Andria Putkaradze of Georgia has won the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the ballad “To My Mom.” Georgia swept the jury vote with 180 points – 58 points higher than Ukraine, which received 122 points from the juries. An additional 59 points from the public carried Georgia to victory with 239 points overall. Runner-up Victoria Nicole of Portugal and …
Disclaimer: contains opinions. All opinions stated belong to the quoted person, and do not represent the views of ESCUnited as a whole. Hello everyone! Rehearsals are fully under way in Madrid for the upcoming 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. We at ESCUnited have reviewed the entrants as JESC comes ever closer. Note that these reviews were collected before rehearsals started. …
On October 10th the EBU released the official running order for the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Madrid. Prior to the weekend, a random draw was held to determine what position host country Spain would claim, and they were given spot 10 in the show. A second draw also took place which determined that Italy would open …
Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) released “To my Mom,” Georgia’s Junior Eurovision 2024 entry performed by Andria Putkaradze and composed by Giga Kukhianidze and Maka Davitaya, this past weekend. Putkaradze, the winner of Season 7 of the popular Georgian kids talent show Ranina who hails from the Black Sea city of Batumi, shows off his powerful vocals in a sentimental piano …
The Eurovision Song Contest season is lurking closer and closer for each day we pass, however, there is one other thing taking place before all of that, and that’s the Junior Eurovision. While most countries around in Europe are focused and working hard on finding the perfect song for May 2025, other countries have had the spare resources to make …
Andria Putkaradze has won Season VII of popular Georgian talent show Ranina, and as is the case the last six seasons, will represent Georgia at Junior Eurovision 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Putkaradze beat out Sandro Gurgenadze and Barbara Morgoshia in the three competitor Semi-Final, bringing the ten week, four round, one Semi-Final and Final marathon to a close. Given the Final …
Three young Georgian hopefuls progressed to the Grand Final of Ranina today after last night’s Semi-Final. Andria Putkaradze, Sandro Gurgenadze and Barbara Morgoshia made it to next week’s Semi-Final, while Andria Mishvelidze and Sandro Ashotia narrowly missed out. In a Semi-Final focused on Georgian nostalgic childhood songs by pianist and composer Meri Davitashvili (1924 – 2004), with backing vocals provided …
A few days ago, it was announced that the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Madrid, Spain. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Spain’s national public broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), are thrilled to reveal that the 22nd edition of the contest will take place in Spain later this year. This marks a historic moment, as RTVE will …
Five young Georgian hopefuls progressed to the Semi-Final of Ranina today after completing the foreign language fourth round. Sandro Gurgenadze, Andria Mishvelidze, Sandro Ashotia, Andria Putkaradze, and Barbara Morgoshia survived four challenging rounds and made it to next week’s Semi-Final. This week, five of the contestants performed songs in French, Portuguese, Hindi, Turkish, and English, with mastery of foreign language an …
For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …
