Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 which took place on 15 November 2014, in
Marsa, Malta.
Georgian Public Broadcaster
Georgian Public Broadcaster ( ka, საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი მაუწყებელი, ) is the national public broadcaster of Georgia.
History
It started broadcasting radio in 1925, and ...
(GPB) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest.
Lizi Pop
Liza Japaridze ( ka, ლიზა ჯაფარიძე; born 19 September 2004), known professionally as Lizi Pop ( ka, ლიზი პოპი), is a Georgian singer, actress, model, dancer and television presenter. She represented Georgi ...
was internally selected to represent Georgia in the contest with the song "
Happy Day".
Background
Prior to the 2014 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest seven times since its debut in . They have never missed an edition of the contest, and have won thrice at the , , and contests.
Before Junior Eurovision
Like Georgia has done most years since their début in the contest, the Georgian broadcaster
GPB decided to internally select their 2014 artist after holding an open audition. It was originally announced on 14 August 2014 that Liza Japaridze, Sofi Dashniani, and Dea Dashniani would represent Georgia as a trio, however on 16 August 2014 it was revealed that Japaridze would perform under the stage name Lizi Pop, while the Dashnianis will be backing singers.
Artist and song information
Lizi Pop
Lizi Pop is a Georgian child singer. She represented Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in
Marsa, Malta, on 15 November 2014 with the song "Happy Day", placing eleventh out of sixteen entries.
Happy Day
"''Happy Day''" is a song by Georgian child singer Lizi Pop. It represented Georgia during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014. It is composed and written by Giorgi Kukhianidze.
At Junior Eurovision
At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Georgia were drawn to perform sixth on 15 November 2014, following and preceding .
Final
Lizi Pop performed with four background dancers in black outfits with white wigs. During the performance, Lizi Pop encouraged the members of the audience to sing along.
At the end of the voting, Georgia placed 11th with 54 points.
Voting
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Georgian jury:
* Chabuki Amiranashvili
* Archil Nijardze
*
Sopho Gelovani
Sopho Gelovani () (born 21 March 1984) also known as Sophie Gelovani is a Georgian singer. She and Nodiko Tatishvili represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swed ...
* Mariam Ebralidze
* Lasha Kapanadze
Notes
References
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
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)
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