In a dramatic first elimination round, Tamar Kakalashvili was crowned the first leader with 16.53% of the online and telephone vote after a rousing performance of a Beatles’s medley of “Golden Slumbers” and “Carry That Weight.” Tamar arrived singing “Queen,” and so she proved on her first live concert of the Georgian Idol season. Kakalashvili triumphed with her interpretation of …

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s TV-1 talent show Ranina announced today that Georgia will be participating at Junior Eurovision 2020 and that Ranina will be the method of selection for the third year running. 🎼🎤დიდი მუსიკლური დღესასწაული რანინა ❗🥁მესამე სეზონისთვის კონკურსანტების შერჩევა იწყება ❗🚶🚶‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️თუ ხარ 8-14 წლამდე… Posted by რანინა • Ranina on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 A full six days after Junior …

With just over a week to go, the excitement for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest is hotting up! Nineteen countries will take to the stage in Gliwice, Poland, with one act set to follow in Roksana Wegiel’s footsteps and be crowned as the Junior Eurovision champion! But which country do #YOU think should win the contest? Vote in our …

The third and final audition round concluded on Georgian Idol this evening, with the ten finalists being selected after a second round. The ten finalists, in order of announcement, are (audition round performances linked in name): Barbara Samkharadze Anri Guchmanidze Tornike Kipiani Merab Amzoevi David Rusadze Nika Kalandadze Mariam Shengelia Mariam Gogiberidze Liza Shengelia Tamar Kakalashvili Hosted by Ruska Makashvili, …

All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. It’s 14 days to go until Junior Eurovision 2019, and we are counting down the 19 nations who are participating in Gliwice-Silesia on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Every day we …

The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. There is a major televote difference between Eurovision and its Junior Eurovision counterpart, and it is a difference that makes predicting the televote winner a little more intriguing and more open to speculation. …

The new series of Georgia’s franchise of Idol continued this evening with the second of three audition rounds shown on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s (GPB) TV-1. Hosted by Ruska Makashvili, Star of Georgia or Georgian Idol, is the Caucasus nation’s version of the Idol franchise. It is the second straight year the show will serve as the selection method for Georgia’s …

The new series of Georgia’s franchise of Idol kicked off this evening, with the first of three audition rounds shown on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s (GPB) TV-1. Hosted by Ruska Makashvili, Star of Georgia or Georgian Idol, is the Caucasus nation’s version of the Idol franchise. It is the second straight year the show will serve as the selection method for …

The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. If you are going to try impress the judges at the Georgian version of the Idol franchise, there’s no better place to start than Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally.” ერეკლე თურქაძე ოქროს ვარსკვლავის …

As far as Eurovision is concerned, the 2010s are done and dusted. ESC United is currently running a series ranking the entrants that each country sent during the 2010s, and as we recap what each contributing nation had to offer this decade, what about the artists who performed at the very last Eurovision of the 2000s? Did the entrants of …