Giorgi Rostiashvili has won Ranina and will represent Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Gliwice, Poland.
Three singers competed this evening to represent Georgia at the 17th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Presenting the show this evening were David Aladashvili and Lela Meburishvili. The final result was decided by an in-studio jury, who scored each performer out of a maximum of 10 points. The jury comprised of:
- Dato Evgenidze
- Beka Gochiashvili
- Lana Kutateladze
The results of tonight’s show are as follows:
- Ana Berishvili – 2nd
- Giorgi Rostiashvili – 1st
- Anastasia Garsevanashvili – 3rd
Both of the other two finalists also received prizes. Ana will be the Georgian spokesperson for this year’s contest, while Anastasia will travel to Poland with the Georgian delegation to watch the show. The song that Giorgi will sing in Gliwice will be internally selected at a later date.
You can watch Giorgi’s performance in the final here:
Ranina has been used to select the Georgian representative at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2018. The format sees young singers perform a variety of styles with Georgian singers and musical icons.
Tamar Edilashvili represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with โYour Voiceโ. She finished in eighth place with 144 points; 39 points from the jury and 105 points from the online vote.
Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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 โOdelia Ranuniโ, where she placed 4th with 116 points. Their first win was just a year later in 2008, with the trio Bzikebi and their song โBzzโ. Their second win was in 2011 with the group Candy and their song โCandy Musicโ. 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.