| Background: | singer |
| Nutsa Buzaladze | |
| Native Name: | Georgian: ნუცა ბუზალაძე |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
Nutsa Buzaladze (Georgian: ნუცა ბუზალაძე, pronounced as /ka/; born 28 January 1997), sometimes known mononymously as Nutsa, is a Georgian singer and songwriter. She represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Firefighter".
Buzaladze was born in Tbilisi[1] but grew up in Turkey.[2] Since the age of 5, she performed as part of a children's group, and was later the lead vocalist and guitarist of another ensemble. She began taking piano lessons at the age of 8.[3]
Buzaladze has lived in Los Angeles, where she gained musical experience, and Dubai, which is her permanent residence as of 2024.[1] [4]
Buzaladze began her solo career in 2011, when she competed in Georgia's Got Talent. In 2014, she garnered international attention as she represented Georgia in the New Wave Music Festival held in Jūrmala, Latvia, which she won. During the following years, she competed in The Voice of Turkey, Two Stars Georgia and the Georgian versions of Your Face Sounds Familiar and Dancing with the Stars. She has collaborated with Turkish singer Hadise, who also acted as her coach in The Voice of Turkey.[5]
In 2017, Buzaladze released the song "White Horses Run", with which she placed second in the .[6] In 2019, Buzaladze released her debut album Nutsa22, containing covers of Georgian songs and original English-language compositions; this was followed by her breakthrough hit "Georgian: Gelodebi|i=no". Shortly after, she released a successful single in Russia.
In 2020 and 2021, she took part in All Together Now Russia.[1] She performed at the Expo 2020 in Dubai, as well as at the Dubai National Theatre and the Dubai Opera.[1] [4] She competed in the "International Artists" category in the Albanian song competition Albanian: [[Kënga Magjike 2021]]|i=no, where she came 1st. She participated in the 21st season of American Idol in 2023, credited mononymously as Nutsa, finishing in the top 12. She returned for the season's finale as a guest performer, joining Lionel Richie alongside the rest of the top 12 for a performance of his song "Sail On", and performed a duet of the song "Can't Get You Out of My Head" with Kylie Minogue.[7]
On 12 January 2024, she was announced as the for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.[4] Her song was later revealed to be titled "Firefighter" was released on 11 March 2024.[8] Nutsa qualified from the second semi-final at Eurovision on 9 May 2024.[9] In the grand final, she finished in 21st place with 34 points.
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTU [11] | |||||
| "White Horses Run" | 2017 | — | Nutsa22 | ||
| "Georgian: Nu mousmen|i=no" | 2019 | — | rowspan="15" | ||
| "Georgian: Ertad gvinda|i=no" | — | ||||
| "Georgian: Gelodebi|i=no" | — | ||||
| "Georgian: Guls rom ukvarde|i=no" | — | ||||
| "Georgian: Tetri ghame|i=no" | 2020 | — | |||
| "Georgian: Gatendes|i=no" | 2021 | — | |||
| "Russian: Net|i=no" | — | ||||
| "We Are One" | — | ||||
| "Georgian: Sul es aris|i=no" | — | ||||
| "You Broke My Heart" | — | ||||
| "Let U Go" | 2022 | — | |||
| "Alive" | 2023 | — | |||
| "L.O.V.E" | — | ||||
| "Firefighter" | 2024 | 90 | |||
| "Mother's Love" | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||