Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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

Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country	Georgia
Selection process	Artist: Ranina Song: Internal selection
Selection date	Artist: 26 May 2019 Song: 7 October 2019
Competing entry
Song	"We Need Love"
Artist	Giorgi Rostiashvili
Songwriters	David Evgenidze
Placement
Final result	14th, 69 points
Participation chronology
◄2018 • 2019 • 2020►

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

Giorgi Rostiaszvili was the winner of Ranina and represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

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
Keta Akhalbedashvili ქეთა ახალბედაშვილი	10 years old	4th place	After Semi-final
Nika Petriashvili ნიქა ფეთრიაშვილი	13 years old
Barbara Imnadze ბარბარა იმნაძე	9 years old	6th place	After Round 4
Tekla Chanagava თექლა ჩანაგავა	10 years old
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

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
			D. Evgenidze				B. Gochiashvili				S. Korkotashvili
1	Barbara Imnadze (with Sopho Gelovani)	"Oom-Pah-Pah"	39				37				40				116
			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				37				39				115
			10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
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
			9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10

Show 2 (31 March 2019) Songs from The Sound of Music[6]
Draw	Artist (Guest artist)	Song	Jury scores[b]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				B. Gochiashvili				S. Korkotashvili
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[b]												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)
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores[b]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				M. Mdinaradze				M. Mikaberidze
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[b]												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)
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores[b]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				R. Kiknadze				M. Datunashvili
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[b]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				S. Khalvashi				N. Tatishvili
1	Barbara Imnadze	"Uptown Funk"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Elene Ivanidze	"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
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores[b]												Final score
			D. Evgenidze				S. Khalvashi				N. Tatishvili
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)

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 participating broadcaster assembled 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 to 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	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

Notes

1. As of 23 February 2019, the day when the list of contestants was released by GPB.^[4]
2. The categories for the scores, from left to right, are vocals, performance, artistry and involvement.