Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 explained

Georgia took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which was held on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.^[1]

Background

See main article: Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2017 Contest, Georgia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its debut in,^[2] and since then they have never missed a single contest. Georgia is also the most successful country in the competition, with three victories in, and .^[3]

Before Junior Eurovision

Ranina

Georgia used an original children's talent show format for the first time, Ranina (Georgian: რანინა), as the selection method for their artist. Starting on 2 March 2018, the show lasted around two months with ten candidate artists.^[4]

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Final place	Episode of elimination
Tamar Edilashvili თამარ ედილაშვილი	12 years old	Winner	N/A
Nikoloz Vasadze ნიქოლოზ ვასაძე	10 years old	2nd place	Grand Finale
Anastasia Togonidze ანასთასია თოგონიძე	12 years old	3rd place
Davit Kimeridze დავით ქიმერიძე	12 years old	4th place	After Semi-final
Alexandre Zazarashvili ალექსანდრე ზაზარაშვილი	11 years old	5th place
Giorgi Tsiskadze გიორგი ცისაქაძე	13 years old	6th place	After Round 4
Maria-Elene Bezhashvili მარია-ელენე ბეჟაშვილი	12 years old	7th place
Mariam Saginashvili მარიამ საგინაშვილი	12 years old	8th place
Nikoloz Gogichaishvili ნიქოლოზ გოგიჩაიშვილი	13 years old	9th place
Nita Jakhua ნითა ჯახუა	12 years old	10th place

Round 1 (2 – 9 March 2018)

The jurors for this round were Davit Evgenidze, Natalia Kutateladze and Beka Gochiashvili.

Show 1 (2 March 2018)^[5] Guest artist: SALIO
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Giorgi Tsiskadze	"Varskvlavebi"	36				39				40				115
			9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
2	Nita Jakhua	"Mze"	39				39				38				116
			9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
3	Nikoloz Vasadze	"Gaivlis Dro"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	Nikoloz Gogichaishvili	"Rats Khvelaze Dzalian Gikhvars"	40				39				38				117
			10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
5	Tamar Edilashvili	"Lale"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Show 2 (9 March 2018)^[6] Guest artist: Niaz Diasamidze
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Maria-Elene Bezhashvili	"Mezghvauris Simghera"	39				38				38				115
			9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	10
2	Mariam Saginashvili	"Kari Kris"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Davit Kimeridze	"Nami Vels	40				39				39				118
			10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
4	Anastasia Togonidze	"Dro"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
5	Alexandre Zazarashvili	"Sakhli"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Round 2 (16 – 23 March 2018)

The jurors for this round were Liza Bagrationi, Kakha Tolordava and Sophie Villy.

Show 3 (16 March 2018)^[7]
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Tamar Edilashvili	"Circle Of Life"	36				35				40				111
			10	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10
2	Nikoloz Gogichaishvili	"Where Is Love"	36				36				37				109
			10	8	9	9	10	10	7	9	10	9	9	9
3	Nikoloz Vasadze	"Bare Necessities"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
4	Nita Jakhua	"Wouldn't It Be Loverly"	36				35				38				109
			9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	10
5	Giorgi Tsiskadze	"Go To The Distance"	36				39				40				115
			9	8	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10

Show 4 (23 March 2018)^[8]
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Anastasia Togonidze	"Reflection"	39				36				39				114
			10	9	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	9	10
2	Davit Kimeridze	"Can You Feel The Love Tonight"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Maria-Elene Bezhashvili	"Journey To The Past"	37				37				38				112
			10	9	8	10	10	9	8	10	10	9	9	10
4	Alexandre Zazarashvili	"Your Song"	39				39				39				117
			10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10
5	Mariam Saginashvili	"Friends Like Me"	38				37				37				112
			10	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10

Round 3 (30 March – 13 April 2018)

The jurors for this round were Buka Kartozia, Nino Katamadze and Zviad Bolkvadze.

