Georgia wins Junior Eurovision 2024 with Andria Putkaradze

• Georgia won Junior Eurovision 2024 with Andria Putkaradze marking their 4th victory in the competition's history. 

  Andria Putkaradze won the 22nd edition of Junuor Eurovision singing “To My Mom” and brought the trophy home for a fourth time in the contest's history making Georgia the nation with the most victories having won back in 2008, 2011 and 2016.

  After weeks of preparations and four days of rehearsals here at the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid the final show of  the 22nd Junior Eurovision took place this afternnoon in order to determine the successor of Zoé Clauzure . The show was hosted by the Spanish ESC 2014 representative Ruth Lorenzo, the award-winning actor, Marc Clotet and the JESC 2019 hopeful Melani García who hosted the green room talking to the contestants. 

  A total of 17 countries participated in this year's edition with Cyprus returning to the competition for the first time since 2017 and San Marino make their return to Junior Eurovision after 9 years away.

   

  Opening of the Show

  The show opened with the  last year's winner Zoé Clauzure,  Spain first victorious 2003  particpant María Isabel & last year's hopeful  Sandra Valero singing the song 'Let's Bloom' with flag parade folllowing and the presentation of the 17 delegates following.

   

  THE COMPETING COUNTRIES 

  This year a total of 17 competing countries were in the run for the trophy which  appeared on stage in the following running order:

  1. 🇮🇹 Italy: Simone Grande - Pigiama Party

   

  2. 🇪🇪 Estonia: ANNABELLE - Tänavad

   

  3. 🇦🇱 Albania: Nikol Çabeli - Vallëzoj

   

  4. 🇦🇲 Armenia: Leo - Cosmic Friend

   

  5. 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Maria Pissarides - Crystal Waters

   

  6. 🇫🇷 France: Titouan - Comme ci comme ça

   

  7. 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Ana & Aleksej - Marathon

   

  8. 🇵🇱 Poland: Dominik Arim - All Together

   

  9. 🇬🇪 Georgia: Andria Putkaradze - To My Mom

   

  10. 🇪🇸 Spain: Chloe DelaRosa - Como La Lola

   

  11. 🇩🇪 Germany: Bjarne - Save The Best For Us

   

  12. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Stay Tuned - Music

   

  13. 🇸🇲 San Marino: Idols SM - Come Noi

   

  14. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Artem Kotenko - HEAR ME NOW

   

  15. 🇵🇹 Portugal: Victoria Nicole - Esperança

   

  16. 🇮🇪 Ireland: Enya Cox Dempsey - Le Chéile

   

  17. 🇲🇹 Malta: Ramires Sciberras - Stilla Ċkejkna

   

  Interval Acts

  While the voting lines opened again for 15 minutes we got the chance to see on stage singer, songwriter and producer 26 year old  Abraham Mateo performing 'Maniaca' . Mateo from Spanish Cadiz marks already a 14 year career enjoying global recognition and scoring hits on the S. America and US Billboard Latin charts. 

  

   

  In addition the interval act of Time To Bloom unfolded on stage , conceived by artistic director Sergio Jaén and performed by Anastasia Russo.The song, with music by Federico Jusid and choreography by Borja Rueda, explores self-growth and acceptance, emphasising the value of authenticity.

   

   

   

  THE RESULTS

  The winner was determined by a combination of jury voting and an online voting. The jury vote was determined one day before during the jury show while the online voting that had started on Friday evening and closed just before the live show, reopened for 15 minutes after all acts had completed their performances. Each individual had the right to cast up to three choices.  Each voting had a 50% share on the final outcome.

   

  Jury Voting

  With all national juries points counted Georgia finished first scoring 180 points,  with Ukraine in second place with a total of 122 points and  and France closing the top 3 with 103 points . Here is how the voting results came out: 

  

  You can watch the whole reveal of the jury voting here.

   

  Online Voting

  Once the jury voting was revealed the hosts went on with the points from the online voting with the overall scoreboard declaring winner Georgia's Andria Putkaradze receiving a total of 239 points ( 59 points from the online voting) leaving second behind Portugal with 213 points (117 points from public voting) and Ukraine in third place scoring 203 points ( 81 points from public voting). Portugal's Vicotria Nicole won the public vote but the 117 points she got were not enough for her to top the overall score. 

  Here is how the final scoreboard turned out: 

  

  You can watch the online points and the final results here

   

  A few words about the winner 

  The winning song “To My Mom” was performed by 11-year-old Andria Putkaradze who  has  always dreamed  of becoming a professional singer. He has been performing since the age of two, later becoming a member of the vocal ensemble group Children of the Sea before studying piano at the Zakaria Paliashvili Music School. During his free time when he doesn't deal with music he loves playing PlayStation with his friends.

  Andria secured his spot in the Junior Eurovision 2024 class after winning the televised talent contest of RANINA, which is the formula Georgia's broadcaster has used to determine each year's JESC hopeful.

  “To My Mom” was written by Georgian composer Giorgi Kukhianidze, with lyrics co-written by Maka Davitaia. Giorgi has been the country's Junior Eurovision songs since the nation's participation back in 2007 and has now penned all four victorious entries. 

   

  In case you missed out watch the whole show below on the link: 

  Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Live Show | Madrid 🇪🇸

   

  Congratulations to Georgia for it's fourth trophy and to Andria making it happen for his country! 

   

  News Source: Junior Eurovision tv

  Images: Corrine Cumming/EBU

AUTHORS

Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 12 consecutive years along with the 2017-2023 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last two years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.