Georgia: Ranina 2021 third heat results

Sunday, 19 September 2021

The Georgian Junior Eurovision 2021 selection continued last evening with Gega Shonia and Nikoloz Kajaia winning the 3rd show of Ranina.

Georgia is selecting once again its Junior Eurovision 2021 hopeful through the Ranina show, the 4th season of which kicked off last week with the first five contestants returning to the stage for their second time.

The contestants perform before a jury formed by three members who voted for the perfromance by awarding up to 40 points to each performance. The points are based on four criteria taking in mind: vocal, Staging/performance, artistry, collaboration.

From the five acts that took the stage Gega Shonia and Nikoloz Kajaia achieved to score maximum points from the jury and win this round of performances. Here are the overall results:
- Nini Orkoshneli – 38+38+38 – 114 points
- Gega Shonia – 40+40+40 – 120 points
- Andria Beridze – 39+38+36 – 113 points
- Barbara Makatadze – 40+39+39 – 118 points
- Nikoloz Kajaia – 40+40+40 – 120 points
In case you wanna watch Ranina's 3rd show performances you can take a look at the following video:

Georgia in Junior Eurovision

Georgia participated first time in Junior Eurovision in 2007 and is one of the most successful nations in the competiton. 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 Gandelia won the show "Ranina" and represented Georigia in Warsaw with the song "You are not alone" which finished 6th with 111 points.

News Source: GPB/Eurovoix

Image: GPB