Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Georgia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 19 March 2020
Song: 15 March 2021
Selected entrantTornike Kipiani
Selected song"You"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Tornike Kipiani
  • Aleko Berdzenishvili
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th)
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021 • 2022►

Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Tornike Kipiani as their representative with the song "You". He was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Take Me as I Am" before the event's cancellation.

Background[]

Main article: Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, Georgia have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times since their first entry in 2007.[1] The nation's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been ninth place, which was achieved on two occasions: in 2010 with the song "Shine" performed by Sofia Nizharadze and in 2011 with the song "One More Day" performed by Eldrine. The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2009 after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected the Georgian entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In", for perceived political references to Vladimir Putin who was the Russian Prime Minister at the time.[2][3] The withdrawal and fallout was tied to tense relations between Georgia and then host country Russia, which stemmed from the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.[4] Following the introduction of semi-finals, Georgia has, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on four occasions.

The Georgian national broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB), broadcasts the event within Georgia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. GPB confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 2 October 2017.[5] Georgia has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest both through national finals and internal selections in the past. In 2013 and 2014, GPB opted to internally select the Georgian entry, in 2015, the Georgian entry was selected via a national final, and in 2016, the artist was internally selected while the song was chosen in a national final. For their 2017 participation, the entry was selected through a national final. In 2018 the artist was internally selected. In 2019, the entry was fully selected through Georgian Idol for the first time ever. Oto Nemsadze failed to qualify to the Saturday final with "Keep On Going", achieving just fourteenth place in the first semi-final.

Before Eurovision[]

Internal selection[]

On 19 March 2020, GPB confirmed that Tornike Kipiani would represent Georgia in the 2021 contest.[6] His entry for 2021, entitled "You", was released on 15 March 2021.

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used. Georgia was placed into the second semi-final, which was held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[7]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Georgia was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Serbia and preceding the entry from Albania.[8]

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[9] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[10] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[11][12]

Points awarded to Georgia[]

Points awarded to Georgia (Semi-final 2)[13]
Score Televote Jury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points  Bulgaria
1 point  Denmark  Bulgaria

Points awarded by Georgia[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Georgian jury:[11][12]

Detailed voting results from Georgia (Semi-final 2)[13]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  San Marino 9 8 15 12 11 10 1 1 12
02  Estonia 10 9 6 8 8 8 3 12
03  Czech Republic 5 4 7 7 5 5 6 14
04  Greece 15 16 12 14 9 15 2 10
05  Austria 7 6 5 6 10 6 5 13
06  Poland 14 13 9 15 12 14 15
07  Moldova 13 12 16 9 13 13 16
08  Iceland 4 3 4 3 4 4 7 4 7
09  Serbia 11 10 14 10 7 9 2 10 1
10  Georgia
11  Albania 8 11 10 11 16 11 9 2
12  Portugal 2 2 1 1 2 2 10 11
13  Bulgaria 3 5 2 4 3 3 8 3 8
14  Finland 6 7 11 5 6 7 4 5 6
15  Latvia 16 15 13 16 15 16 6 5
16   Switzerland 1 1 3 2 1 1 12 8 3
17  Denmark 12 14 8 13 14 12 7 4
Detailed voting results from Georgia (Final)[14]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus 15 20 14 18 26 18 16
02  Albania 19 23 19 22 23 23 22
03  Israel 13 16 15 11 15 16 14
04  Belgium 14 13 20 20 18 17 18
05  Russia 25 26 16 26 17 21 7 4
06  Malta 12 10 9 7 16 10 1 12
07  Portugal 5 4 1 6 3 3 8 21
08  Serbia 20 22 21 23 20 24 25
09  United Kingdom 22 17 26 25 19 22 26
10  Greece 21 25 22 15 21 20 1 12
11   Switzerland 2 2 2 1 2 2 10 11
12  Iceland 3 3 7 10 8 5 6 10 1
13  Spain 17 18 17 21 22 19 23
14  Moldova 24 24 23 17 25 26 9 2
15  Germany 23 15 11 13 12 15 17
16  Finland 11 9 25 9 13 12 15
17  Bulgaria 7 7 4 12 4 7 4 13
18  Lithuania 4 6 8 5 10 8 3 2 10
19  Ukraine 6 5 5 4 5 4 7 5 6
20  France 26 12 10 16 11 13 6 5
21  Azerbaijan 8 14 6 2 6 6 5 8 3
22  Norway 16 19 12 19 9 14 19
23  Netherlands 9 8 18 14 7 9 2 24
24  Italy 1 1 3 3 1 1 12 3 8
25  Sweden 10 11 13 8 14 11 20
26  San Marino 18 21 24 24 24 25 4 7

References[]

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  2. ^ Bakker, Sietse (10 March 2009). "Georgian song lyrics do not comply with Rules". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ^ Jonze, Tim (11 March 2009). "Eurovision 2009: Georgia pulls out of contest over 'Putin song'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Putin jibe picked for Eurovision". BBC News. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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