Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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Country | Georgia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Evroviizis erovnul konkurss | |||
Selection date(s) | 20 January 2017 | |||
Selected entrant | Tamara Gachechiladze | |||
Selected song | "Keep the Faith" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Georgia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 2, "Keep the Faith" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Georgia placed eleventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 99 points.
Background
Prior to the 2017 contest, Georgia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since their first entry in 2007.
The Georgian national broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), broadcasts the event within Georgia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. GPB confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 October 2016.[5] Georgia has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest both through national finals and internal selections in the past. In 2016, GPB opted to internally select the Georgian artist while the song was chosen in a national final. For their 2017 participation, both the artist and song was selected via a national final.
Before Eurovision
Evroviizis erovnuli konkursi
GPB opened a public submission from 7 November 2016 until 7 December 2016.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
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1 | Giorgi Chikovani | "Make It Right" | Giorgi Chikovani | 76 | 3 | 79 | 7 |
2 | Brandon Stone, Eteri Beriashvili and Vahtang | "Heyo Song" | Brandon Stone | 43 | 4 | 47 | 18 |
3 | Rati Durglishvili | "Why" | Rati Durglishvili | 32 | 13 | 45 | 21 |
4 | Andria Gvelesiani | "Revolutionise" | Giorgi Laghidze | 58 | 12 | 70 | 10 |
5 | Alisa Danelia | "We Are Eternity" | Alisa Danelia | 47 | 1 | 48 | 17 |
6 | Nutsa Buzaladze | "White Horses Run" | Andy Vitolo, John King | 89 | 18 | 107 | 2 |
7 | Maliibu | "We Live Once" | Malibu Tugushi | 95 | 10 | 105 | 3 |
8 | Eos | "Urban Signs" | Giorgi Kochoradze, Gedevan Levlishvili | 16 | 7 | 23 | 25 |
9 | Dima Kobeshavidze | "Scream" | Dima Kobeshavidze | 53 | 2 | 55 | 14 |
10 | Trio Mandili | "Me da shen" (მე და შენ) | Vadim Estreman, Rostislav Maslovich | 60 | 5 | 65 | 12 |
11 | Tako Gachechiladze | "Keep the Faith" | Anri Jokhadze, Tamara Gachechiladze | 98 | 24 | 122 | 1 |
12 | Nino Basharuli | "Lileo" (ლილეო) | Nino Basharuli | 52 | 20 | 72 | 9 |
13 | Elene Mikiashvili | "Fighter" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Will Taylor | 44 | 11 | 55 | 14 |
14 | Misha Sulukhia | "Magic" | Misha Sulukhia | 49 | 14 | 63 | 13 |
15 | Mariko Lezhava | "Light It Up" | Boris Skhiani, Gigi Bezhanishvili | 66 | 16 | 82 | 6 |
16 | The Mins | "Crime" | Zviad Mghebrishvili | 83 | 22 | 105 | 3 |
17 | Sparkle | "On the Top" | Aleko Berdzenishvili | 54 | 23 | 77 | 8 |
18 | Tornike Kipiani and Giorgi Bolotashvili | "You Are My Sunshine" | Tornike Kipiani | 26 | 9 | 35 | 23 |
19 | Temo Sajaia | "All the Same" | Temo Sajaia | 48 | 6 | 54 | 16 |
20 | Sabina Chantouria | "Stranger" | Sabina Chantouria | 39 | 8 | 47 | 18 |
21 | Mariam Chachkhiani | "Fly" | Joni Titirashvili | 68 | 15 | 83 | 5 |
22 | Asea Sool | "Nature" | Asea Sool | 25 | 21 | 46 | 20 |
23 | Nanuka Giorgobiani | "Let the Sunshine In" | Edisher Lomadze | 17 | 17 | 34 | 24 |
24 | Oto Nemsadze and Group Limbo | "Dear God" | Beso Nemsadze | 45 | 25 | 70 | 10 |
25 | Davit Shanidze | "Mtveris katsi" (მტვერის კაცი) | Davit Shanidze | 17 | 19 | 36 | 22 |
Promotion
Tamara Gachechiladze made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Keep the Faith" as the Georgian Eurovision entry. On 4 February, Tamara Gachechiladze performed "Keep the Faith" during the first semi-final of the Ukrainian Eurovision national final. Between 3 and 6 April, Gachechiladze took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel where she performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Ha'teatron venue.[13][14] On 8 April, she performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir.[15] On 15 April, Tamara Gachechiladze performed during the Eurovision Spain Pre-Party, which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain.[16]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
Once all the competing songs for the 2017 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Georgia was set to perform in position 2, following the entry from Sweden and before the entry from Australia.[19]
The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Georgia on GPB First Channel with commentary by Demetre Ergemlidze. The Georgian spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Georgian jury during the final, was 2016 Georgian Eurovision entrant Nika Kocharov.
