილდური მრავალჟამიერი)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Mariam Bukhnikashvili"Arami do sharika"
(არამი დო შარიქა)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
5Keso Rusia"Sat’rpialo"
(სატრფიალო)
404040120
101010101010101010101010

Round 4 (20-23 October 2021)

The jurors for this round were Sopho Gelovani, Davit Evgenidze and Liza Bagrationi.

Show 7 - 20 October 2021 [15]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeS. GelovaniL. Bagrationi
1Barbare Makhatadze"Ich Hab' Noch Einen Koffer In Berlin"
(Marlene Dietrich)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
2Gega Shonia"Rosalina"
(Fabio Concato)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
3Nini Orkoshneli"Dernière danse"
(Indila)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Nikoloz Kajaia"Amar pelos dois"
(Salvador Sobral)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
5Andria Beridze"Hoppípolla"
(Sigur Rós)
403940119
10101010101091010101010
Show 8 - 23 October 2021 [16]
DrawArtistSongJury scoresFinal score
D. EvgenidzeS. GelovaniL. Bagrationi
1Mariam Bukhnikashvili"Hatikvah"
(National anthem of Israel)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
2Guga Nadiradze"Quizás, quizás, quizás"
(Bobby Capó)
404040120
101010101010101010101010
3Ioana Navadze"чорнобривці" (Chornobryvtsi)404040120
101010101010101010101010
4Datuna Luarsabishvili"With a Little Help from My Friends"
(The Beatles)
403939118
1010101010101091010910
5Keso Rusia"Malaika"
(Miriam Makeba)
404040120
101010101010101010101010

At the end of Show 8, the semi-finalists were announced. The five participants who collected the most points throughout the four tours advanced to the next round. They are Nikoloz Kajaia, Keso Rusia, Gega Shonia, Guga Nadiradze, Datuna Luarsabishvili and Barbare Makhatadze. [17] Datuna Luarsabishvili and Barbare Makhatadze both took 5th place with the same score. This means that Ranina will have 6 semi-finalists for the first time.

Semi-final (6 November 2021)

The jurors for the Semi-final were Tika Rukhadze, Davit Evgenidze and Buka Kartozia.

Semi-final (6 November 2021) [18]
DrawArtistSongResult
1Gega Shonia
(with The Quintessence)
"Soplis Masheneblebi"
(სოფლის მაშენებლები)
Finalist
2Keso Rusia
(with The Quintessence)
"Romansi"
(რომანსი)
Eliminated
3Guga Nadiradze
(with The Quintessence)
"K’omble"
(კომბლე)
Eliminated
4Barbare Makhatadze
(with The Quintessence)
"Gogona Da Bat’i"
(გოგონა და ბატი)
Finalist
5Datuna Luarsabishvili
(with The Quintessence)
"Isbundi"
(ისბუნდი)
Eliminated
6Nikoloz Kajaia
(with The Quintessence)
"Ar Daidardo" & "Shen, Mkholod Shen"
(არ დაიდარდო & შენ, მხოლოდ შენ)
Finalist

Final (13 November 2021)

The jurors for the Final were Sopho Khalvashi, Davit Evgenidze and Beka Gochiashvili.

Final (13 November 2021) [19]
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Nikoloz Kajaia"Gazapkhuli Maints Mova"
(გაზაფხული მაინც მოვა)
1
2Barbare Makhatadze"Me Saidumlos Shenakhva Vitsi"
(მე საიდუმლოს შენახვა ვიცი)
3
3Gega Shonia"Ak Emghereba Guls"
(აქ ემღერება გულს)
2

After the solo performances, all three participants performed the song "Khelebi" (ხელები) together with the Gori Girls Choir. [20]

The day after the final was broadcast, the song "Let's Count The Smiles", with which Niko Kajaia would represent Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, was released along with a music video. [21] The song was written by Giga Kukhianidze, and contains lyrics in Georgian, English, and French. [22]

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Georgia would perform second on 19 December 2021, following Germany and preceding Poland. [23]

At the end of the contest, Georgia received 163 points, placing 4th out of 19 participating countries. [24]

Performance

Niko Kajaia was accompanied on stage by two dances, Barbare Tvarava and Lizi Kvirkevlia. [25] The three are dressed in primary colours, with colourful shapes shown on the LED screens behind them. [26] [27]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every participating broadcaster assembled 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. [28]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 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 17 December 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 three songs. [29] 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 [30]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 121010121513
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
03Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48133774
04Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 6554538
05Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5992856
06Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 10288683
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 181617151818
08Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 11141871414
09Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 13346965
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 9761010101
11Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 161711141717
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 711791211
13Flag of France.svg  France 11213112
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 34154210
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 17616161112
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 151315111615
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 812317147
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 2151413292
19Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 141812181316

Notes

  1. As of 6 September 2021, the day when the list of contestants was released by GPB.

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