Georgia: JESC 2021 selection show 'Ranina' to kick off on September 11

Georgia: JESC 2021 selection show 'Ranina' to kick off on September 11
Thursday, 02 September 2021

  • The Gerogian national broadcaster, GPB, has announced that the Junior Eurovision 2021 selection will kick off on September 11, 2021. 

    Georgian broadcaster 1TV  has announced that Ranina, Georgia’s selection format for Junior Eurovision , will kick off on Saturday, September 11, at 10 p.m. This will be the 4th season of the show which has been selecting the country's JESC hopefuls since 2018. 

     

    Namely the previous winners of the show that represented the ex-soviet country in the competition were: 

    • Tamar Edilashvili (8th, JESC 2018),
    • Giorgi Rostiashvili (14th, JESC 2019) 
    • Sandra Gadelia (6th, JESC 2020) 

    While more details on the hosts, the judges and the contestants of the show are expected over the following days, according to GPB's preview video of the show it will again feature a total of 10 contestants, which will compete in four themed rounds. A judge panel formed by a main judges and two guest jurors in each themed round will award their points in the four vocal and technique categories. 

    The five acts that recieve the highest score after the four themed rounds will advance to the semi final in which the top three acts will qualify to the final show. 

     

    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: ESCUnited