Georgia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Shine Like a Star", written by Giorgi Kukhianidze and Mariam Ghvaladze, and performed by Anita Abgariani. The Georgian participating broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), selected Abgariani as its entrant through the show , while the song "Shine Like a Star" was internally selected.

In addition, GPB was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi after winning the with the song "To My Mom" by Andria Putkaradze.

Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Georgia had participated in the contest eighteen times since its first entry in the ; before their first appearance, Georgia was set to take part in , but was forced to withdraw as GPB would not become a full EBU member until after the deadline to confirm participation. Since then, it has won the contest on four occasions: in with "Bzz.." performed by Bzikebi, in with "Candy Music" performed by Candy, in with "" performed by Mariam Mamadashvili and in with "To My Mom" performed by Andria Putkaradze, making it the country with the most wins in the contest's history.

Before Junior Eurovision Ranina For the eighth year in a row, Georgia will use an original children's talent show format, (), as the selection method for their artist. GPB opened applications on 28 November 2024 and held castings in December to select the contestants. The final list of artists was revealed on 20 February 2025.

Classical pianist will remain the main host of the eighth season of , a role that he has held since the first season. During the shows, former contestant Vache Ghviniashvili will join 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 will also chosen by a three-member jury. +List of contestantsNameAgeMain round scoresSemi-finalFinalPlaceCombined scoreAnita Abgariani(ანიტა აბგარიანი)10 years old120120120120480QualifiedWinner1Lazare Kapanadze(ლაზარე კაპანაძე)11 years old120120120120480 Qualified Finalist 2Sandro Abesadze(სანდრო აბესაძე)10 years old120120 119120 479 Qualified Finalist 2Gabriel Bodaveli(გაბრიელ ბოდაველი)12 years old120 118120120 478 Eliminated rowspan=3 4Lile Mchedlishvili(ლილე მჭედლიშვილი)8 years old120 117120 119 476 Eliminated 4Mariam Muzashvili(მარიამ მუზაშვილი)9 years old120116120120 476 Eliminated 4Barbare Sanikidze(ბარბარე სანიკიძე)11 years old120120 118 117 475colspan=2 rowspan=5 7Demetre Maisuradze(დემეტრე მაისურაძე)10 years old120 117120 118 475 7Sesili Lemonjava(სესილი ლემონჯავა)11 years old120 118 118 118 474 9Nia Lashkhia(ნია ლაშხია)11 years old120116120 117 473 10

Tour 1 In the first tour, the ten contestants covered Georgian classic songs accompanied by group Ezidk'atsa and Teat'raluris K'vart'et'i (). The first episode of the tour featured Sopo Khalvashiwho represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007as guest juror. + Show 1 – 20 September 2025(Guest artist: Ezidk'atsa and Teat'raluris K'vart'et'i)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Lile Mchedlishvili""""120 2Demetre Maisuradze""""120 3Sesili Lemonjava""""120 4Barbare Sanikidze""""120 5Gabriel Bodaveli""""120 + Show 2 – 21 September 2025(Guest artist: Ezidk'atsa and Teat'raluris K'vart'et'i)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Mariam Muzashvili""""120 2Lazare Kapandze""""120 3Nia Lashkhia""""120 4Sandro Abesadze""""120 5Anita Abgariani""""120

Tour 2 The second tour was themed as an international tour: the contestants performed songs in ten different languages chosen by Natia Okruashvili. The second episode of the tour featured Bibi Kvachadze as guest juror. + Show 3 – 27 September 2025ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Gabriel Bodaveli"Tez Gəl"118 2Sesili Lemonjava"Les Champs-Elysées"118 3Barbare Sanikidze"Rosna livada"""120 4Lile Mchedlishvili"Samba de uma nota só"117 5Demetre Maisuradze"Every Breath You Take"117 + Show 4 – 28 September 2025ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Anita Abgariani"Luck Be a Lady"120 2Sandro Abesadze"Veinte anos"120 3Nia Lashkhia"Cantabria"116 4Mariam Muzashvili"Eli, Eli"""116 5Lazare Kapandze"Kanchum em (Hanina)"""120

