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Iru Khechanovi to represent Georgia at Eurovision 2023!

It’s a sweet victory for Iru Khechanovi, as the young singer who’d won Junior Eurovision 2011 for Georgia as part of Candy, gets to represent her home country in the adult version of the contest in Liverpool, United Kingdom! A favorite from her audition, this season of The Voice of Georgia was hers to lose, as every performance highlighted her as …

The Voice of Georgia: Live Round Semi-Finals Conclude

Sixteen became eight as two members of each coach’s team were eliminated in a marathon Semi-Final of The Voice of Georgia. Each contestant performed, and after voting, the leader or largest televote recipient of each group automatically progressed to the Final. Each coach then had the option to save one of the remaining three contestants, and there were a couple of …

The Voice of Georgia: Three Eliminations and One Withdrawal Cap Second Live Round!

Unlike last week, there was no shock elimination as a pre-tournament favorite and Junior Eurovision winner cruised to the next round, with three eliminations and a withdrawal ending this phase of The Voice of Georgia’s live rounds. In this round, Coach Dato Porchidze and Coach David “Dato” Evgenidze’s artists each had to perform a number, with the top four from each team …

The Voice of Georgia: Second Ring Rounds Reduces 32 to 24

32 became 24 as the first round of eliminations concluded this evening on The Voice of Georgia after each contestant was pitched head-to-head against their fellow teammates in the “Ring round.” Within each team, the coach picked singers to go head to head, with the winner advancing to the next round and allowing rivals to “steal” losing singers. The 24 remaining …

The Voice of Georgia: Ringing Out 2022 With A Round of Eliminations!

With four audition rounds done, 1TV decided to ring in 2023 in Georgia with the first elimination round of this season’s The Voice of Georgia. Switching from 22:00 on a Thursday to 21:00 on a Saturday, The Voice of Georgia began whittling down the 32 contestants with eight contests on New Year’s Eve. Within each team, the coach picked singers to go …

The Voice of Georgia: Sweet Return for Junior Eurovision Winner in Final Audition Round!

A former Junior Eurovision winner, a mystery contestant, and a middle-aged trio were among the successful acts to have made it through the third audition round of this season’s The Voice of Georgia. The now 21-year-old Iru Khechanov, who was part of Georgia’s Junior Eurovision 2011 girl group Candy, managed to impress three of the four coaches (all but Stephane turned …

The Voice of Georgia: Blind Auditions Continue as a 2020 Idol Favorite Returns!

It was inevitable that a few familiar Georgian voices would show up to audition for The Voice of Georgia’s auditions, and in today’s audition round, three of the ten auditions shown were aspiring singers who had tried out for Eurovision before. The most familiar name to audition was Georgian Idol 2020 finalist Tako Kakalashvili, who was nicknamed “Queen Tamar” in the early stages as …

The Voice of Georgia: Blind Auditions Underway!

Georgia’s search for their representative at Eurovision 2023 got underway this evening with the first episode of Georgia’s edition of The Voice franchise. Based on the participants tonight, it would not be a surprise to see Georgia enter an alternative rock or blues song, given all but one contestant auditioned with a song from those genres. Indeed, the only contestant who …

The Voice of Georgia to Begin Ten Week Eurovision Artist Selection on December 8, 2022!

It will be one fine day when Georgia qualifies for the Eurovision Grand Final for the first time since 2016, and Georgia’s latest method of selection will begin its ten week process on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 22:00 Georgian time. Earlier this year it was confirmed that national broadcaster Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) would utilize the country’s version of The …

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