Marita got to give her lovely interpretations of a couple of classic songs on national TV in Georgia. She sung Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers.
Marita got to perform the evergreen Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas on a special Dilis TV show on Imedi channel to celebrate New Year and Christmas in Georgia.
With the outcome of the show already known due to the release of the official Junior Eurovision album earlier in the day, The Ranina final aired this evening with Sandra Gadelia taking the trophy.
Sandra was presented with the trophy by last years winner Giorgi Rostiashvili and will compete at Junior Eurovison 2020 with the song ‘You are not Alone’
As in previous years, each finalist performed two songs with some outstanding performances which you can watch below:
Ranina’s penultimate show aired this evening as the semi final was broadcast and the three artists who will compete in next weeks final revealed.
The five artists who won through from the themed rounds each performed this evening with Georgian artists ‘The Quintessence’.
Sandra Gadelia, Rati Gelovani and Marita Khvedelidze ultimately progressed through to next weeks final, where; if the show follows the same format of previous years, each artist will perform two songs before the winner is chosen.
Ranina, the Georgian selection show for Junior Eurovision has begun it’s final ‘tour’ and following the format of previous years the final themed show was songs from Musicals.
With Rati Gelovania & Sandra Gadelia top of the leaderboard prior to the show, each of the 10 contestants will perform for one final time before the top 5 progress to the semi final.
Tonight’s performances:
Sesili Turmanidze – I Could Have Dance All Night – 111 Points
Rati Gelovani – When You Wish Upon A Star – 118 Points
After setting record viewing figures for the first episode, the popular Junior Eurovision selection show ‘Ranina’ returned to Georgian screens this evening for the second show of tour 1.
The remaining 5 contestants all performed this evening on the tour 1 theme, acoustic/duets.
With all tour 1 performances now complete, Sandra Gadelia and Rati Gelovani hold a small joint lead as we head to Tour 2.
‘Ranina’ the popular selection show for the Georgia representative for Junior Eurovision aired its first episode of the current season this evening.
With the contestants selected and announced, the show was originally scheduled for March/April, but fell victim to the Covid 19 pandemic.
This year’s show will be the third season following the selection of Tamar Edilashvili in 2018 and Giorgi Rostiashvili in 2019.
The show will follow the format of previous years with 5 artists initially each week performing in ‘tours’ or themed shows with no eliminations until the later stages.
Georgia 1TV today announced that the Junior Eurovision selection show ‘Ranina’ will be returning to screens in the near future.
After initially announcing the artists taking part and a start date of late March, the show was put on hold as the Covid 19 pandemic locked down the country.
We look forward to Georgia once again kicking off the Junior Eurovision selection season when the show restarts in the coming weeks.
The confirmed artists are:
Top row left to right
Cecil Thurmanidze Female 10
Veronica Shamugia Female 12
Sandra Gadelia Female 9
Rati Gelovan Male 10
Gio Gogiashvili Male 8
Marita Khvedelidze Female 11
Nikoloz Reddit Male 10