Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Georgia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 12 January 2024
  • Song: 11 March 2024
Selected entrantNutsa Buzaladze
Selected song"Firefighter"
Selected songwriter(s)
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 • 2024

Georgia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Firefighter" performed by Nutsa Buzaladze. Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) internally selected the Georgian representative for the 2024 contest.

Background

Prior to the 2024 contest, Georgia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since their first entry in 2007. The nation's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been ninth place, which was achieved on two occasions: in 2010 with the song "Shine" performed by Sofia Nizharadze and in 2011 with the song "One More Day" performed by Eldrine.[1] The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2009 after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected the Georgian entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In", for perceived political references to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin tied to tense relations between Georgia and then-host country Russia, which stemmed from the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.[2][3][4] Georgia has, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on eight occasions, including in 2023 with the song "Echo" performed by Iru.[1]

The Georgian national broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), broadcasts the event within Georgia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Georgia has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest both through national finals and internal selections in the past. For their 2023 participation, the Georgian entry was selected via the reality television show The Voice Georgia. On 15 September 2023, GPB confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest.[5]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 12 January 2024, GPB announced that it had internally selected Nutsa Buzaladze as the Georgian representative for the 2024 contest,[6] and opened a window lasting between 13 and 30 January for interested composers to submit their entries.[7] At the closing of the period, around 300 entries had been received.[8] By mid-February 2024, the song, titled "Firefighter", had been selected and Buzaladze had started preparations with prolific Eurovision songwriter and producer Darko Dimitrov; it was released on 11 March.[9][10][11][12]

Promotion

As part of the promotion of her participation in the contest, Buzaladze attended the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024,[13] the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024[14] and the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024.[15] In addition, she performed "Firefighter" during the Georgia vs Luxembourg qualifying play-off for the UEFA Euro 2024, held on 21 March 2024 in Tbilisi.[16]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[17] Georgia was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.[18] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Georgia was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from San Marino and before the entry from Belgium.[19]

Semi-final

Nutsa Buzaladze will take part in technical rehearsals on 30 April and 3 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May.[20]

Voting

The spokesperson for the Georgian jury at the final will be Sopho Khalvashi, who represented Georgia in the 2007 contest.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Georgia". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ Bakker, Sietse (10 March 2009). "Georgian song lyrics do not comply with Rules". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ^ Jonze, Tim (11 March 2009). "Eurovision 2009: Georgia pulls out of contest over 'Putin song'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Putin jibe picked for Eurovision". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (15 September 2023). "Georgia: GPB confirms participation at Eurovision 2024". ESCToday. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  6. ^ "International Idol Nutsa Buzaladze to represent Georgia". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ^ "დაწერე ევროვიზიის სიმღერა ნუცასთვის - პირველი არხი სიმღერის შესარჩევ კონკურსს აცხადებს" [Write a Eurovision song for Nutsa - the First Channel announces the song selection contest]. TV1 (in Georgian). GPB. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  8. ^ Bijuvignesh, Darshan (1 February 2024). "Georgia: Over 300 Songs Submitted for Nutsa Buzaladze". Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  9. ^ Kizel, Ido (14 February 2024). "גאורגיה: דרקו דימיטרוב עובד עם נוצה בוזלאדזה על השיר לאירוויזיון" [Georgia: Darko Dimitrov working with Nutsa Buzaladze on the song for Eurovision]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  10. ^ Bijuvignesh, Darshan (19 February 2024). "Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze Will Not Sing a Ballad at Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ Bijuvignesh, Darshan (6 March 2024). "Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze Will Sing 'Fire Fighter' at Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  12. ^ EBU [@eurovision] (8 March 2024). "Georgia's Nutsa Buzaladze will reveal her song FIREFIGHTER on 11 March!". Retrieved 8 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  13. ^ Rico, Vicente (16 March 2024). "La georgiana Nutsa Buzaladze cantará y nos hará bailar en la PrePartyES 2024" [Georgian Nutsa Buzaladze will sing and make us dance at the PrePartyES 2024]. Eurovision-Spain.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  14. ^ @ldneurovision (29 March 2024). "She's singing 'Firefighter'. But Georgia's @nutsabuza is ready to burn the stage". Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  15. ^ Granger, Anthony (12 March 2024). "Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladaze to Perform at Eurovision in Concert". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  16. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 March 2024). "Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze to Perform at UEFA 2024 Match in Tbilisi". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  17. ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Draw results". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Running Orders revealed!". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Eurovision 2024: Rehearsal Schedule". Eurovisionworld. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  21. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 March 2024). "Georgia: Sopho Khalvashi Spokesperson for Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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