Next up in our voting shock or surprise series, we get to GEORGIA.
Their 2017 song KEEP THE FAITH by Tamara Gachechiladze lost a little faith and it failed to qualify for the final. It, however got 99 points and became the best placed song of the 16 non qualifiers.
Tako Gachechiladze has won the national selection in Georgia and will represent them at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Keep The Faith. The song has some political overtones. The voting was a combination of international jury and televoting. The contest was held at the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Tbilisi.
The 25 songs competing were –
1. Giorgi Chikovani –Make It Right
2. Brandon Stone & Eteri Beriashvili – Heyo Song
3. Rati Durglishvili – Why
4. Andria Gvelesiani – Revolutionise
5. Alisa Danelia – We Are Eternity
6. Nutsa Buzaladze – White Horses Run
7. Maliibu – We Live Once
8. EOS – Urban Signs
9. Dima Kobeshavidze – Scream
10. Trio Mandili – Me da shen
11. Tako Gachechiladze – Keep The Faith
12. Nino Basharuli – The Song Of Love
13. Elené Mikiashvili – Fighter
14. Misha Sulukhia – Magic
15. Mariko Lezhava – Light It Up
16. Mins – Crime
17. Sparkle – On The Top
18. Tornike Kipiani & Giorgi Bolotashvili – You Are My Sunshine