Show 5 (30 March 2018)^[9] Guest artist: The Quintessence
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Nikoloz Gogichaishvili	"Chum Baghnarshi"	33				36				35				104
			8	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
2	Tamar Edilashvili	"Tatris Gogona"	36				36				36				108
			9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8
3	Giorgi Tsiskadze	"Iagundisa"	33				38				36				107
			8	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	8	9	10	9
4	Nita Jakhua	"Sdzinavs T’bas"	31				32				34				97
			8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
5	Nikoloz Vasadze	"Janaia"	39				39				38				116
			10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9

Show 6 (13 April 2018)^[10] Guest artist: The Quintessence
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Mariam Saginashvili	"K’rimanch’uli"	33				36				35				104
			8	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
2	Alexandre Zazarashvili	"Ai Balam, Balam"	36				38				37				111
			9	9	10	8	9	9	10	10	8	9	10	10
3	Anastasia Togonidze	"Mze Shina Da Mze Gareta"	38				39				34				111
			10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	8	9	9	8
4	Maria-Elene Bezhashvili	"Sach’idao"	33				36				36				105
			8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9
5	Davit Kimeridze	"Vagipi"	40				39				36				115
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

Round 4 (20 – 27 April 2018)

The jurors for this round were Zaza Marjanishvili, Maia Datunashvili and Misha Mdinaradze.

Show 7 (20 April 2018)^[11] Songs by Paul McCartney
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Nikoloz Vasadze	"Say, Say, Say"	40				40				39				119
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
2	Giorgi Tsiskadze	"Yesterday"	40				39				39				118
			10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10
3	Nita Jakhua	"Penny Lane"	38				34				34				106
			10	9	9	10	7	8	10	9	8	8	8	10
4	Nikoloz Gogichaishvili	"My Valentine"	36				40				39				115
			9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
5	Tamar Edilashvili	"The Fool On The Hill"	40				40				40				120
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Show 8 (27 April 2018)^[12] Songs by Paul McCartney
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury scores												Final score
1	Davit Kimeridze	"Let It Be"	40				39				38				117
			10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	10
2	Anastasia Togonidze	"Ebony & Ivory"	39				40				40				119
			10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	Mariam Saginashvili	"Blackbird"	39				33				38				110
			10	9	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10
4	Maria-Elene Bezhashvili	"Eleanor Rigby"	38				40				39				117
			9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
5	Alexandre Zazarashvili	"Hey Jude"	40				40				39				119
			10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10

At the end of Show 8, the semi-finalists were announced. The five participants who collected the most points throughout the four tours advanced to the next round. They are Alexandre Zazarashvili, Anastasia Togonidze, Davit Kimeridze, Nikoloz Vasadze, and Tamar Edilashvili.

Semi-final (4 – 11 May 2018)

The jurors for the first semi-final were Misha Mdinaradze, Sopho Khalvashi and Beka Gochiashvili.

Semi-final 1 (4 May 2018)^[13] Guest artist: Iriao
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury ranking after Semi-final 1
1	Alexandre Zazarashvili	"ჩონგურს სიმები გავუბი" ("Chongurs Simebi Gavubi")	5th	4th	4th
2	Anastasia Togonidze	"მივალ გურიაში, მარა" ("Mival Guriashi, Mara")	2nd	5th	5th
3	Nikoloz Vasadze	"Take Five"	3rd	2nd	2nd
4	Davit Kimeridze	"ქალაქური მოტივები" ("Kalakuri Mot’ivebi")	4th	3rd	3rd
5	Tamar Edilashvili	"გზავნილი ყანჩელს" ("Gzavnili Q’anchels")	1st	1st	1st

The jurors for the second semi-final were Misha Mdinaradze, Sopho Toroshelidze and Beka Gochiashvili.

Semi-final 2 (11 May 2018)^[14] Songs by "The Jackson 5"
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Nikoloz Vasadze	"I Want You Back"	2nd
2	Tamar Edilashvili	"I'll Be There"	1st
3	Davit Kimeridze	"Ben"	4th
4	Alexandre Zazarashvili	"Who's Loving You"	5th
5	Anastasia Togonidze	"I Wanna Be Where You Are"	3rd

Final (18 May 2018)

The jurors for the Final were Davit Evgenidze, Maia Datunashvili and David Malazonia.

Final (18 May 2018)^[15]
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Anastasia Togonidze	"თოლიები" ("Toliebi")	Third place
2	Nikoloz Vasadze	"გზა სიარულმა დალია" ("Gza Siarulma Dalia")	Second place
3	Tamar Edilashvili	"მზეო, ლილეო" ("Mzeo, Lileo")	Winner

Artist and song information

Tamar Edilashvili
Instrument:	Vocals
Occupation:	Singer
Birth Date:	11 May 2005
Birth Place:	Tbilisi, Georgia

Tamar Edilashvili

Tamar Edilashvili (born 11 May 2005) is a Georgian child singer. She represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus.^[16]

The young singer currently studies at the NK School-Lyceum and the E. Mikeladze Central Music School. Tamar is no stranger to music competitions, having participated in the X Factor Georgia in 2017 and reaching the semi-final.

