Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country  Georgia
National selection
Selection process National Final
Selection date(s) 1 March 2008
Selected entrant Diana Gurtskaya
Selected song "Peace Will Come"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (5th, 107 points)
Final result 11th, 83 points
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

The Georgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was chosen through a national final on Saturday 1 March 2008. A total of 12 participants competed for the Georgian place in the semi-finals of Eurovision. The winner was Diana Gurtskaya with the song "Peace Will Come". The song finished 11th with 83 points.

On 31 December during "Eurovision Year" program of the GPB, 12 songs were presented for selection as both video clips and live performances.

National final

The participants for the national final are listed below, alongside their songs:

Draw Artist Song Result Place
1 VIVO Life 1.3% 8
2 Aleko Berdzenishvili The Beautiful Girl 1.3% 9
3 Salome Gasviani Share Your Love 32.9% 2
4 Irakli Pirtskhalava Freedom 8.3% 3
5 Diana Gurtskaya Peace Will Come 39.4% 1
6 Salome Korkotashvili Captaine 3.0% 6
7 Teatroni Sakartvelo itsvevs megobrebs 2.3% 7
8 Tika Patsatsia Never Change 4.0% 5
9 3G I'm Free 5.3% 4
10 Tako Gachechiladze Me And My Funky 0.9% 10
11 Tamta Chelidze Give Me Your Love 0.8% 11
12 Guga Aptsiauri Don't Look At Me 0.5% 12

At Eurovision

Georgia qualified from Semi Final 2 to the Final. In the final they performed in 17th position, behind Denmark and before Ukraine where they picked up 83 points.

Points Awarded by Georgia[1]

Semi final

12 points Ukraine
10 points Lithuania
8 points Croatia
7 points Portugal
6 points Latvia
5 points Turkey
4 points Belarus
3 points Denmark
2 points Cyprus
1 point Hungary

Final

12 points Armenia
10 points Ukraine
8 points Russia
7 points Azerbaijan
6 points Turkey
5 points Norway
4 points Greece
3 points Israel
2 points Latvia
1 point Croatia

Points Awarded to Georgia (Semi-Final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points Awarded to Georgia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Spokesperson

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for Georgia was Tika Patsatsia.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  2. ↑ "Georgia: Tika Patsatsia spokesperson for 2008". esctoday.com. Retrieved 2008-04-17.

External links

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