The 10 finalists for the 2019 Georgian Idol competition have been revealed. The winning act will have the honour of representing Georgia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel in May.
Amongst the 10 acts is the popular and talented Mariam Kakhelishvili. She represented Georgia at the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Mari Dari and she became a cult favourite and was known as “Baby Gaga”.
The 10 acts taking part are –
Besik Nemsadze
Dima Kobeshavidze
Giorgi Nakashidze
Giorgi Pruidze
Ikako Aleksidze
Liza Kalandadze
Mariam Kakhelishvili
Nini Tsnobiladze
Oto Nemsadze
Tamar Lachkhepiani
ESC Covers wishes all contestants the best of luck.
In the meantime let us remind you of Mariam Kakhelishvili and her song from the 2010 Junior Eurovision below and also see a more recent video clip of her singing Golden Slumbers.
The second semi-final of the 2019 Destination Eurovision selection took place with nine acts competing and four of them progressed to the grand final next weekend.
The four acts to make it to the final courtesy of 50% international jury and 50% televoting –
1. Seemone – Tout les Deux
2. Emmanuel Moire – La Promesse
3. The Divaz – La Voix d’Aretha
4. Doutson – Sois Un Bon Fils
The acts did not make it through –
Philipelise – Madame la Paix
Ugo – Ce qui me blesse
Gabriella – On cherche encore (We Never Get Enough)
Tracy de Sa – Por Aqui
Noémie –Ma petite famille
You can see the winner on the night, Seemone, perform Tout les Deux below.