Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest


Georgia has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since. The Georgian participating broadcaster in the contest is Georgian Public Broadcaster. Its first entry at the 2007 contest was "Odelia Ranuni" by Mariam Romelashvili, which finished in fourth place out of seventeen participants, achieving a score of one hundred and sixteen points. Since their debut, it has never missed an edition of the contest. Along with France, they are the most successful country in the contest, having won a total of four times, namely in,, and. GPB hosted the contest for the first time in at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi and in at the Gymnastic Hall of Olympic City

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 2011, Georgia won the contest again with the band Candy who performed the song "Candy Music". The song won the competition with 108 points.
At the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Georgia failed to reach the top 10 for the first time: Lizi Pop finished in 11th place with the song "Happy Day". However, the official video of the song uploaded to the contest's official YouTube channel is the second most-viewed video, only behind Roksana Węgiel's "Anyone I Want to Be", counting more than 29 million views as of 2023
In 2016, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "Mzeo" performed by Mariam Mamadashvili, making Georgia the first country to win the contest three times. Following this victory, Georgia hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 26 November at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi. Helen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze hosted the contest.
In 2019, Georgia achieved its worst result in the history with Giorgi Rostiashvili's "We Need Love" finishing 14th in the final, which would later be matched by Anastasia and Ranina's entry "Over the Sky" in 2023.
The following year, in 2024, Georgia once again won the contest with the song "To My Mom" performed by Andria Putkaradze, making Georgia the first country to win the contest four times.

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 to announce the awarding points from Georgia. The table below lists the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2007.
YearChannelCommentatorSpokesperson
1TVTemo KvirkveliaNino Epremidze
1TVTemo KvirkveliaAna Davitaia
1TVSofia AvtunashviliAna Davitaia
1TVTemo KvirkveliaGiorgi Toradze
1TVTemo KvirkveliaElene Makashvili
1TVTemo KvirkveliaCandy
1TVNatia Bunturi and Giorgi GrdzelishviliElene Megrelishvili
1TVMero Chikashvili and Temo KvirkveliaMariam Khunjgurua
1TVTuta ChkheidzeLizi Pop
1TVDemetre ErgemlidzeElene Sturua
1TVDemetre ErgemlidzeLizi Tavberidze
1TVHelen Kalandadze and George AbashidzeNikoloz Vasadze
1TVDemetre Ergemlidze and Tamar EdilashviliAnastasia Garsevanishvili
1TVHelen KalandadzeMarita Khvedelidze
1TVNika LobiladzeSandra Gadelia
1TVNika LobiladzeNiko Kajaia
1TVNika LobiladzeMariam Bigvava
First Channel SportNika LobiladzeAnastasia Vasadze
1TVNika LobiladzeVache Gviniashvili

Hostings

YearLocationVenuePresenters
TbilisiOlympic PalaceHelen Kalandadze and Lizi Japaridze
TbilisiGymnastic Hall of Olympic City and Liza Tsiklauri