Georgia has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since . The Georgian participating broadcaster in the contest is Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB). Its first entry at the 2007 contest was "Odelia Ranuni" by Mariam Romelashvili, which finished in fourth place out of seventeen participants, achieving a score of one hundred and sixteen points. Since their debut, it has never missed an edition of the contest. Along with France, they are the most successful country in the contest (in terms of wins, not average scores), having won a total of four times, namely in , , and . GPB hosted the contest for the first time in at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi and in at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City
History
Georgia's first entry was Mariam Romelashvili with the song "Odelia Ranuni", which finished fourth of 17 entries at the contest in Rotterdam in 2007. Georgia was represented in 2008 by Bzikebi with the song "Bzz..", performed in an imaginary language. The song went on to win the contest, receiving 154 points and a total of eight 12-point votes out of 14 countries, the second-highest proportion of 12 points received by a winner in either Eurovision Contests, just beaten by Anastasiya Petryk in 2012.
In 2011, Georgia won the contest again with the band Candy who performed the song "Candy Music". The song won the competition with 108 points.
At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Georgia failed to reach the top 10 for the first time: Lizi Pop finished in 11th place with the song "Happy Day". However, the official video of the song uploaded to the contest's official YouTube channel is the second most-viewed video, only behind Roksana Węgiel's "Anyone I Want to Be", counting more than 29 million views
In 2016, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "Mzeo" performed by Mariam Mamadashvili, making Georgia the first country to win the contest three times. Following this victory, Georgia hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 26 November at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi. Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze hosted the contest.
In 2019, Giorgi Rostiashvili's "We Need Love" finished 14th in the final, marking Georgia achieved its worst result. This would later be matched by Anastasia and Ranina's entry "Over the Sky" in 2023.
The following year, in 2024, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "To My Mom" performed by Andria Putkaradze, making Georgia the first country to win the contest four times.
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place † Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Place Points Mariam Romelashvili "" Georgian 4 116 Bzikebi "Bzz.." Imaginary 1 154 Princesses "" Georgian, English 6 68 Mariam Kakhelishvili "Mari-Dari" Imaginary 4 109 Candy "Candy Music" Georgian, English 1 108 The Funkids "Funky Lemonade" Georgian, English 2 103 The Smile Shop "Give Me Your Smile" Georgian, English 5 91 Lizi Pop "Happy Day" Georgian, English 11 54 The Virus "" Georgian 10 51 Mariam Mamadashvili "" Georgian 1 239 Grigol Kipshidze "Voice of the Heart" Georgian 2 185 Tamar Edilashvili "Your Voice" Georgian, English 8 144 Giorgi Rostiashvili "We Need Love" Georgian, English 14 69 Sandra Gadelia "You Are Not Alone" Georgian, English 6 111 Niko Kajaia "Let's Count the Smiles" Georgian, French, English 4 163 Mariam Bigvava "I Believe" Georgian, English 3 161 Anastasia and Ranina "Over the Sky" Georgian, English 14 74 Andria Putkaradze "To My Mom" Georgian 1 239 Anita Abgariani "Shine Like a Star" Georgian, English 3 176 Davit Lomidze "Sun on the Rooftops" Georgian, Italian colspan="2"
Commentators and spokespersons
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Georgian broadcaster, GPB, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Georgian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster to announce the awarding points from Georgia. The table below lists the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2007.
YearChannelCommentatorSpokesperson1TVTemo Kvirkvelia Nino Epremidze Ana Davitaia Sofia Avtunashvili Temo Kvirkvelia Giorgi Toradze Elene Makashvili Candy Natia Bunturi and Giorgi Grdzelishvili Elene Megrelishvili Mero Chikashvili and Temo Kvirkvelia Mariam Khunjgurua Tuta Chkheidze Lizi Pop Demetre Ergemlidze Elene Sturua Lizi Tavberidze Helen Kalandadze and George Abashidze Nikoloz Vasadze Demetre Ergemlidze and Tamar Edilashvili Anastasia Garsevanishvili Helen KalandadzeMarita KhvedelidzeNika LobiladzeSandra GadeliaNiko KajaiaMariam BigvavaFirst Channel SportAnastasia Vasadze1TVVache Gviniashvili
Hostings
YearLocationVenuePresentersTbilisiOlympic PalaceHelen Kalandadze and Lizi JaparidzeGymnastic Hall of Olympic City and Liza Tsiklauri
Photo gallery
See also Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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