Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Georgia took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, which was held on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country	Georgia
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Ranina Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 26 May 2019 Song: 7 October 2019
Selected entrant	Giorgi Rostiashvili
Selected song	"We Need Love"
Selected songwriter(s)	David Evgenidze
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 69 points
Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background

Main article: Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its debut in 2007,[1] 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.[2] In the 2018 contest, Tamar Edilashvili represented her country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Your Voice".She ended 8th out of 20 entries with 144 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Ranina

Georgia will use an original children's talent show format, Ranina (რანინა), as the selection method for their artist. Starting on 24 March 2019, the show lasted around two months with ten candidate artists.[3]

Contestants

Contestant	Age[lower-alpha 1]	Residence[lower-alpha 1]
Ana Berishvili	13 years old	Tbilisi
Anastasia Garsevanishvili	8 years old	Tbilisi
Barbara Imnadze	9 years old	Tbilisi
Elene Ivanidze	10 years old	Tbilisi
Giorgi Gordadze	13 years old	Tbilisi
Giorgi Rostiashvili	12 years old	Tbilisi
Keta Akhalbedashvili	10 years old	Tbilisi
Levan Eloidze	11 years old	Tbilisi
Nika Petriashvili	13 years old	Tbilisi
Tekla Chanagava	10 years old	Batumi

Shows

Round 1 (24–31 March 2019)

Show 1 (24 March 2019) Songs from Oliver![5]
Draw	Artist (Guest artist)	Song	Jury scores[lower-alpha 2]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				B. Gochiashvili				S. Korkotashvili
1	Barbara Imnadze (with Sopho Gelovani)	"Oom-Pah-Pah"	39				38				40				116[lower-alpha 3]
			9	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Giorgi Gordadze (with Giorgi Sukhitashvili)	"You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"	39				39				39				115[lower-alpha 3]
			10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	0
3	Elene Ivanidze (with Levan Maspindzelashvili)	"Where Is Love?"	40				39				39				118
			10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
4	Nika Petriashvili (with Oto Nemsadze)	"Reviewing the Situation"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Anastasia Garsevanishvili (with Mariko Lejava)	"Who Will Buy?"	39				39				39				117[lower-alpha 3]
			9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Show 2 (31 March 2019) Songs from The Sound of Music[5]
1	Giorgi Rostiashvili (with Sopho Toroshelidze)	"The Hills Are Alive"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Tekla Chanagava (with Giorgi Abashidze)	"Sixteen Going on Seventeen"	39				38				39				115
			9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
3	Levan Eloidze (with Elene Kalandadze)	"Edelweiss"	39				36				39				114
			9	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10
4	Keta Akhalbedashvili (with Sopho Khalvashi)	"My Favorite Things"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Ana Berishvili (with Nodiko Tatishvili)	"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Round 2 (7–14 April 2019)

Show 3 (7 April 2019) Guest artists: Shavnabada band
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores[lower-alpha 2]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				M. Mdinaradze				M. Mikaberidze
1	Nika Petriashvili	"იმერული (ოკრიბული) მგზავრული" ("Imeruli (ok'ribuli) mgzavruli")	40				39				39				118
			10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10
2	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"შიშ-ნანი" ("Shish-nani")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Elene Ivanidze	"კესარია" ("Kesaria")	40				39				40				119
			10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	Giorgi Gordadze	"ჩელა" ("Chela")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Barbara Imnadze	"აჭარულ შაირებს" ("Ach'arul shairebs")	40				39				40				119
			10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Show 4 (14 April 2019)
1	Ana Berishvili	"მარებელს" ("Marebeli")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Levan Eloidze	"ხასანბეგურა" ("Khasanbegura")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"ვა-გიორქომა" ("Va-giorkoma")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	Tekla Chanagava	"ჰარირა" ("Harira")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"შენ, ბიჭო, ანაგურელო" ("Shen, bich’o, anagurelo")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Round 3 (21–28 April 2019)

Show 5 (21 April 2019) Guest artists: The Quintessence band
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores[lower-alpha 2]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				R. Kiknadze				M. Datunashvili
1	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"მათე ბიჭის სიმღერა" ("Mate bich’is simghera")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
2	Barbara Imnadze	"ჩიტო-გვრიტო" ("Chit’o-gvrit’o")	40				40				40				120
			40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
3	Giorgi Gordadze	"მთვარის სიმღერას" ("Mtvaris simgheras")	38				40				38				116
			9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
4	Elene Ivanidze	"როცა აყვავდა ნუში" ("Rotsa aq’vavda nushi")	38				40				38				116
			9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
5	Nika Petriashvili	"ერთელ ვიხილე" ("Ertel vikhile")	40				40				40				120
		"წავიდეთ ჩქარა" ("Ts’avidet chkara")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Show 6 (28 April 2019)
1	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"მზე დედაა ჩემი" ("Mze dedaa chemi")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Ana Berishvili	"გაზაფხულდა, აყვავილდა ნუში" ("Gazapkhulda, aq'vavilda nushi")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"ბერიკაობა" ("Berik'aoba")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	Levan Eloidze	"პანკესას სიმღერა" ("P'ank'esas simghera")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Tekla Chanagava	"პირველი მერცხალი" ("P'irveli mertskhali")	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Round 4 (5–12 May 2019)

