{"id":329153,"date":"2018-04-09T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T12:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/?page_id=329153"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:05:53","slug":"georgia-at-esc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/eurovision\/georgia-at-esc\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia at ESC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bzikebi, representing Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6LzvIh9FQ0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Replay<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6LzvIh9FQ0Q?si=D-l73UxQ5gD7blCk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s representative Mariam Shengelia has taken to the stage in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Performing tenth in the running order, Shengelia delivered her competition entry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c3wu0dUNd4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jphJoo-CNtU?si=ia5OrPqdxoNT5vCQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nutsa Buzaladze performing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=He4PGhm7jOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefighter<\/a> for Georgia at 2024 ESC<\/p>\n<p>Iru Khechanov\u00a0 represented Georgia at 2023 ESC, with the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E8kO-QPippo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Circus Mircus <a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/news\/circus-mircus-to-represent-georgia-at-second-semi-final-of-2022-esc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">represented<\/a> Georgia at 2022 ESC second semi-final, with the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgukml7zDAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lock Me In.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tornike Kipiani represented Georgia at Eurovision 2021, with the song &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w6jzan8nfxc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georgian ESC 2021 participant Tornike Kipiani was withdrawn from the race. Tornike Kipiani,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/en\/news\/georgian-2021-esc-contender-to-perform-in-2nd-semifinal\/\">performed<\/a>\u00a0number 10 in the second semifinal of the popular musical\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/en\/eurovision\/esc-national-selection\/\">competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EBU to offer audience a new show\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/en\/news\/ebu-to-offer-audience-a-new-show-europe-shine-a-light-on-16-may\/\">Europe Shine A Light<\/a>\u00a0on 16 May.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/en\/news\/eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancelled-over-coronavirus\/\">Eurovision Song Contest 2020 cancelled<\/a>\u00a0over coronavirus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tornike Kipiani represented Georgia at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC),\u00a0with the song &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s_eU1IWjV2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Me As I Am<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/en\/eurovision\/esc-national-selection\/\">Oto Nemsadze<\/a> represented Georgia at 2019 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), with the entry song &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QLPd1UKNlaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sul tsin iare (Keep on going)<\/a>.\u00a0Georgian entrant dropped out of the race in the First Semi-final of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Georgian contenders of 2018 ESC, members of Ethno Jazz Band IRIAO dropped out of the race in the Second Semi-final of the contest, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2EN6sBGvMDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRIAO performed the song For You<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=agSS_a3ccgA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamara Gachechiladze<\/a>, Georgian entrant at 2017 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), dropped out of the race in the First Semi-final of the contest, which was held in Kyiv<\/p>\n<p>2016 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz presented Georgia, with the entry song \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rviE2-9eiTI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midnight Gold<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nina Sublati, Georgian contender of 2015 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) ranked the 11th place in the final of the popular musical event, which was held at Wiener Stadthalle of Austria\u2019s capital Vienna. Sublati performed the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ddC8lviTERI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warrior<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0v69AvCQJQY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Shin &amp; Mariko<\/a>, Georgian entrants of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) dropped out of the contest from semi-final to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Gelovani and Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian contenders of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) ranked the 15 th place , with the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-n3mwx0vQDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterfall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xfpKnMBjdrU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anri Jokhadze<\/a>, Georgian participant of 2012 Eurovision Song Contest dropped out of the contest. Anri\u2019s entry I\u2019m a Joker was not qualified in the best 10 songs in the second semi-final held at Crystal Hall in Baku<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CfJVlssy0cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eldrine<\/a>, band representing Georgia at Eurovision Song Contest 2011 ended the contest with the 9th place in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y5yTMGxFiPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sofia Nizharadze<\/a>, Georgian contender at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) ranked the 9th place in Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 \u201cStephane &amp; 3G\u201d with the play on words song Put In Disco were selected to represent the Georgian entry to the ESC through Georgia\u2019s national competition. The song caused much controversy as it was perceived to contain political references to former Russian President and current PM Vladimir Putin in the lyrics. EBU has offered GPB 1st Channel to re-write the lyrics of the entry song or select another song for the contest. Georgia announced its decision to withdrawal from ESC 2009<\/p>\n<p>Stephane &amp; 3G won Georgian National Final, with the entry \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5P6-7Rw4xug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Put In Disco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Diana Ghurtskaya improved that accomplishment by one position, reaching the 11th place, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=paPjkp6s2u8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peace Will Come<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georgia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2007, when Sopho Khalvashi ranked the 12th place, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EHImNpPta7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visionary Dream.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bzikebi, representing Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with the song On Replay Georgia\u2019s representative Mariam Shengelia has taken to the stage in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Performing tenth in the running order, Shengelia delivered her competition entry\u00a0Freedom Nutsa Buzaladze performing Firefighter for Georgia at 2024 ESC Iru \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/eurovision\/georgia-at-esc\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2412,"featured_media":0,"parent":323033,"menu_order":338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-329153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007994,"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329153\/revisions\/2007994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1tv.ge\/lang\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}