Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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 artist(s)	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

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

Background

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 used an original children's talent show format, Ranina (Georgian: 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^[a]	Final place	Episode of elimination
Giorgi Rostiashvili გიორგი როსთიაშვილი	12 years old	Winner	N/A
Ana Berishvili ანა ბერიშვილი	13 years old	Runner-up	Grand Finale
Anastasia Garsevanishvili ანასთასია გარსევანიშვილი	8 years old	3rd place	Grand Finale
Keta Akhalbedashvili ქეთა ახალბედაშვილი	10 years old	4th place	After Semi-final
Nika Petriashvili ნიქა ფეთრიაშვილი	13 years old	4th place	After Semi-final
Barbara Imnadze ბარბარა იმნაძე	9 years old	6th place	After Round 4
Tekla Chanagava თექლა ჩანაგავა	10 years old	6th place
Levan Eloidze ლევან ელოიძე	11 years old	8th place
Elene Ivanidze ელენე ივანიძე	10 years old	9th place
Giorgi Gordadze გიორგი გორდაძე	13 years old	9th place

Shows

Round 1 (24–31 March 2019)

Show 1 (24 March 2019) Songs from Oliver!^[5]
Draw	Artist (Guest artist)	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist (Guest artist)	Song	D. Evgenidze				B. Gochiashvili				S. Korkotashvili				Final score
1	Barbara Imnadze (with Sopho Gelovani)	"Oom-Pah-Pah"	39				37				40				116
1	Barbara Imnadze (with Sopho Gelovani)	"Oom-Pah-Pah"	9	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	116
2	Giorgi Gordadze (with Giorgi Sukhitashvili)	"You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"	39				37				39				115
2	Giorgi Gordadze (with Giorgi Sukhitashvili)	"You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	115
3	Elene Ivanidze (with Levan Maspindzelashvili)	"Where Is Love?"	40				39				39				118
3	Elene Ivanidze (with Levan Maspindzelashvili)	"Where Is Love?"	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	118
4	Nika Petriashvili (with Oto Nemsadze)	"Reviewing the Situation"	40				40				40				120
4	Nika Petriashvili (with Oto Nemsadze)	"Reviewing the Situation"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Anastasia Garsevanishvili (with Mariko Lejava)	"Who Will Buy?"	39				39				39				117
5	Anastasia Garsevanishvili (with Mariko Lejava)	"Who Will Buy?"	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	117

Show 2 (31 March 2019) Songs from The Sound of Music^[6]
Draw	Artist (Guest artist)	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist (Guest artist)	Song	D. Evgenidze				B. Gochiashvili				S. Korkotashvili				Final score
1	Giorgi Rostiashvili (with Sopho Toroshelidze)	"The Hills Are Alive"	40				40				40				120
1	Giorgi Rostiashvili (with Sopho Toroshelidze)	"The Hills Are Alive"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
2	Tekla Chanagava (with Giorgi Abashidze)	"Sixteen Going on Seventeen"	39				38				39				115
2	Tekla Chanagava (with Giorgi Abashidze)	"Sixteen Going on Seventeen"	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	115
3	Levan Eloidze (with Elene Kalandadze)	"Edelweiss"	39				36				39				114
3	Levan Eloidze (with Elene Kalandadze)	"Edelweiss"	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	114
4	Keta Akhalbedashvili (with Sopho Khalvashi)	"My Favorite Things"	40				40				40				120
4	Keta Akhalbedashvili (with Sopho Khalvashi)	"My Favorite Things"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Ana Berishvili (with Nodiko Tatishvili)	"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"	40				40				40				120
5	Ana Berishvili (with Nodiko Tatishvili)	"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120

Round 2 (7–14 April 2019)

