Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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took part in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the fifteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It took place on 26 November 2017 at th ...
as the host country after their victory in
2016
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with the song "
Mzeo
"Mzeo" ( ka, მზეო, en, Sun) is a song by Georgian singer Mariam Mamadashvili. It represented Georgia and was the winning song at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic ...
" by
Mariam Mamadashvili
Mariam Mamadashvili ( ka, მარიამ მამადაშვილი, born 16 November 2005) is a Georgian singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 where she represented Georgia with the song "Mzeo". She moved to the Un ...
. Their entry was decided through an internal selection.
They were represented by Grigol Kipshidze and the song "Voice of The Heart".
Background
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its debut in , and since then they have never missed a single contest. Georgia is also the most successful country in the competition, with three victories in , and .
Before Junior Eurovision
On 29 July 2017 the Georgian broadcaster
GPB announced they were going to select their entrant internally, opening the submissions period until 1 September 2017. The winner of the selection process was to be decided by a professional jury.
Then, on 6 September 2017, the
GPB announced that their entrant would be revealed later that week on 8 September 2017; whereas the song will be revealed at a later point. They did as expected, and on 8 September 2017 the
GPB confirmed that their representative for the 2017 contest is Grigol Kipshidze.
Artist and song information
Grigol Kipshidze
Grigol Kipshidze ( ka, გრიგოლ ყიფშიძე; born 15 August 2005) is a Georgian singer who represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Prior to his Junior Eurovision experience, he studied at the National Center for Folklore between 2011 and 2015, and in 2014 he entered the Vocal Academy of Tbilisi. He has also participated in various singing contests, achieving the most successful result at the 2017 edition of X-Factor Georgia, where he made it to the final.
"Voice of the Heart"
"Voice of the Heart" ( ka, გულის ხმა; Gulis khma) is a song by Georgian singer Grigol Kipshidze. It represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 and reached the 2nd place with 185 points. It marked only the second time a song from the host nation finished second.
At Junior Eurovision
During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Georgia was drawn to perform ninth on 26 November 2017, following Macedonia and preceding Albania.
Voting
Detailed voting results
References
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwes ...
2017
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