In October of last year, the three-month-long competition Ranina had begun, which saw Tamar and nine other entrants participate in multiple rounds of the show. During one of the shows, Tamar performed with Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, the group that represented Georgia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.^[17]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Georgia was drawn to perform thirteenth on 25 November 2018, following Australia and preceding Israel.^[18]

Voting

Detailed voting results

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Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points Awarded
01		1	1	2	3	3	2	10
02		19	14	18	16	14	19
03		14	7	15	4	4	5	6
04		13	19	16	15	16	17
05		15	8	12	14	9	12
06		16	11	10	6	7	9	2
07		12	16	17	17	18	18
08		18	9	9	7	11	10	1
09		11	15	4	13	8	8	3
10		10	18	14	9	12	13
11		4	2	5	5	5	4	7
12		3	4	3	2	2	3	8
13
14		8	17	6	19	19	16
15		6	5	7	12	10	7	4
16		5	10	19	11	13	11
17		9	12	8	18	17	14
18		17	13	13	10	15	15
19		2	3	1	1	1	1	12
20		7	6	11	8	6	6	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Georgia: Three-Month Competition To Select Junior Eurovision 2018 Participant. 4 October 2017. Emily. Herbert. eurovoix.com. 15 October 2017.
2. Web site: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007. junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 17 August 2016. 8 December 2007.
3. Web site: Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 17 August 2016.
4. Web site: eurovisiontj. 2018-03-02. Ranina to start on March 2. 2021-09-06. ESCXTRA.com. en-GB.
5. Web site: 2 March 2018. პირველ არხზე "რანინა" დაიწყო! პირველი ხუთეული სალომე კორკოტაშვილთან ერთად. .
6. Web site: 9 March 2018. "რანინას" მეორე ხუთეული ნიაზ დიასამიძესთან ერთად. .
7. Web site: 16 March 2018. "რანინას" მეორე ტური. პირველი ხუთეულის დავალება რთულდება - დიდი ორკესტრი და მსოფლიო მუსიკა. .
8. Web site: 23 March 2018. "რანინას" მეორე ტური - მეორე ხუთეული ურთულესი გამოცდის წინაშე - დიდი ორკესტრი და მსოფლიო მუსიკა!. .
9. Web site: 30 March 2018. "რანინა" - კონკურსანტები ა კაპელა-ში მღერიან ჯაზ-სექსტეტ "The Quintessence"-თან ერთად. .
10. Web site: 14 April 2018. "რანინა" - ყველაზე სარისკო ექსპერიმენტი გრძელდება - მეორე ხუთეული & "The Quintessence". .
11. Web site: 20 April 2018. ყველაზე დაძაბული ეტაპი "რანინას" ისტორიაში! მეოთხე ტურის ბოლოს პროექტს 5 მონაწილე დატოვებს. .
12. Web site: 27 April 2018. "რანინას" ხუთი კონკურსანტი ტოვებს! ვინ გადავა ნახევარფინალში?. .
13. Web site: 4 May 2018. ჯგუფი "ირიაო" - საქართველოს ხმა ევროვიზიაზე და "რანინას" ნახევარფინალისტები. .
14. Web site: 11 May 2018. ბრძოლა ფინალში მოსახვედრად და არნახული მუსიკალური დღესასწაული! ვინ დატოვებს "რანინას"?. .
15. Web site: 18 May 2018. "რანინა" ფინალი - თამარ ედილაშვილი. .
16. Web site: Winner of "Ranina" Mega Project, Tamar Edilashvili to represent Georgia at 2018 JESC . . 18 May 2018 . 1tv.ge/en . . 18 May 2018 . English.
17. News: Georgia: Who is Tamar Edilashvili? – Eurovoix. 27 September 2018. Eurovoix. 29 September 2018. en-GB.
18. Web site: Zwart . Josianne . Running order of Junior Eurovision 2018 revealed . European Broadcasting Union . 1 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214522/https://junioreurovision.tv/story/running-order-2018 . 19 November 2018 . 19 November 2018 . live.
19. Web site: Results of the Final of Minsk 2018 . European Broadcasting Union . 1 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210601135341/https://junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018/final/results/georgia . 1 June 2021 . live.