The second round of Blind Auditions of The Voice Georgia took place yesterday, as the country continued its search for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
The auditions round of The Voice Georgia continued yesterday, with ten singers getting the jurors to hit their buzzers and compete to convince singers to join their team. The singers who progressed from Show Two were as follows:
- Tako Kakalashvili
- Dato Rusadze
- Erekle Turkadze
- Mariam Bugianishvili
- Saba Chachua
- Ekaterine Sofa
- Anri Bolkhadze
- Tina Datikashvili
The four teams now consist of the following singers:
- Stephane Mgebrishvili – Likuna Tutisani, Aliona Tsintsadze, Saba Chachua, Dato Rusadze
- David Evgenidze – Salome, Mariam Bugianishvili, Ekaterine Sofa
- Sopho Toroshelidze – Salome, Lika Siradze, Tako Kakalashvili, Anri Bolkhadze, Tina Datikashvili
- Dato Porchkhidze – Kakha Aslamazashvili, Tsotne Barbakadze, Erekle Turkadze
This is the first time that The Voice Georgia has been used to determine the nation’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. This will be the fifth series of the competition and the second series broadcast by GPB.
Georgia last held a national selection to determine its representative in 2020, when Georgian Idol was used to select their singer for the contest in Rotterdam. It is currently not known how the Georgian song for Eurovision 2023 will be determined.
Circus Mircus represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song “Lock Me In”. They finished 18th and last in the Second Semi-Final scoring a total of 22 points, with 9 points from the televote and 13 points from the jury.
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Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Georgia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, they were represented by Sopho Khalvashi and the song “Visionary Dream”. Sopho finished 12th in the final scoring 97 points, the song received 12 points from the televoters in Lithuania. Their best result was a 9th place in both 2010 and 2011. Georgia has only ever missed one contest since their debut, this was in 2009 when they had selected Stephane & 3G with “We Don’t Wanna Put In”. The EBU asked for Georgia to rewrite the lyrics of the song or change the song completely.
