Member station GPB First appearance 2007 Worst result 11th: 2014 | Appearances 10 Best result 1st: 2008, 2011, 2016 | |
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Georgia has competed ten times at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, debuting at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Rotterdam. Georgia has never hosted the Contest, although it has won the competition in 2008, 2011, and 2016. Georgia is the only country to have won three times.
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History
Georgia's first entry was Mariam Romelashvili with the song Odelia Ranuni, which finished fourth of 17 entries at the contest in Rotterdam in 2007. Georgia was represented in 2008 by Bzikebi with the song Bzz.., performed in an imaginary language. The song went on to win the contest, receiving 154 points and a total of eight 12-point votes out of 14 countries, the second-highest proportion of 12 points received by a winner in either Eurovision Contests, just beaten by Anastasiya Petryk in 2012.
In 2009 Georgia sent the group Princesses with the song Lurji prinveli. It placed 7th being the third worst Georgian result so far. In 2010, the broadcaster selected Mariam Kakhelishvili to represent Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Minsk with the song Mari-Dari. Being one of the favourites she finished at 4th place with 109 points.
In 2011, Georgia won the contest again with the band Candy who performed the song Candy Music. The song won the competition with 108 points making Georgia, along with Belarus and Malta, the only countries to win the contest twice.
In 2012 in Amsterdam, the Funkids took part with their song Funky Lemonade and came second after Ukraine. For the 2013 contest, the Smile Shop carried the Georgian flag in Kiev with Give Me Your Smile, placing 5th with 91 points.
On 24 April 2014, it was announced that Georgia will participate in the 2014 contest. Lizi Pop was chosen internally, but gave Georgia their worst results so far: an 11th place. However the official video of the song uploaded in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest youtube channel is the most viewed video, counting more than 8 million views.
In 2015 in Bulgaria, The Virus took part with their song Gabede and came tenth.
In 2016, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "Mzeo" performed by Mariam Mamadashvili, making Georgia the first, and so far only country, to win the contest three times. Finally Georgia will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in November 2017.
Participation
1st place 2nd place 3rd place Last place
Commentators and spokespersons
The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. The Georgian broadcaster, GPB, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Georgian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Georgia. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2007.
Voting history
The tables below shows Georgia's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2015: