Bzikebi are recording an updated version of “Bzzz” ahead of this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
Bzikebi, who won the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Georgia with their song “Bzzz”, are re-recording their winning entry to perform at this year’s contest in Yerevan. “Bzzz” was the first of Georgia’s three Junior Eurovision winners, and was the first Junior Eurovision song to be performed entirely in an imaginary language.
According to Instagram, the trio, made up of Giorgi Shiolashvili, Mariam Kikuashvili and Mariam Tatulashvili, have been in the studio to re-record the song. They had already confirmed that they will be performing in the interval of this year’s contest along with several other former Junior Eurovision winners.
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Of the previous Junior Eurovision winners, the following (in bold) have confirmed their attendance at this year’s contest:
- 2003 – Croatia – Dino Jelusić
- 2004 – Spain – María Isabel – Cannot attend
- 2005 – Belarus – Ksenia Sitnik
- 2006 – Russia – Tolmachevy Sisters
- 2007 – Belarus – Alexey Zhigalkovich
- 2008 – Georgia – Bzikebki – Confirmed attendance
- 2009 – Netherlands – Ralf Mackenbach
- 2010 – Armenia – Vladimir Arzumanyan
- 2011 – Georgia – CANDY – Confirmed attendance
- 2012 – Ukraine – Anastasiya Petryk
- 2013 – Malta – Gaia Cauchi – Confirmed attendance
- 2014 – Italy – Vincenzo Cantiello – Confirmed attendance
- 2015 – Malta – Destiny Chukunyere
- 2016 – Georgia – Mariam Mamadashvili – Confirmed attendance
- 2017 – Russia – Polina Bogusevich
- 2018 – Poland – Roksana Węgiel
- 2019 – Poland – Viki Gabor – Confirmed attendance
- 2020 – France – Valentina
- 2021 – Armenia – Maléna
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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.
