In May, Tamar Edilashvili was selected to represent Georgia at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Today, Georgian broadcaster, GPB, made a call for song submissions.
Tamar was represented to represent the country at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk after she won Ranina, the three-month-long competition.
Songwriters and composers have until September 1st to submit their entries to junioreurovision@gpb.ge, and each song shouldn’t exceed three minutes. As always, the song must be in Georgian.
Georgia hosted the 2017 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in the capital Tbilisi. Sixteen countries took part in the 15th edition of the show, including returning country Portugal, who hadn’t participated since 2007. The contest took place at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sunday 26th November. This was the first time Georgia hosted any Eurovision event.
Source: GPB
The 2018 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Minsk, Belarus after the country won the bidding process before the 2017 contest even began. Olga Salamankha explained that Belarus was selected as the host for next years contest over other bids due to their long-term commitment to the competition. Belarus is one of a handful of countries to consistently hold a televised selection process to select their participants. Furthermore, the stability of Belarus as a nation was cited as a factor.
Confirmed to participate in the contest so far is:
- Armenia
- Belarus
- France
- FYR Macedonia
- Georgia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Serbia
- Wales
Georgia has won the contest on three occasions, making them the country with the most victories throughout the history of the contest. Georgia debuted in JESC in 2007 with Mariam Romelashvili and her song “Odelia Ranuni”, where she placed 4th with 116 points. Their first win was just a year later in 2008, with the trio Bzikebi and their song “Bzz”. Their second win was in 2011 with the group Candy and their song “Candy Music”. Most recently in 2016 eleven-year-old Mariam Mamadashvili performed her song Mzeo in JESC 2016 host city Malta, and took the victory with 239 points.
