Andria Putkaradze has been confirmed as the Georgian representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid.
Andria Putkaradze will represent Georgia at Junior Eurovision 2024. Andria won the most recent series of Ranina, which has been used to select the Georgian representative for Junior Eurovision since 2018. However, unlike in previous years, Andria was not confirmed as the Georgian representative immediately after winning.
Andria Putkaradze was born on June 11, 2013 in Batumi on the Black Sea coast of western Georgia.. He started singing at the age of two and has been a member of the vocal ensemble “Sons of the Sea” since the age of six. He currently studies piano at the Zakaria Paliashvili Music School in Batumi.
The song that Andria will perform in Madrid will be revealed at a later date.
Georgia was represented by Anastasia and Ranina at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with “Over the Sky”. They finished 14th out of 16 entries with 74 points. This is the joint worst performance for Georgia at the contest alongside 2019.
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Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Georgia has won the contest on three occasions, making them the country with the joint highest number of 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.
