"Take Me as I Am" is a song performed by Georgian singer

Tornike Kipiani Tornike Kipiani ( ka, თორნიკე ყიფიანი; born 11 December 1987) is a Georgian singer. Kipiani started his musical career at the age of 19, forming the band ''The Circular Corner''. In 2012, he auditioned for the Georgian ...

released on 2 March 2020. It was chosen to represent

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in the

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on 30 January 2020. In the song's lyrics, he states not wanting to follow western European ideals (such as "talk like an Englishman", "dress like an Italian", "dance like a Spanish guy", "play like a German" and "smell like a French homme"), and then says "I love you" in their languages.

Background

After winning ''

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'', Kipiani was selected to represent

Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 Georgia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song " Take Me as I Am" written and performed by Tornike Kipiani, who was selected through the reality television show '' Georgian Idol'', held by the Georgian ...

. The song was internally selected by Georgian Public Broadcasting.

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was selected to represent

after

won ''Georgian Idol'', which was used as the Georgian national selection that chose Georgia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2020, it was announced that the song would be performed in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest to be held on 14 May 2020. On the Eurovision Song Celebration live broadcast on YouTube in the place of Semi Final 2, it was revealed he would have performed 16th, between

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and

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References

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