Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Georgia
National selection
Selection process
  • Artist: Ranina
  • Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 18 May 2018
  • Song: 9 October 2018
Selected entrantTamar Edilashvili
Selected song"Your Voice"
Selected songwriter(s)Aleksandre Lordkipanidze
Sopho Toroshelidze
Finals performance
Final result8th, 144 points
Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Georgia took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which was held on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.[1]

Background

Main article: Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten 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]

Before Junior Eurovision

Ranina

Georgia used an original children's talent show format for the first time, Ranina (Georgian: რანინა), as the selection method for their artist. Starting on 2 March 2018, the show lasted around two months with ten candidate artists.[4]

Contestants

Contestant Age[a] Final place Episode of elimination
Tamar Edilashvili
თამარ ედილაშვილი		 12 years old Winner N/A
Nikoloz Vasadze
ნიქოლოზ ვასაძე 		10 years old 2nd place Grand Finale
Anastasia Togonidze
ანასთასია თოგონიძე 		12 years old 3rd place
Davit Kimeridze
დავით ქიმერიძე 		12 years old 4th place After Semi-final
Alexandre Zazarashvili
ალექსანდრე ზაზარაშვილი 		11 years old 5th place
Giorgi Tsiskadze
გიორგი ცისაქაძე 		13 years old 6th place After Round 4
Maria-Elene Bezhashvili
მარია-ელენე ბეჟაშვილი 		12 years old 7th place
Mariam Saginashvili
მარიამ საგინაშვილი 		12 years old 8th place
Nikoloz Gogichaishvili
ნიქოლოზ გოგიჩაიშვილი 		13 years old 9th place
Nita Jakhua
ნითა ჯახუა 		12 years old 10th place

Round 1 (2 – 9 March 2018)

The jurors for this round were Davit Evgenidze, Natalia Kutateladze and Beka Gochiashvili.

Show 1 (2 March 2018)[5]
Guest artist: SALIO
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
D. Evgenidze N. Kutateladze B. Gochiashvili
1 Giorgi Tsiskadze "Varskvlavebi"
(ვარსკვლავები) 		36 39 40 115
9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 Nita Jakhua "Mze"
(მზე) 		39 39 38 116
9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10
3 Nikoloz Vasadze "Gaivlis Dro"
(გაივლის დრო) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
4 Nikoloz Gogichaishvili "Rats Khvelaze Dzalian Gikhvars"
(რაც ყველაზე ძალიან გიყვარს) 		40 39 38 117
10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10
5 Tamar Edilashvili "Lale"
(ლალე) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Show 2 (9 March 2018)[6]
Guest artist: Niaz Diasamidze
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
D. Evgenidze N. Kutateladze B. Gochiashvili
1 Maria-Elene Bezhashvili "Mezghvauris Simghera"
(მეზღვაურის სიმღერა) 		39 38 38 115
9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 10
2 Mariam Saginashvili "Kari Kris"
(ქარი ქრის) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
3 Davit Kimeridze "Nami Vels
(ნამი ველს) 		40 39 39 118
10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10
4 Anastasia Togonidze "Dro"
(დრო) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
5 Alexandre Zazarashvili "Sakhli"
(სახლი) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Round 2 (16 – 23 March 2018)

The jurors for this round were Liza Bagrationi, Kakha Tolordava and Sophie Villy.