Show 3 (7 April 2019) Guest artists: Shavnabada band
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist	Song	D. Evgenidze				M. Mdinaradze				M. Mikaberidze				Final score
1	Nika Petriashvili	"იმერული (ოკრიბული) მგზავრული" ("Imeruli (ok'ribuli) mgzavruli")	40				39				39				118
1	Nika Petriashvili		10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	118
2	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"შიშ-ნანი" ("Shish-nani")	40				40				40				120
2	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"შიშ-ნანი" ("Shish-nani")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
3	Elene Ivanidze	"კესარია" ("Kesaria")	40				39				40				119
3	Elene Ivanidze	"კესარია" ("Kesaria")	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	119
4	Giorgi Gordadze	"ჩელა" ("Chela")	40				40				40				120
4	Giorgi Gordadze	"ჩელა" ("Chela")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Barbara Imnadze	"აჭარულ შაირებს" ("Ach'arul shairebs")	40				39				40				119
5	Barbara Imnadze	"აჭარულ შაირებს" ("Ach'arul shairebs")	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	119

Show 4 (14 April 2019)
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist	Song	D. Evgenidze				M. Mdinaradze				M. Mikaberidze				Final score
1	Ana Berishvili	"მარებელს" ("Marebeli")	40				40				40				120
1	Ana Berishvili	"მარებელს" ("Marebeli")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
2	Levan Eloidze	"ხასანბეგურა" ("Khasanbegura")	40				40				40				120
2	Levan Eloidze	"ხასანბეგურა" ("Khasanbegura")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
3	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"ვა-გიორქომა" ("Va-giorkoma")	40				40				40				120
3	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"ვა-გიორქომა" ("Va-giorkoma")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
4	Tekla Chanagava	"ჰარირა" ("Harira")	40				40				40				120
4	Tekla Chanagava	"ჰარირა" ("Harira")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"შენ, ბიჭო, ანაგურელო" ("Shen, bich’o, anagurelo")	40				40				40				120
5	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"შენ, ბიჭო, ანაგურელო" ("Shen, bich’o, anagurelo")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120

Round 3 (21–28 April 2019)

Show 5 (21 April 2019) Guest artists: The Quintessence band
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist	Song	D. Evgenidze				R. Kiknadze				M. Datunashvili				Final score
1	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"მათე ბიჭის სიმღერა" ("Mate bich’is simghera")	40				40				40				120
1	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"მათე ბიჭის სიმღერა" ("Mate bich’is simghera")	10	10	10	10	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	120
2	Barbara Imnadze	"ჩიტო-გვრიტო" ("Chit’o-gvrit’o")	40				40				40				120
2	Barbara Imnadze	"ჩიტო-გვრიტო" ("Chit’o-gvrit’o")	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	120
3	Giorgi Gordadze	"მთვარის სიმღერას" ("Mtvaris simgheras")	38				40				38				116
3	Giorgi Gordadze	"მთვარის სიმღერას" ("Mtvaris simgheras")	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	116
4	Elene Ivanidze	"როცა აყვავდა ნუში" ("Rotsa aq’vavda nushi")	38				40				38				116
4	Elene Ivanidze	"როცა აყვავდა ნუში" ("Rotsa aq’vavda nushi")	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	116
5	Nika Petriashvili	"ერთელ ვიხილე" ("Ertel vikhile")	40				40				40				120
5	Nika Petriashvili	"წავიდეთ ჩქარა" ("Ts’avidet chkara")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120

Show 6 (28 April 2019)
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist	Song	D. Evgenidze				R. Kiknadze				M. Datunashvili				Final score
1	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"მზე დედაა ჩემი" ("Mze dedaa chemi")	40				40				40				120
1	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"მზე დედაა ჩემი" ("Mze dedaa chemi")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
2	Ana Berishvili	"გაზაფხულდა, აყვავილდა ნუში" ("Gazapkhulda, aq'vavilda nushi")	40				40				40				120
2	Ana Berishvili		10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
3	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"ბერიკაობა" ("Berik'aoba")	40				40				40				120
3	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"ბერიკაობა" ("Berik'aoba")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
4	Levan Eloidze	"პანკესას სიმღერა" ("P'ank'esas simghera")	40				40				40				120
4	Levan Eloidze	"პანკესას სიმღერა" ("P'ank'esas simghera")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Tekla Chanagava	"პირველი მერცხალი" ("P'irveli mertskhali")	40				40				40				120
5	Tekla Chanagava	"პირველი მერცხალი" ("P'irveli mertskhali")	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120

