Bzikebi
Bzikebi is a Georgian musical group, best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 for Georgia with the song "Bzz..". The group consists of Giorgi Shiolashvili, Mariam Kikuashvili, and Mariam Tatulashvili, who were all ten years old during the contest.
They are set to represent Georgia in Eurovision Song Contest 2026, becoming the fourth winners of the junior version to participate in the adult competition, after the Tolmachevy Sisters in 2014, Destiny Chukunyere in 2021, and Iru Khechanovi in 2023.
Career
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Bzikebi won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Lemesos, Cyprus on 22 November 2008 with their song "Bzz..". During their performance they were dressed in outfits with black and yellow stripes resembling bees and they sang in a made-up language. They won the competition with a total of 154 points.Bzikebi made frequent appearances at Junior Eurovision in the years following their win. They performed with the previous winners as an interval act in the 2010 contest, and also made a guest appearance during the voting in the 2011 contest. They also performed frequently in Georgia, before eventually going on hiatus from 2012 onwards, until reappearing as guests at the opening ceremony of the 2017 contest on home soil, and in 2022 as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the contest. They performed as an interval act during the 2025 contest on home soil.