Show 3 (16 March 2018)[7]
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
L. Bagrationi K. Tolordava S. Villy
1 Tamar Edilashvili "Circle Of Life"
(The Lion King) 		36 35 40 111
10 9 8 9 9 9 8 9 10 10 10 10
2 Nikoloz Gogichaishvili "Where Is Love"
(Oliver!) 		36 36 37 109
10 8 9 9 10 10 7 9 10 9 9 9
3 Nikoloz Vasadze "Bare Necessities"
(The Jungle Book) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
4 Nita Jakhua "Wouldn't It Be Loverly"
(My Fair Lady) 		36 35 38 109
9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 10
5 Giorgi Tsiskadze "Go To The Distance"
(Hercules) 		36 39 40 115
9 8 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
Show 4 (23 March 2018)[8]
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
L. Bagrationi K. Tolordava S. Villy
1 Anastasia Togonidze "
Reflection"
(Mulan
) 		39 36 39 114
10 9 10 10 10 9 8 9 10 10 9 10
2 Davit Kimeridze "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
(The Lion King) 		40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
3 Maria-Elene Bezhashvili "Journey To The Past"
(Anastasia) 		37 37 38 112
10 9 8 10 10 9 8 10 10 9 9 10
4 Alexandre Zazarashvili "Your Song"
(Moulin Rouge!) 		39 39 39 117
10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10
5 Mariam Saginashvili "Friends Like Me"
(Aladdin) 		38 37 37 112
10 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10

Round 3 (30 March – 13 April 2018)

The jurors for this round were Buka Kartozia, Nino Katamadze and Zviad Bolkvadze.

Show 5 (30 March 2018)[9]
Guest artist: The Quintessence
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
B. Kartozia N. Katamadze Z. Bolkvadze
1 Nikoloz Gogichaishvili "Chum Baghnarshi"
(ჩუმ ბაღნარში) 		33 36 35 104
8 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9
2 Tamar Edilashvili "Tatris Gogona"
(თათრის გოგონა) 		36 36 36 108
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 8
3 Giorgi Tsiskadze "Iagundisa"
(იაგუნდისა) 		33 38 36 107
8 9 9 7 9 9 10 10 8 9 10 9
4 Nita Jakhua "Sdzinavs T’bas"
(სძინავს ტბას) 		31 32 34 97
8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
5 Nikoloz Vasadze "Janaia"
(ჯანაია) 		39 39 38 116
10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 9
Show 6 (13 April 2018)[10]
Guest artist: The Quintessence
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
B. Kartozia N. Katamadze Z. Bolkvadze
1 Mariam Saginashvili "K’rimanch’uli"
(კრიმანჭული) 		33 36 35 104
8 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9
2 Alexandre Zazarashvili "Ai Balam, Balam"
(აი ბალამ, ბალამ) 		36 38 37 111
9 9 10 8 9 9 10 10 8 9 10 10
3 Anastasia Togonidze "Mze Shina Da Mze Gareta"
(მზე შინა და მზე გარეთა) 		38 39 34 111
10 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 8 9 9 8
4 Maria-Elene Bezhashvili "Sach’idao"
(საჭიდაო) 		33 36 36 105
8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 8 9 9
5 Davit Kimeridze "Vagipi"
(ვაგიფი) 		40 39 36 115
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9

Round 4 (20 – 27 April 2018)

The jurors for this round were Zaza Marjanishvili, Maia Datunashvili and Misha Mdinaradze.

Show 7 (20 April 2018)[11]
Songs by Paul McCartney
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
Z. Marjanishvili M. Datunashvili M. Mdinaradze
1 Nikoloz Vasadze "Say, Say, Say" 40 40 39 119
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10
2 Giorgi Tsiskadze "
Yesterday
" 		40 39 39 118
10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10
3 Nita Jakhua "Penny Lane" 38 34 34 106
10 9 9 10 7 8 10 9 8 8 8 10
4 Nikoloz Gogichaishvili "My Valentine" 36 40 39 115
9 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10
5 Tamar Edilashvili "The Fool On The Hill" 40 40 40 120
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Show 8 (27 April 2018)[12]
Songs by Paul McCartney
Draw Artist Song Jury scores Final score
Z. Marjanishvili M. Datunashvili M. Mdinaradze
1 Davit Kimeridze "Let It Be" 40 39 38 117
10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 10
2 Anastasia Togonidze "
Ebony & Ivory
" 		39 40 40 119
10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
3 Mariam Saginashvili "Blackbird" 39 33 38 110
10 9 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
4 Maria-Elene Bezhashvili "Eleanor Rigby" 38 40 39 117
9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10
5 Alexandre Zazarashvili "Hey Jude" 40 40 39 119
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 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 Alexandre Zazarashvili, Anastasia Togonidze, Davit Kimeridze, Nikoloz Vasadze, and Tamar Edilashvili.

