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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Georgia
National selection
Selection processArtist: Ranina
Song: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)13 November 2020
Selected artist(s)Sandra Gadelia[1]
Selected song"You Are Not Alone"
Selected songwriter(s)Giga Kukhianidze
Temo Sajaia[2]
Finals performance
Final result6th, 111 points
Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2020 • 2021►

Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020,[3] which was held in Warsaw, Poland on 29 November 2020.[4] Sandra Gadelia was selected through the televised show Ranina. She achieved 6th place with 111 points.[5]

Background

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Main article: Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2020 contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its debut in 2007,[6] 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.[7] In the 2019 contest, Giorgi Rostiashvili carried the Georgian flag to Gliwice Arena's stage with We Need Love following his victory in the second season of Ranina, achieving just the 14th place out of 19 with 69 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

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Ranina

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For the third year in a row, Georgia will use an original children's talent show format, Ranina (Georgian: რანინა), as the selection method for their artist. The third season was originally planned to be around two months long starting in late March. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the show to be suspended indefinitely. On 13 July 2020, public broadcaster GPB released a new advertising spot for Ranina confirming its return, with recordings due to commence in the following weeks and a revamped format to adjust to the shorter time available.[8][9] On 18 August 2020, GPB released footage of the first five rehearsals on Facebook and announced that the first show would be premiered on 4 September 2020 at 22:00 Georgian time — though all references to that were deleted a day later.[10][11] Classical pianist David Aladashvili will continue as the main host of the show, this time joined by Lika Evgenidze as co-host.[12] A new advertisement was released three days later, on 21 August 2020, postponing the season premiere for a week to 11 September 2020.[13]

Contestants

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Contestant Age[a] Final place Episode of elimination
Sandra Gadelia
სანდრა გადელია		 9 years old Winner N/A
Marita Khvedelidze
მარიტა ხვედელიძე		 11 years old Runner-up Grand Finale
Rati Gelovani
რატი გელოვანი		 10 years old 3rd place
Nia Khinchikashvili
ნია ხინჩიკაშვილი		 12 years old 4th place After Semi-final
Shio Kavsadze
შიო კავსაძე		 10 years old
Gio Gogiashvili
გიო გოგიაშვილი		 8 years old 6th place After Round 4
Veronika Shamugia
ვერონიკა შამუგი		 12 years old 7th place
Lela Kveniashvili
ლელა კვენიაშვილი		 12 years old 8th place
Nikoloz Maghradze
ნიკოლოზ მაღრაძე		 10 years old
Sesili Turmanidze
სესილი თურმანიძე		 10 years old 10th place

Shows

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Round 1 (11–18 September 2020)
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The jurors for this round were Elene Kalandadze, Davit Evgenidze and Giorgi Asanishvili.[15]

Show 1 – 11 September 2020[16][17]
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
D. Evgenidze E. Kalandadze G. Asanishvili
1 Nia Khinchikashvili
(with Mebo Nutsubidze) 		"Sap'ovnela"
(საპოვნელა) 		40 40 34 114
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 9
2 Lela Kveniashvili
(with Liza Kalandadze) 		"Adamiani"
(ადამიანი) 		40 40 34 114
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 9
3 Gio Gogiashvili
(with Asea Sool) 		"Tsitsinatela"
(ციცინათელა) 		40 40 35 115
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 9
4 Sesili Turmanidze
(with Ialoni) 		"P'op'uri"
(პოპური) 		40 40 34 114
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 8
5 Rati Gelovani
(with Sandro Bibich) 		"Mtats'minda"
(მთაწმინდა) 		40 40 36 116
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 9
Show 2 – 18 September 2020
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
D. Evgenidze E. Kalandadze G. Asanishvili
6 Marita Khvedelidze
(with Nodariko Khutsishvili) 		"Mogoneba"
(მოგონება) 		40 40 35 115
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 8
7 Nikoloz Maghradze
(with Nato Metonidze) 		"Giorgobis tve"
(გიორგობის თვე) 		40 40 34 114
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 9
8 Shio Kavsadze
(with SALIO) 		"Me da ghame"
(მე და ღამე) 		40 40 34 114
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 9
9 Veronika Shamugia
(with Kato Kvaratskhelia) 		"Alublis rt'o"
(ალუბლის რტო) 		40 40 34 114
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 9
10 Sandra Gadelia
(with Lela Nakeuri) 		"Khevsuruli nana"
(ხევსურული ნანა) 		40 40 36 116
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9
Round 2 (25 September – 2 October 2020)
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The jurors for this round were Tornike Kipiani, Davit Evgenidze and Tika Balanchine.

Show 3 – 25 September 2020[18][19]
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
D. Evgenidze T. Kipiani T. Balanchine
1 Lela Kveniashvili "Golden Slumbers"
(The Beatles) 		36 36 39 111
9 9 9 9 10 10 8 8 10 10 9 10
2 Gio Gogiashvili "ABC"
(The Jackson 5) 		40 40 39 119
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10
3 Sesili Turmanidze "Fix You"
(Coldplay) 		40 38 37 115
10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 9
4 Rati Gelovani "Trouble in Paradise"
(Al Jarreau) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
5 Nia Khinchikashvili "Hallelujah I Love Her So"
(Ray Charles) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Show 4 – 2 October 2020
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
D. Evgenidze T. Kipiani T. Balanchine
6 Shio Kavsadze "New York State of Mind"
(Billy Joel) 		40 39 40 119
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10
7 Marita Khvedelidze "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing"
(Stevie Wonder) 		37 40 39 116
10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9
8 Sandra Gadelia "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
(Elton John) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
9 Nikoloz Maghradze "Sunday Morning"
(Maroon 5) 		38 37 38 113
9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 9
10 Veronika Shamugia "When We Were Young"
(Adele) 		37 37 39 113
10 9 9 9 10 8 10 9 10 10 9 10
Round 3 (9 – 16 October 2020)
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The jurors for this round were Archil Ushveridze, Giorgi Mikadze and Maia Mikaberidze.

Show 5 – 9 October 2020[18][19]
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
A. Ushveridze G. Mikadze M. Mikaberidze
1 Nia Khinchikashvili "ჭიჭე-ტურა"
(Chiche-Tura) 		36 40 40 116
9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 Sesili Turmanidze "სალუქვაძის ნანა"
(Salukvadzis Nana) 		39 39 37 115
10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 10
3 Lela Kveniashvili "მეგრული სატრფიალო"
(Megruli Satrpialo) 		37 38 37 112
9 9 10 9 10 9 10 9 10 9 9 9
4 Rati Gelovani "მე რუსთველი"
(Me Rustveli) 		40 39 40 119
10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
5 Gio Gogiashvili "შარატინ"
(Sharatin) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Show 6 – 16 October 2020
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
A. Ushveridze G. Mikadze M. Mikaberidze
6 Sandra Gadelia "გაზაფხული"
(Gazapkhuli) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
7 Nikoloz Maghradze "დილა"
(Dila) 		39 39 38 116
10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 10
8 Shio Kavsadze "ქართლ-კახური მაყრული"
(Kartl-Kakhuri Maqruli) 		40 39 39 118
10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10
9 Veronika Shamugia "ვეენგარა"
(Veengara) 		40 40 38 118
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10
10 Marita Khvedelidze "შატილის ასულო"
(Shatilis Asulo) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Round 4 (23 – 30 October 2020)
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The jurors for this round were Rusudan Bolkvadze, Eka Mamaladze and Bibi Kvachadze.

