Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through a televised national final.[1][2] This was the country's fourth participation in the contest since 2007.[3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Georgia
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)19 February 2011
Selected entrantEldrine
Selected song"One More Day"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 74 points)
Final result9th, 110 points
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The Georgian national final took place on 19 February 2011 at the GPB studios in Tbilisi, hosted by Teimuraz Kvirkvelia. Seven acts competed and a jury and public vote selected the winner. The show was broadcast on 1 TV GPB as well as online at the broadcaster's website 1tv.ge.[4]

Competing entries

GPB announced that a public submission would be opened from 20 January 2011 until 10 February 2011. Both artists and composers were required to have Georgian citizenship in order to be eligible to compete and songs were required to be in English or Georgian.[5] 50 entries were received by the submission deadline and an expert commission selected the top ten entries from the received submissions. The competing entries were announced on 11 February 2012.[6] On 13 February, Boris Bedia and Keti Orjonikidze withdrew their respective songs "Universe" and "Maybe" from the competition.[7] On 18 February, Tako Gachechiladze withdrew her song "It's OK" from the competition due to health problems.[8]

Final

The final took place on 19 February 2011. Seven entries competed and the winner, "One More Day" performed by Eldrine, was determined upon by the 50/50 combination of the votes of an expert jury and a public televote.[9] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2007 Georgian Eurovision entrant Sopho Khalvashi and 2010 Georgian Eurovision entrant Sopho Nizharadze performed as guests.[10]

Final – 19 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Composer(s)
1 Temo Sajaia "Jarisk'atsis simghera" Dato Porchkhidze, Rati Amaglobeli
2 Salome Korkotashvili "Love" Levan Svanishvili, Salome Korkotashvili
3 Sweet Pills "Face to Face" Zura Makhniashvili, Mari Manjavidze, Tako Jordania
4 Dito Lagvilava & November "Am axal dghes" Lasha Mikautadze, Davit Mchedlishvili, Dito Lagvilava
5 Nini Shermadini "Rejected" Leonidas Chantzaras, Peter Ries, Paulini Curuenavuli
6 The Georgians "Loved, Seen, Dreaming" Giorgi Amashukeli
7 Eldrine "One More Day" DJ BE$, DJ Rock, Mikheil Chelidze

At Eurovision

In the first semi-final Georgia came 6th with 74 points and qualified for the final.[11] The public awarded Georgia 5th place with 90 points and the jury awarded 13th place with 51 points.[12] In the final Georgia came 9th with 110 points, with the public awarding Georgia 8th place with 138 points and the jury awarding 16th place with 79 points.[12][13]

Points awarded to Georgia

Points awarded by Georgia

References
  1. Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. Jiandani, Sanjay (3 December 2010). "Georgia confirms participation in 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. "Georgia Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. Montebello, Edward (19 February 2011). "Today: Georgia decides for Düsseldorf". Esctoday. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. "Georgia: National selection starts with call for songs". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  6. "UPDATE: Georgia - finalists announced". eurovision.tv. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. Eurovision-Georgia News.
  8. Tako Gachechiladze not to sing in National Final
  9. "GEORGIAN NATIONAL FINAL 2011".
  10. Vranis, Michalis (19 February 2011). "Live: Georgia selects for Dusseldorf". Esctoday. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  11. "First Semi-Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  12. Bakker, Sietse (26 May 2011). "EBU reveals split televoting and jury results". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. "Grand Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  14. "Results of the First Semi-Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. "Results of the Grand Final of Düsseldorf 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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