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Marita and her fabulous covers of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’

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.

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Sandra Gadelia wins Ranina

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:

Rati Gelovani – 3rd

Maria Khvedelidze – 2nd

Sandra Gadelia – Winner

Georgia ‘Ranina’ finalists revealed

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.

Watch this evenings winning performances below.

Marita Khvedelidze

Sandra Gadelia

Rati Gelovani

Ranina Semi finalists revealed

The last themed round of ‘Ranina’ concluded this evening with the remaining five artists performing and the semi finalists being revealed.

Progressing to the semi finals are:  Sandra Gadelia  – Rati Gelovani  – Marita Khvedelidze – Nia Khinchikashvil – Shio Kavsadze

Performing this evening were:

Marita Khvedelidze – Journey To The Past –  119/120 points

Shio Kavsadze – A Million Dreams – 117/120 points

Nikoloz Maghradze – I See The Light – 113/120 points

Veronika Shamugia – Almost There – 120/120 points

Sandra Gadelia – Let It Go – 117/120 points

 

Ranina Georgia selection begins final tour

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.

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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

Nia Khinchikashvili – Something’s Coming – 120 Points

Gio Gogiashvili – Be Our Guest – 113 Points

Lela Kveniashvili – Don’t Rain On My Parade – 119 Points

 

 

Ranina Tour 1 episode 2 airs

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.

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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.

Watch all this evenings performances below:

Marita Khvedelidze

Nikoloz maghradze

Shio kavsadze

Veronika Shamugia

Sandra Gadelia

 

Georgia selection show ‘Ranina’ underway

‘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.

You can watch all this weeks performances below:

Nia khinchikashvili

Lela Kveniashvili

Gio Gogiashvili

Sesili Turmanidze

Rati Gelovani

Georgia Junior Eurovision Selection show ‘Ranina’ To go ahead after delay

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.

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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

Bottom row left to right

Shio Kavsadze Male 10
Nia Khinchikashvili Female 12
Lela Kveniashvili Female 10