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Candy (Georgian Band)
Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 which took place on 3 December 2011, in Yerevan, Armenia. Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Teen-pop group Candy was externally selected to represent Georgia with the song "Candy Music". Georgia won the contest with 108 points. Background Prior to the 2011 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest four times since its debut in . They have never missed an edition of the contest, and have won at the contest. Before Junior Eurovision National final Georgia selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2011 through a national selection consisting of 9 songs, hosted by Sophio Toroshelidze. The winner was girl-group Candy, with a song "Candy Music". Candy won the jury vote and came second in the televote, with first place from the televote going to 3T. The jury consisted of: Gia Janturia, Giorgi Gachechiladze, Mamuka Megrelishvili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Petryk
Anastasiya Ihorivna "Nastya" Petryk ( uk, Анастасі́я Іго́рівна "Настя" Пе́трик; born 4 May 2002) is a Ukrainian singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song " Nebo", becoming the first Ukrainian entrant to win the competition. Life and work In 2009, at the age of 7, Anastasiya Petryk appeared on the second season of '' Ukraine's Got Talent'' with her older sister Viktoria "Vika" Petryk, who represented Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, finishing in second place. Although Anastasiya was only supporting her sister backstage, the judges invited her to sing a song with her sister Victoria. After singing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", they were invited to take part in the show together, reaching the semi-finals. That year Anastasiya also won the first prize in the "Moloda Halychyna" and second prize in the "Black Sea Games 2009". In 2010, at the International Popular Music competition "New Wave Junior 2010" held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Georgia (country)
Events in the year 2011 in Georgia. Incumbents *President: Mikheil Saakashvili *Prime Minister: Nikoloz Gilauri *Chairperson: Davit Bakradze Events * 4 April - Georgian Airways Flight 834, chartered by the United Nations, crashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while trying to land in N'djili Airport in Kinshasa. * 21 May - Anti-government protests against President Saakashvili begin in Tbilisi * 13 November - 2011 South Ossetian referendum * 13 November - 2011 South Ossetian presidential election Arts and entertainment In music: Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Sports Football (soccer) competitions: Umaglesi Liga, Georgian Cup. Births * 27 September - Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi, son of Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani and Princess Anna Bagrationi Gruzinsky Deaths *January 10 — Shota Kviraia, ex-Minister of Interior (1993–1995) and of Security (1995–1997), kidney failure, Moscow. * July 19 — Vakhtang Gogolashvili, writer (born 1932). Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nul Points
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is selected by a positional voting system. The most recent system was implemented in the , and sees each participating country award two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs: one set from their professional jury and the other from televoting, with only televoting used in the semi-finals, and both jury and televoting in the final. Overview Small, demographically-balanced juries made up of ordinary people had been used to rank the entries, but after the widespread use of telephone voting in the contest organizers resorted to juries only in the event of a televoting malfunctions. In , Eircom's telephone polling system malfunctioned. Irish broadcaster RTÉ did not receive the polling results from Eir (telecommunications), Eircom in time, and substituted votes by a panel of judges. Between 1997 and 2003 (the first years of televoting), lines were opened to the public for only five minutes after the performance and recap of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Khechanovi
Irina "Iru" Khechanovi (; born 3 December 2000), also known mononymously as Iru (stylised in all caps), is a Georgian singer and songwriter. As a member of the girl group Candy, she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Candy Music". In 2023, she won the fifth season of ''The Voice Georgia'', therefore winning the right to represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, to be held in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Biography Khechanovi was born on 3 December 2000 in Tbilisi. She is of Armenian descent. As a child, she took part in various singing competitions. In 2011, on her eleventh birthday, she represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia as a member of the girl group Candy. The group won the competition with 108 points. In 2019, Khechanovi was a participant in ''Georgian Idol''. In 2021, she released her debut solo single "No Jerk Around Me". In 2022, Khechanovi performed at the Junior Eurovision Song Conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Belgium selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2011 through Junior Eurosong, a national selection consisting of 8 songs, paired in four semi finals. From each semifinal, one song advanced to the final. The national representative, Femke, was selected on September 30. Before Junior Eurovision Junior Eurosong Belgium selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry for 2011 through ''Junior Eurosong'', a national selection consisting of 8 songs. Before the final, four semi-finals were held with two songs each. A three-member jury panel consisting of Miguel Wiels, Tom Dice and Eva Daelemans selected the winning entry of each semi-final to qualify for the final. In the final, the winner was selected via a 50/50 combination of jury voting and public televoting. Semi-final 1 The first semi-final took place on 26 September 2011. Two of the competing entries performed, and a three-member jury panel selected the winning entry to qualify for the final. Semi-final 2 The second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Sweden has participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its inception in . Two broadcasters have been responsible for Sweden's entries at Junior Eurovisionfrom 2003 to 2005, Sveriges Television (SVT) was responsible, before withdrawing with other Nordic broadcasters. From 2006 to 2009, commercial broadcaster TV4 was responsible for Sweden's entry at the Junior Eurovision. TV4 withdrew from the after two entries due to other plans being made during the time of the contest, however they returned to the contest in . On 29 June 2015, it was announced that SVT would withdraw for one year. However, Sweden are yet to return to the contest. History Sweden are one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Much like it did for the Eurovision, Sveriges Television managed the national selection for the Junior Eurovision from 2003 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place in Yerevan, Armenia at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. It was the first time in history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the contest was held in the previous year's winning country. Public Television of Armenia ARMTV was the main organizer of the show, being provided financial aid from the European Broadcasting Union made of entrance fees from the participating broadcasters, while Swedish company HD Resources assisted with the technical side of the production. Thirteen countries participated, with and withdrawing and returning. The winner was the group Candy from Georgia with the song "Candy Music". and finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Georgia's second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest following a previous victory in 2008. Location On 18 January 2011, Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgians
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Ukraine, United States, and European Union. Georgians arose from Colchian and Iberian civilizations of classical antiquity; Colchis was interconnected with the Hellenic world, whereas Iberia was influenced by the Achaemenid Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it. In the 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to embrace Christianity and now the majority of Georgians are Orthodox Christians, with most following their national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, although there are small Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities as well as a significant number of irreligious Georgians. Located in the Caucasus, on the continental crossroads of Europe and Asia, the High Middle Ages saw Georgian people form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The participation of Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), have been responsible for the selection process of their participants since their debut. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2007 contest was Mariam Romelashvili with the song "Odelia Ranuni", which finished in fourth place out of seventeen participating entries, achieving a score of one hundred and sixteen points. Since their debut, Georgia has never missed an edition of the contest, with three of these participations resulting in a win. These wins occurred in , and , making Georgia the most successful country in the contest, alongside France. They hosted the contest for the first time in at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi. History Georgia's first entry was Mariam Romelashvili with the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariam Kakhelishvili
Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 which took place on 20 November 2010, in Minsk, Belarus. Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Mariam Kakhelishvili was externally selected to represent Georgia with the song "Mari Dari". Georgia placed fourth with 109 points. Background Prior to the 2010 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its debut in . They have never missed an edition of the contest, and have won at the contest. Before Junior Eurovision National final Georgia selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2010 through a national final consisting of 11 songs. The winner was Mariam Kakhelishvili, with the song, "Mari Dari". Artist and song information Mariam Kakhelishvili The winning contestant, Mariam Kakhelishvili, is a singer from Georgia managed by composer Giga Kukhiadnidze and Bzikebi Studio. Mari Dari "Mari Dari" is a song by Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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