Semi-final
Tamara Gachechiladze took part in technical rehearsals on 30 April and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May. This included the jury show on 8 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.
The Georgian performance featured Tamara Gachechiladze in a full-length red dress with a cape, the latter which she later ripped off. The stage colours were red, white and black with the LED screen displaying a space theme. The performance also featured pyrotechnic flame effects.[20][21] The staging director for the Georgian performance was Sacha Jean-Baptiste.[22] Tamara Gachechiladze was joined by five off-stage backing vocalists: Giorgi Tskhvariashvili, Guri Pasikashvili, Mariam Akobia, Mariam Jomardidze and Natia Oqruashvili.[23]
At the end of the show, Georgia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Georgia placed eleventh in the semi-final, receiving a total of 99 points: 37 points from the televoting and 62 points from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry 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 was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Georgia and awarded by Georgia in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:[24][25]
Points awarded to Georgia
Score | Televote | Jury |
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12 points | Azerbaijan | |
10 points | Poland | |
8 points | Armenia | |
7 points | Iceland | |
6 points | ||
5 points | ||
4 points | Greece | |
3 points | ||
2 points | Italy | |
1 point | Cyprus |
Points awarded by Georgia
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Georgian jury:[26]
- Maia Baratashvili (jury chairperson) – singer, musician
- Medea Kavtaradze – vocal coach
- Mirian Kukulashvili – musical producer
- Gvantsa Kilasonia – TV producer
- Mamuka Begashvili – composer, sound engineer
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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M. Kavtaradze | M. Kukulashvili | M. Baratashvili | G. Kilasonia | M. Begashvili | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
02 | Georgia | |||||||||
03 | Australia | 12 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
04 | Albania | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | ||
05 | Belgium | 16 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
06 | Montenegro | 11 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | ||
07 | Finland | 15 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||
08 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
09 | Portugal | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
10 | Greece | 13 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | |
11 | Poland | 10 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | |
12 | Moldova | 5 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
13 | Iceland | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
14 | Czech Republic | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 | |
15 | Cyprus | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
16 | Armenia | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
17 | Slovenia | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
18 | Latvia | 8 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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M. Kavtaradze | M. Kukulashvili | M. Baratashvili | G. Kilasonia | M. Begashvili | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Israel | 23 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 11 | ||
02 | Poland | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 20 | ||
03 | Belarus | 20 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 6 | |
04 | Austria | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |
05 | Armenia | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
06 | Netherlands | 11 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 19 | |
07 | Moldova | 7 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 12 | ||
08 | Hungary | 13 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 23 | ||
09 | Italy | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
10 | Denmark | 14 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 25 | ||
11 | Portugal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
12 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
13 | Croatia | 12 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 17 | ||
14 | Australia | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 26 | ||
15 | Greece | 17 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 15 | ||
16 | Spain | 19 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 24 | ||
17 | Norway | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 21 | |
18 | United Kingdom | 24 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 16 | ||
19 | Cyprus | 5 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
20 | Romania | 21 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 18 | ||
21 | Germany | 22 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
22 | Ukraine | 25 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 4 | |
23 | Belgium | 26 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 13 | ||
24 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
25 | Bulgaria | 9 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
26 | France | 18 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
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