Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Georgia
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)1 March 2008
Selected entrantDiana Gurtskaya
Selected song"Peace Will Come"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 107 points)
Final result11th, 83 points
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

Georgia was represented by Diana Gurtskaya in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Peace Will Come".

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The Georgian national final took place on 1 March 2008 at the Sports Palace in Tbilisi, hosted by Sandro Gabisonia, Ana Tshadadze, Natia Tsalaia and Buka Pachkoria. Twelve acts competed and a public vote exclusively selected the winner. The show was broadcast on 1 TV GPB as well as online at the broadcaster's website 1tv.ge.[1]

Competing entries[]

GPB announced that a public submission would be opened from 3 November 2007 until 17 November 2007. Both artists and composers could be of any nationality.[2] 29 entries were received during a public submission and an expert commission selected the top ten entries from the received submissions. The competing entries were presented to the public on 31 December 2007 via the GPB programme Eurovision Year.[3]

Final[]

The final took place on 1 March 2008. Nine entries competed and the winner, "Peace Will Come" performed by Diana Gurtskaya, was determined exclusively by a public televote.[4] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2007 Georgian Eurovision entrant Sopho Khalvashi, 2007 Georgian Junior Eurovision entrant Mariam Romelashvili and 2008 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Ruslan Alekhno performed as guests.[3]

Final – 1 March 2008
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 VIVO "Life" Zaza Tsurtsumia 1.3% 8
2 Aleko Berdzenishvili "The Beautiful Girl" Mamuka Begashvili, Bibi Kvachadze 1.3% 9
3 Salome Gasviani "Share Your Love" Maia Kachkachishvili, Bibi Kvachadze 32.9% 2
4 Irakli Pirtskhalava "Freedom" Irakli Pirtskhalava 8.3% 3
5 Diana Gurtskaya "Peace Will Come" Kim Breitburg, Karen Kavaleryan 39.4% 1
6 Salome Korkotashvili "Captaine" Salome Korkotashvili 3.0% 6
7 Teatroni "Sakartvelo itsvevs megobrebs" Kote Malania 2.3% 7
8 Tika Patsatsia "Never Change" Georgio, Giga Kukhianidze 4.0% 5
9 3G "I'm Free" Avto Badurashvili, Christine Imedadze 5.3% 4
10 Tako Gachechiladze "Me and My Funky" Bibi Kvachadze 0.9% 10
11 Tamta Chelidze "Give Me Your Love" Maia Kachkachishvili, Christine Imedadze 0.8% 11
12 Guga Aptsiauri "Don't Look At Me" Guga Aptsiauri, George Ergemlidze 0.5% 12

At Eurovision[]

Georgia qualified from the second semi-final to the final. In the final they performed in 17th position, behind Denmark and before Ukraine where they picked up 83 points.

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Georgia was Tika Patsatsia.[5]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Georgia[]

Points awarded by Georgia[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Satellite and Online broadcast". ESCKAZ. Retrieved 21 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "News Eurovision Serbia 2008". ESCKAZ. Retrieved 21 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Georgia 2008".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "GEORGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2008".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Georgia: Tika Patsatsia spokesperson for 2008". esctoday.com. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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