Show 7 – 23 October 2020[18][19]
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
R. Bolkvadze E. Mamaladze B. Kvachadze
1 Sesili Turmanidze "I Could Have Danced All Night"
(Julie Andrews) 		38 33 40 111
9 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10
2 Rati Gelovani "When You Wish Upon A Star"
(Cliff Edwards) 		39 39 40 118
10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
3 Nia Khinchikashvili "Something's Coming"
(Jim Bryant) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
4 Gio Gogiashvili "Be Our Guest"
(Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury) 		38 37 38 113
9 9 10 10 8 9 10 10 9 9 10 10
5 Lela Kveniashvili "Don't Rain On My Parade"
(Barbra Streisand) 		40 39 40 119
10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
Show 8 – 30 October 2020
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
R. Bolkvadze E. Mamaladze B. Kvachadze
6 Marita Khvedelidze "Journey To The Past"
(Liz Callaway) 		40 40 39 119
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10
7 Shio Kavsadze "A Million Dreams"
(Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams) 		40 39 38 117
10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 10
8 Nikoloz Maghradze "I See The Light"
(Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi) 		38 37 38 113
10 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 10
9 Veronika Shamugia "Almost There"
(Anika Noni Rose) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
10 Sandra Gadelia "Let It Go"
(Idina Menzel) 		40 38 39 117
10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 9 10 10

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 Marita Khvedelidze, Nia Khinchikashvili, Rati Gelovani, Sandra Gadelia, and Shio Kavsadze.

Semi-final (6 November 2020)
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Semi-final – 6 November 2020
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Marita Khvedelidze
(with The Quintessence) 		"Ach'aruli"
(აჭარული) 		Finalist
2 Shio Kavsadze
(with The Quintessence) 		"Shavtvala madina"
(შავთვალა მადინა) 		Eliminated
3 Sandra Gadelia
(with The Quintessence) 		"Jeirani"
(ჯეირანი) 		Finalist
4 Nia Khinchikashvili
(with The Quintessence) 		"Khevsuruli"
(ხევსურული) 		Eliminated
5 Rati Gelovani
(with The Quintessence) 		"Apkhazuri"
(აფხაზური) 		Finalist
Final (13 November 2020)
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The jurors for the Final were Lana Kutateladze, Davit Evgenidze, and Beka Gochiashvili.

Final (13 November 2020)
Artist Draw Song Draw Song Place
Marita Khvedelidze 1 "იები (Violets)"
(with The Quintessence) 		4 "Simghera maisze"
(სიმღერა მაისზე) 		2
Sandra Gadelia 2 "ჩემი სიმღერა (My Song)"
(with The Quintessence) 		5 "Shen gimgheri chemo Tbilis kalako"
(შენ გიმღერი ჩემო თბილის ქალაქო) 		1
Rati Gelovani 3 "საღამომდე (Day and Night)"
(with The Quintessence) 		6 "Chemo samshoblo mkhareo"
(ჩემო სამშობლო მხარეო) 		3

Artist and song information

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Sandra Gadelia
Born (2010-07-02) July 2, 2010 (age 14)
Tbilisi, Georgia
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals

Sandra Gadelia

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Sandra Gadelia (born 2 July 2010)[20] is a Georgian child singer. She represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and announced the Georgian jury points at the final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France.

You Are Not Alone

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"You Are Not Alone" is a song performed by Georgian child singer Sandra Gadelia, which represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.[21]

At Junior Eurovision

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After the opening ceremony, which took place on 23 November 2020, it was announced that Georgia would perform in seventh position in the final, following Poland and preceding Malta.[22]

Voting

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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.[23] 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.[24]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 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 29 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 three songs.[25] 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.

During the live show, Georgia received 42 points from online voting, out of 697 total.[26]

Detailed voting results

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Every participating country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids 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 results of the Georgian jury were announced during the live show by Marita Khvedelidze, the runner-up of Ranina 2020.[29]

Detailed voting results from Georgia[27]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Germany 8 5 10 3 10 9 2
02  Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 5 1 12
03  Netherlands 4 6 6 8 4 5 6
04  Serbia 1 10 7 9 6 6 5
05  Belarus 10 7 9 2 7 8 3
06  Poland 2 8 8 5 2 3 8
07  Georgia
08  Malta 5 2 3 6 1 2 10
09  Russia 9 9 11 7 11 11
10  Spain 11 4 4 11 8 10 1
11  Ukraine 7 11 2 4 3 4 7
12  France 6 3 5 10 9 7 4

Notes

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  1. ^ As of 2 March 2020, the day when the list of contestants was released by GPB.[14]

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