GPB has announced that Demetre Ergemlidze and Tamar Edilashvili will be the broadcasters commentary team for Junior Eurovision 2019.
The Georgian national broadcaster has announced their commentators for Junior Eurovision 2019. Demetre Ergemlidze returns to the commentary booth having been the nations commentator at Junior Eurovision since 2016, and the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 and 2018.
Joining Demetre in the booth will be Tamar Edilashvili. Tamar represented Georgia at last years Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk, Belarus with the song “Your Voice”. Tamar finished 8th in the final scoring a total of 144 points.
Giorgi Rostiashvili will represent Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 performing the song “We Need A Love”.
Who is Giorgi Rostiashvili?
Giorgi Rostiashvili is thirteen years old and comes from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. He was selected to represent Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 after winning Ranina in May. 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.
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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.
