There were a couple of surprises in this evening’s first Live Round of The Voice of Georgia, as one pre-contest favorite was eliminated and another two favorites came perilously close. In this round, Coach Stephane and Coach Sopho’s artists each had to perform a number, with the top four from each six artist team progressing to the next round. The artists …

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 …