Georgia: Nikoloz Kajaia selected for Junior Eurovision 2021

Georgia: Nikoloz Kajaia selected for Junior Eurovision 2021
Saturday, 13 November 2021

  • Nikoloz Kajaia is the act that won the Georgian national final of Ranina 2021 and is off to Paris to represent the nation at the 19th edition of Junior Eurovision 2021. 

    Georgia selected once again its Junior Eurovision 2021 hopeful through the Ranina show, the 4th season of which progressed Saturday evening to the grand final round of the show during which Nikoloz Kajaia won the final and will be representing the country in Paris on December 19, 2020. 

    In order for Nikoloz to win the golden ticket to Paris he had to win to other finalists, strong contenders in the final show. Namely the final show saw the following finalists competing for the right to represent Georgia in Junior Eurovision: 

    • Gega Shonia (2nd)
    • Barbare Makhatadze (3rd)
    • Nikoloz Kajaia (Winner)

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    A jury voting exclusively determined the outcome which declared Nikoloz winner leaving behind second Gega Shonia and in 3rd place Barbara Makhatadze.

    Nikoloz is 10 years old and successes Sandra Gadelia while he is the second male solo act to represent the country after  Giorgi Rostiashvili in Junior Eurovision 2019 in Gliwice-Silesia, Poland. 

     

    Georgia in Junior Eurovision

    Georgia participated first time in Junior Eurovision in 2007. The country has won the contest 3 times , namely in 2008, 2011 and 2016. Out of 12 participations it has finished in a top 10 placing 11 times while the worst result came in 2014 when Georgia finished 11th. In 2018 Tamar Edilashvili represented the country with the song Your Voice, which came 8th with a total of  144 points.

    In 2019 Giorgi Rostiashvili won the ticket to represent Georgia in Poland with the song  entitled We Need Love that finished 14th with 69 points, the worst result up to date. 

    Last year Sandra Gadelia wonthe show "Ranina" and represented Georigia in Warsaw with the song "You are not alone" which finished 6th with 111 points. 

     

    News Source/Image: GPB