Show 7 (5 May 2019) Guest artists: Tbilisi Boys Cappella (თბილისის ბავშვთა კაპელა)
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores[lower-alpha 2]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				Juror 2				Juror 3
1	Barbara Imnadze	"Uptown Funk"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Elene Ivanidze	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"	38				39				37				114
			9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10
3	Giorgi Gordadze	"Man in the Mirror"	38				39				39				116
			9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
4	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"Jamaica"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Nika Petriashvili	"Circle of Life"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Show 8 (12 May 2019) Guest artists: Gori Girls' Choir
1	Tekla Chanagava	"Roar"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"Moon River"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"Java Jive"	39				39				39				117
			10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
4	Ana Berishvili	"Amazing Grace"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Levan Eloidze	"Imagine"	40				39				39				118
			10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10

Semi-final (19 May 2019)

Semi-final (19 May 2019)
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Nika Petriashvili	"თბილისი" ("Tbilisi)	Eliminated
2	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"რომანსერო" ("Romansero")	Finalist
3	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"წვიმს, ისევ წვიმს" ("Ts'vims, isev ts'vims")	Finalist
4	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"ჩვენი ზღაპარი" ("Chveni zghvap'ari")	Eliminated
5	Ana Berishvili	"სიზმარს გავხარ" ("Sizmars gavkhar")	Finalist

Final (26 May 2019)

Final (26 May 2019) Jury members: Dato Evgenidze, Beka Gochiashvili and Lana Kutateladze
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"ჯადოსნური კვერცხი" ("Jadosnuri k'vertskhi")	Third place
2	Ana Berishvili	"ჭაღარა თბილისო" ("Ch'aghara Tbiliso")	Second place
3	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"ჩარი რამა" ("Chari rama")	Winner

Artist and song information

Giorgi Rostiashvili
Background information
Born	(2006-08-18) 18 August 2006 Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals

Giorgi Rostiashvili

Giorgi Rostiashvili (born 18 August 2006) is a Georgian child singer. He represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

We Need Love

"We Need Love" is a song performed by Georgian child singer Giorgi Rostiashvili, which represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[6]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Georgia was drawn to perform sixth on 24 November 2019, following Spain and preceding Belarus.

Voting

The results of the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 24 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Georgia

Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Armenia  Wales
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Australia  Poland	Serbia	Albania  North Macedonia		Malta

• Georgia received 32 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Georgia

12 points  Kazakhstan 10 points  North Macedonia 8 points  Australia 7 points  Armenia 6 points  Italy 5 points  Netherlands 4 points  Poland 3 points  Wales 2 points  Albania 1 point  Serbia Split voting results Split voting results from Georgia Draw Country Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Average Rank Points 01  Australia 2 5 1 4 2 3 8 02  France 13 12 14 11 14 14 03  Russia 18 18 18 18 18 18 04  North Macedonia 4 1 4 1 4 2 10 05  Spain 15 9 12 15 17 15 06  Georgia 07  Belarus 16 15 13 17 15 17 08  Malta 6 17 17 13 6 11 09  Wales 10 7 8 10 9 8 3 10  Kazakhstan 1 2 7 2 1 1 12 11  Poland 7 11 5 12 8 7 4 12  Ireland 12 8 11 16 11 12 13  Ukraine 17 13 9 14 16 16 14  Netherlands 14 6 2 6 13 6 5 15  Armenia 5 3 3 3 5 4 7 16  Portugal 11 16 16 9 12 13 17  Italy 3 4 6 5 3 5 6 18  Albania 9 10 10 7 10 9 2 19  Serbia 8 14 15 8 7 10 1 See also Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Notes and references As of 23 February 2019, the day when the list of contestants was released by GPB.[4] The categories for the scores, from left to right, are vocals, performance, artistry and involvement. As three contestants ended with a sum of 117 points, the tiebreak system causes Barbara to lose one point and Giorgi Gordadze to lose two points, ending with 116 and 115 respectively. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2016. "Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 August 2016. "რანინა - 1TV" (in Georgian). Retrieved 17 March 2019. "რანინა • Ranina - Posts". Georgian Public Broadcasting. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019. "რანინა • Ranina". GPB. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019. Herbert, Emily (25 September 2019). "Georgia: Giorgi Rostiashvili to sing "We Want to Love" at Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.