Round 4 (5–12 May 2019)

Show 7 (5 May 2019) Guest artists: Tbilisi Boys Cappella (თბილისის ბავშვთა კაპელა)
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist	Song	D. Evgenidze				S. Khalvashi				N. Tatishvili				Final score
1	Barbara Imnadze	"Uptown Funk"	40				40				40				120
1	Barbara Imnadze	"Uptown Funk"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
2	Elene Ivanidze	"Over The Rainbow"	38				39				37				114
2	Elene Ivanidze	"Over The Rainbow"	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	114
3	Giorgi Gordadze	"Man in the Mirror"	38				39				39				116
3	Giorgi Gordadze	"Man in the Mirror"	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	116
4	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"Jamaica"	40				40				40				120
4	Anastasia Garsevanishvili	"Jamaica"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Nika Petriashvili	"Circle of Life"	40				40				40				120
5	Nika Petriashvili	"Circle of Life"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120

Show 8 (12 May 2019) Guest artists: Gori Girls' Choir
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores^[b]												Final score
Draw	Artist	Song	D. Evgenidze				S. Khalvashi				N. Tatishvili				Final score
1	Tekla Chanagava	"Roar"	40				40				40				120
1	Tekla Chanagava	"Roar"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
2	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"Moon River"	40				40				40				120
2	Giorgi Rostiashvili	"Moon River"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
3	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"Java Jive"	39				39				39				117
3	Keta Akhalbedashvili	"Java Jive"	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	117
4	Ana Berishvili	"Amazing Grace"	40				40				40				120
4	Ana Berishvili	"Amazing Grace"	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	120
5	Levan Eloidze	"Imagine"	40				39				39				118
5	Levan Eloidze	"Imagine"	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	118

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)

The winner of the final was Giorgi Rostiashvili, who would go on to represent Georgia with the song "We Want to Love".^[7]

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

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.^[8]

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 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.^[9]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 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 24 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.^[10] 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.

Points awarded to Georgia^[11]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Armenia Wales
7 points
6 points
5 points	Australia Poland
4 points	Serbia
3 points	Albania North Macedonia
2 points
1 point	Malta
Georgia received 32 points from the online vote

Points awarded by Georgia^[11]
Score	Country
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

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Georgia^[11]
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points Awarded
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

Notes

^ As of 23 February 2019, the day when the list of contestants was released by GPB.^[4]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The categories for the scores, from left to right, are vocals, performance, artistry and involvement.

References

^ "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.
^ ""რანინას" მეორე სეზონის გრანდიოზული გახსნა!". GPB. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ "#რანინა პირველი ტური, მეორე ხუთეული! მიუზიკლი "მუსიკის ჰანგები"". YouTube. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ Herbert, Emily (25 September 2019). "Georgia: Giorgi Rostiashvili to sing "We Want to Love" at Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.
^ "This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order!". European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
^ "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[agesandresidence-5] As of 23 February 2019, the day when the list of contestants was released by GPB.^[4]

[categories-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The categories for the scores, from left to right, are vocals, performance, artistry and involvement.

[1] "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[2] "Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[3] "რანინა – 1TV" (in Georgian). Retrieved 17 March 2019.

[4] "რანინა • Ranina – Posts". Georgian Public Broadcasting. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[Round_1_themes-6] ""რანინას" მეორე სეზონის გრანდიოზული გახსნა!". GPB. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[8] "#რანინა პირველი ტური, მეორე ხუთეული! მიუზიკლი "მუსიკის ჰანგები"". YouTube. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[9] Herbert, Emily (25 September 2019). "Georgia: Giorgi Rostiashvili to sing "We Want to Love" at Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.

[10] "This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order!". European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[11] Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.

[12] "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.

[2019detailed-13] "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

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