Georgia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 which took place on 20 November 2010, in

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, Belarus.

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(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,

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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 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 dif ...

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

managed by composer

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and Bzikebi Studio.

Mari Dari

"Mari Dari" is a song by Georgian singer Mariam Kakhelishvili. It represented Georgia during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. It is composed by Giga Kukhianidze with lyrics from both Kukhianidze and Kakhelishvili. Although it consists of mostly meaningless words, it contains a few words in Georgian, including , meaning ''sunshine''.

At Junior Eurovision

During the running order draw which took place on 14 October 2010, Georgia was drawn to perform tenth on 20 November 2010, following

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and preceding

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Final

During the final, Mariam Kakhelishvili performed amongst four background dancers, who wore white outfits and pink gloves and wigs. Mariam Kakhelishvili placed fourth at the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Minsk, Belarus. It was held on 20 November 2010. The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan from Armenia with the song M ...

, receiving 109 points for her song "Mari Dari".

Voting

Notes

References

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