Semi-final (4 – 11 May 2018)

The jurors for the first semi-final were Misha Mdinaradze, Sopho Khalvashi and Beka Gochiashvili.

Semi-final 1 (4 May 2018)[13]
Guest artist: Iriao
Draw Artist Song Jury ranking after Semi-final 1
M. Mdinaradze S. Khalvashi B. Gochiashvili
1 Alexandre Zazarashvili "ჩონგურს სიმები გავუბი"
("Chongurs Simebi Gavubi") 		5th 4th 4th
2 Anastasia Togonidze "მივალ გურიაში, მარა"
("Mival Guriashi, Mara") 		2nd 5th 5th
3 Nikoloz Vasadze "Take Five" 3rd 2nd 2nd
4 Davit Kimeridze "ქალაქური მოტივები"
("Kalakuri Mot’ivebi") 		4th 3rd 3rd
5 Tamar Edilashvili "გზავნილი ყანჩელს"
("Gzavnili Q’anchels") 		1st 1st 1st

The jurors for the second semi-final were Misha Mdinaradze, Sopho Toroshelidze and Beka Gochiashvili.

Semi-final 2 (11 May 2018)[14]
Songs by "The Jackson 5"
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Nikoloz Vasadze "I Want You Back" 2nd
2 Tamar Edilashvili "I'll Be There" 1st
3 Davit Kimeridze "Ben" 4th
4 Alexandre Zazarashvili "Who's Loving You" 5th
5 Anastasia Togonidze "I Wanna Be Where You Are" 3rd

Final (18 May 2018)

The jurors for the Final were Davit Evgenidze, Maia Datunashvili and David Malazonia.

Final (18 May 2018)[15]
Draw Artist Song Place
1 Anastasia Togonidze "თოლიები"
("Toliebi") 		Third place
2 Nikoloz Vasadze "გზა სიარულმა დალია"
("Gza Siarulma Dalia") 		Second place
3 Tamar Edilashvili "მზეო, ლილეო"
("Mzeo, Lileo") 		Winner

Artist and song information

Tamar Edilashvili
Background information
Born (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 18)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals

Tamar Edilashvili

Tamar Edilashvili (born 11 May 2005) is a Georgian child singer. She represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.[16]

The young singer currently studies at the NK School-Lyceum and the E. Mikeladze Central Music School. Tamar is no stranger to music competitions, having participated in the X Factor Georgia in 2017 and reaching the semi-final.

In October of last year, the three-month-long competition Ranina had begun, which saw Tamar and nine other entrants participate in multiple rounds of the show. During one of the shows, Tamar performed with Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, the group that represented Georgia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.[17]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Georgia was drawn to perform thirteenth on 25 November 2018, following Australia and preceding Israel.[18]

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.[19]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 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 25 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.[20] 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[21]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Ukraine 1 1 2 3 3 2 10
02  Portugal 19 14 18 16 14 19
03  Kazakhstan 14 7 15 4 4 5 6
04  Albania 13 19 16 15 16 17
05  Russia 15 8 12 14 9 12
06  Netherlands 16 11 10 6 7 9 2
07  Azerbaijan 12 16 17 17 18 18
08  Belarus 18 9 9 7 11 10 1
09  Ireland 11 15 4 13 8 8 3
10  Serbia 10 18 14 9 12 13
11  Italy 4 2 5 5 5 4 7
12  Australia 3 4 3 2 2 3 8
13  Georgia
14  Israel 8 17 6 19 19 16
15  
France
 		6 5 7 12 10 7 4
16  Macedonia 5 10 19 11 13 11
17  Armenia 9 12 8 18 17 14
18  Wales 17 13 13 10 15 15
19  Malta 2 3 1 1 1 1 12
20  Poland 7 6 11 8 6 6 5

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  21. ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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