Georgia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "To My Mom", written by Giorgi Kukhianidze and Maka Davitaia, and performed by Andria Putkaradze. The Georgian participating broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), selected Putkaradze as its representative through the children's talent show , while the song, which ultimately won the contest, was internally selected.
Background
Prior to the 2024 contest, Georgia have participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its debut in , having never missed a contest since then. Georgia is also the most successful country in the competition, with three victories in , and .
In , Anastasia Vasadze was selected to represent the country following her victory in the sixth season of Ranina, however it was later announced that she would be joined on stage by fellow finalists Nikoloz Kharati and Oto Bazerashvili, marking the first time Georgia was not represented by a soloist since . The trio sang the song "Over the Sky", which ended up in 14th place out of 16 entries with 74 points.
Before Junior Eurovision Ranina For the seventh year in a row, Georgia used an original children's talent show format, (), as the selection method for their artist. GPB opened applications on 28 November 2023 and held castings in December to select the contestants. The final list of artists was revealed on 1 January 2024 on the official Facebook page of , publishing ten videos where the family of the contestants broke the news to them on New Year's Eve.
Classical pianist was the main host of the seventh season of , a role that he has held since the first season. During the shows, former contestant Vache Ghviniashvili joined him at the studio.
The format of remains unchanged from previous seasons, as all ten contestants compete across four thematic tours in the main round, where they perform accompanied by a live orchestra and famous singers or bands from Georgia. Each tour is divided in two episodes. Each time that they perform, the artists are rated by a three-member jury, who can award up to ten points to each artist in four categories: vocals, performance, artistry and involvement. All the scores are added up and, at the end of the fourth tour, the five artists with the highest scores advance to the semi-final. In the semi-final, the five artists are rated by the jury following the same system to select three finalists. The winner of the final was also chosen by a three-member jury.
Every episode of the main round was broadcast on the First Channel of Georgia on Saturdays at 21:30 GET. As for the two final episodes, GPB broadcast them on the weekend of 25 and 26 May 2024 at 22:00 and 21:30 GET, setting the final to coincide with Georgian Independence Day. The two final episodes were also broadcast on Georgian Radio, alongside the regular broadcasts on the First Channel.
+List of contestants Name Main round scores Semi-final Final PlaceCombined scoreAndria Putkaradze(ანდრია ფუტკარაძე)117120120120477QualifiedWinner1Barbare Morgoshia(ბარბარე მორგოშია)116 120 120 120476QualifiedFinalist2Sandro Gurgenadze(სანდრო გურგენაძე)118 120 120 120478QualifiedFinalist2Andria Mishvelidze(ანდრია მიშველიძე)120 120 118 120478Eliminatedrowspan=2 4Sandro Ashotia(სანდრო აშოტია)118 120 120 119477Eliminated4Anastasia Imeradze(ანასტასია იმერაძე)119 120 120 115474colspan=2 rowspan=5 6Ia Licheli(ია ლიჩელი)117 120 118 1194746Mate Martiashvili(მატე მარტიაშვილი)114 120 120 1164708Giorgi Shashiashvili(გიორგი შაშიაშვილი)113 120 120 1154689Marta Nozadze(მართა ნოზაძე)114 120 118 1164689
Tour 1 In the first tour, the ten contestants covered songs by the Georgian composers Roma Rtskhiladze and Gia Macharashvili, joined on stage by past contestants. The first episode featured five songs by Rtskhiladze, who sat in the jury, and the second episode featured five songs by Macharashvili, who also joined the jury.
+ Show 1 – 23 March 2024Artist(Guest artists)SongJury scoresFinal score 1Giorgi Shashiashvili(with Vache Ghviniashvili and Datuna Kereselidze)""""113 2Marta Nozadze(with Oto Bazerashvili)""""114 3Mate Martiashvili(with Nikoloz Kharati)""""114 4Barbare Morgoshia(with Mariam Gomiashvili, Barbare Makhatadze and Anastasia Masurashvili)""""116 5Andria Putkaradze(with Demetre Okriashvili, Barbare Makhatadze, Datuna Kereselidze, Anastasia Masurashvili and Mariam Gomiashvili)""""117
+ Show 2 – 30 March 2024Artist(Guest artists)SongJury scoresFinal score 1Andria Mishvelidze(with Anaroza Gaprindashvili)""""120 2Ia Licheli(with Gabriel Lomsadze)""""117 3Anastasia Iremadze(with Vache Ghviniashvili, Nikoloz Kharati, Oto Bazerashvili and Gega Shonia)""""119 4Sandro Gurgenadze(with Anastasia Vasadze)""""118 5Sandro Ashotia(with Mariam Bigvava)""""118
Tour 2 In the second tour, the ten contestants covered Georgian classic songs accompanied by young Georgian musicians Giga Gigashvili and Beka Gochiashvili. The first episode of the tour featured Gigashvili on stage and Gochiashvili in the jury, and the roles reversed for the second episode.