Tour 3 In the third tour, the ten contestants performed traditional songs alongside the ensemble Shavnabada. This tour's shows featured Mikheil Chikviladze as guest juror. +Show 5 – 11 October 2025(Guest artist: Shavnabada)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Sesili Lemonjava""""118 2Demetre Maisuradze""""120 3Lile Mchedlishvili""""120 4Barbare Sanikidze""""118 5Gabriel Bodaveli(with Sandro Gurginadze)""""120 +Show 6 – 12 October 2025(Guest artist: Shavnabada)ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Sandro Abesadze(with Anastasia Vasadze)""""119 2Mariam Muzashvili""""120 3Lazare Kapandze""""120 4Nia Lashkhia""""120 5Anita Abgariani(with Mate Martiashvili)""""120

Tour 4 In the last tour, the ten contestants performed Georgian greatest hits rearranged by Natia Okruashvili. This tour's shows featured Giorgi Asanishvili as guest juror.

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 Anita Abgariani, Lazare Kapandze, Sandro Abesadze, Gabriel Bodaveli, Lile Mchedlishvili and Mariam Muzashvili. Lile Mchedlishvili and Mariam Muzashvili both took 5th place with the same score, so both of them qualified to the semi-final round. +Show 7 – 18 October 2025ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Barbare Sanikidze""""117 2Demetre Maisuradze""""118 3Lile Mchedlishvili""""119 4Gabriel Bodaveli""""120 5Sesili Lemonjava""""118

+Show 8 – 19 October 2025ArtistSongJury scoresFinal score 1Anita Abgariani""""120 2Lazare Kapandze""""120 3Nia Lashkhia""""117 4Sandro Abesadze""""120 5Mariam Muzashvili""""120

Semi-final The semi-final took place on 25 October 2025. The six remaining contestants performed famous Georgian songs alongside the vocal septet The Bookmarks made up of former Ranina contestants Anastasia Garsevanishvili, Barbare Imnadze, Marita Khvedelidze, Nini Gazdeliani, Kato Chkaureli, Rati Gelovani and Soso Chachua. Buka Kartozia, director of The Bookmarks, acted as the rotating juror in this episode next to Evgenidze and Metonidze. + Semi-final – 25 October 2025(Guest artists: The Bookmarks)ArtistSongResult 1Lile Mchedlishvili""""Eliminated 2Mariam Muzashvili""""Eliminated 3Gabriel Bodaveli""""Eliminated 4Lazare Kapanadze""""Qualified 5Anita Abgariani""""Qualified 6Sandro Abesadze""""Qualified

Final The final took place on 1 November. The three artists that qualified from the semi-final covered Georgian poems originally written by the poet Akaki Tsereteli, as arranged by the composer Zviad Bolkvadze. Austrian creative director and scenographer Marvin Dietman acted as the rotating juror in this episode next to Evgenidze and Metonidze. In addition to the competing entries, the guest performers included Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 winner Andria Putkaradze with "To My Mom", as well as a group performance by the finalists of Tsereteli’s poem "Santelivit davdnebi".

Ten-year-old Armenian-Georgian singer Anita Abgariani was later revealed as the winner chosen by the jury, earning the right to represent Georgia at the contest. + Final – 1 November 2025(Guest artists: The Bookmarks) ArtistSongResult 1Sandro Abesadze""""Finalist 2Lazare Kapanadze""""Finalist 3Anita Abgariani""""Winner

At Junior Eurovision The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13 December 2025. Georgia performed fifteenth preceding Cyprus and after Spain.

Voting

At the end of the show, Georgia received 121 points from juries and 55 points from online voting, placing 3rd.

+ 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 55 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/tbilisi-2025/final/jury Giorgi Shashviashvili Roman Rtskhiladze Anastasia Masurashvili Ketevan Javakhishvili Mariam Shengelia

+ Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 10 15 10 10 13 12 02 17 17 17 17 17 17 03 14 8 14 9 9 10 1 04 12 6 12 11 10 9 2 05 1 1 2 2 1 1 12 06 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 07 15 9 15 14 14 15 08 7 10 9 15 15 11 09 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 10 8 11 6 7 7 7 4 11 16 12 16 16 16 16 12 11 13 13 13 11 13 13 9 14 8 8 8 8 3 14 5 2 5 5 4 4 7 15 16 13 16 11 12 12 14 17 2 5 1 1 2 2 10 18 6 7 7 6 6 6 5

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