Georgia: The three finalists of Ranina 2021 determined

Georgia: The three finalists of Ranina 2021 determined
Sunday, 07 November 2021

  • The three finalists of the show Ranina 2021 that will determine the Georgian Junior Eurovision 2021 act have been determined. 

    Georgia is selecting once again its Junior Eurovision 2021 hopeful through the Ranina show, the 4th season of which progressed Saturday evening to the semi final round of the show during which the three finalists were selected. 

    In Saturday evening's show all six competing acts  took once again the stage to perform four songs each before a jury panel, its points which determined the top three acts that qualified to the final show.

    Namely the acts that took the stage along with their respective results that determined the six qualifiers are:

    • Barbara Makhatadze – 478 points
    • Datuna Luarsabishvili – 478 points
    • Gega Shonia – 480 points
    • Guga Nadiradze – 479 points
    • Keso Rusia – 480 points
    • Nikoloz Kajaia – 480 points

    The jury which decided the three finalists was formed by Tika Rukhadze, Davit Evgenidze and Buka Kartozia. based on their points the three act that made it to the final and will compete for the right to represent Georgia in Junior Eurovision 2021 are: 

    • Gega Shonia
    • Barbare Makhatadze
    • Nikoloz Kajaia

    The final show of Ranina is set for next Saturday November 13 at 19:00 CET on GPB1. 

    In the video below you can watch all the semi final's performances: 

     

    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: GPB

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