+ Show 3 – 6 April 2024(Guest artist: Giga Gigashvili)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Marta Nozadze""""120 2Mate Martiashvili""""120 3Giorgi Shashiashvili""""120 4Barbare Morgoshia""""120 5Andria Putkaradze""""120
+ Show 4 – 13 April 2024(Guest artist: Beka Gochiashvili)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Sandro Ashotia""""120 2Anastasia Iremadze""""120 3Andria Mishvelidze""""120 4Ia Licheli""""120 5Sandro Gurgenadze""""120
Tour 3 The third tour was dedicated to Georgian folklore, as all ten contestants performed traditional songs alongside the ensemble Shavnabada.
+ Show 5 – 20 April 2024(Guest artists: Shavnabada)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Barbare Morgoshia""""120 2Mate Martiashvili""""120 3Andria Putkaradze""""120 4Marta Nozadze""""118 5Giorgi Shashiashvili""""120
+ Show 6 – 27 April 2024ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Sandro Ashotia"""" 120 2Andria Mishvelidze"""" 118 3Anastasia Iremadze"""" 120 4Ia Licheli"""" 118 5Sandro Gurgenadze(with Oto Bazerashvili)"""" 120
Tour 4 The fourth tour was themed as an international tour: the contestants performed songs in ten different languages chosen by Natia Okruashvili alongside a choir made up by past contestants from the six previous seasons of Ranina. The broadcast of the second half of the tour, initially set to be on 11 May, was pushed back by a week because of news coverage on the 2024 Georgian protests.
+ Show 7 – 4 May 2024ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Barbare Morgoshia"Simba"120 2Mate Martiashvili"Blackbird"116 3Giorgi Shashiashvili"Al monte"115 4Andria Putkaradze"Cinema Paradiso"120 5Marta Nozadze"Malanka""Маланка"116
+ Show 8 – 18 May 2024ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Anastasia Iremadze"Je ne veux pas travailler"115 2Andria Mishvelidze"Aquarela do Brasil"120 3Sandro Gurgenadze"Maa Tujhe Salaam"120 4Ia Licheli"Dandini"119 5Sandro Ashotia"Bridge over Troubled Water"119
Semi-final The semi-final took place on 25 May 2024. The vocal sextet The Bookmarks made up of six former Ranina contestants Anastasia Garsevanishvili, Barbare Imnadze, Marita Khvedelidze, Kato Chkaureli, Rati Gelovani and Soso Chachua joined the five qualified artists on stage performing songs by the classical composer . Buka Kartozia, director of The Bookmarks and the person chosen to select the songs in the semi-final, also acted as the rotating juror in the episode next to Evgenidze and Metonidze.
+ Semi-final – 25 May 2024(Guest artists: The Bookmarks)ArtistSongResult 1Sandro Ashotia" / """"Eliminated 2Sandro Gurgenadze"" / """"Qualified 3Andria Mishvelidze"" / """" / ""Eliminated 4Barbare Morgoshia"" / """" / ""Qualified 5Andria Putkaradze""""Qualified
Final The final took place on 26 May 2024, coinciding with Georgian Independence Day. The artists that qualified from the semi-final covered Georgian patriotic songs originally written by the singer Gogi Dolidze, as arranged by the composer Zviad Bolkvadze. Orchestra conductor Nikoloz Rachveli was the rotating judge in the final alongside Evgenidze and Metonidze.
+ Final – 26 May 2024ArtistSongResult 1Sandro Gurgenadze""""Finalist 2Barbare Morgoshia""""Finalist 3Andria Putkaradze""""Winner
Song selection The song that Andria Putkaradze would perform in the contest was internally selected. The selected entry, titled "To My Mom", was revealed on 13 October.
At Junior Eurovision
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. Georgia performed 9th, following and preceding .
Voting
At the end of the show, Georgia received 180 points from juries and 59 points from online voting, winning the contest. This was Georgia's 4th victory, following their wins in 2008, 2011 and 2016, becoming the country with the most wins in the contest's history.
+ Points awarded to Georgia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Georgia received 59 points from the online vote
+ Points awarded by Georgia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results The following members comprised the Georgian jury:https://junioreurovision.tv/event/madrid-2024/final/jury David Kereselidze Giorgi Shiolashvili Grigol Kipshidze Barbare Morgoshia Neli Sebiskveradze
+ Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 11 6 13 10 10 11 02 6 10 14 6 9 10 1 03 12 14 11 16 7 13 04 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 05 15 13 15 13 8 14 06 2 2 3 3 6 2 10 07 14 11 9 9 15 12 08 13 12 12 15 11 15 09 10 3 3 10 11 2 3 8 11 10 7 4 12 12 9 2 12 7 16 5 2 13 8 3 13 16 15 16 14 16 16 14 9 4 6 7 5 6 5 15 4 8 7 4 4 4 7 16 5 9 8 8 3 7 4 17 8 5 2 5 14 5 6
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