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 Georgia in the

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with the song " Happy Day" and co-hosted the

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with

Helen Kalandadze Helen Kalandadze ( ka, ელენე კალანდაძე) is a Georgian television presenter and singer. She co-hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi alongside Lizi Pop. Life and career Early life Kalandadze was bor ...

Life and career

Early life

Liza Japaridze was born on 19 September 2004 in

. She studies at the Georgian-American School. Japaridze speaks

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and

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, in addition to her native

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. Since 2011, she has studied vocals at the BzikebiStudio led by Giga Kukhianidze, whose songs represented Georgia at Junior Eurovision in

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and

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Career

Japaridze released her debut single "Make-Up!" in 2012. She went on to release the singles "Cloud" and "Zgapari galagshi" as well, the latter of which was recorded with

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, the winners of the

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. She had a starring role in the children's musical film ''Stapilo Story: Kurdgheli vs Mgeli''. In 2014, Japaridze was chosen to represent Georgia in the

in Malta, performing the song "Happy Day". Japaridze went on to place eleventh, the worst result for Georgia in Junior Eurovision. 'Happy Day', however, remained the most-watched video on the

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channel for some years, before being overtaken by

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's song

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. At Junior Eurovision, Japaridze performed with Sopho Dashniani, Dea Dashniani, Ketevan Arbolishvili, and Nita Lomidze as her backing vocalists and dancers. She was later announced as the Georgian spokesperson at the

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. Japaridze hosted the

alongside

. She is the second youngest ever to host the contest, only behind Ioana Ivan, who was only 12 when she hosted in

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and the first former participant to host the contest. In 2021, she released a single called "Desire", composed by herself and Giga Kukhianidze.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

2003 births 21st-century actresses from Georgia (country) Child singers from Georgia (country) Female models from Georgia (country) 21st-century women singers from Georgia (country) Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants Living people Models from Tbilisi Pop singers from Georgia (country) Television presenters from Georgia (country) Women television presenters from Georgia (country) Musicians from Tbilisi {{Eurovision-stub