🇬🇪 Georgia: First Details About Episodes 1 and 2 of Ranina Revealed

GPB, the Georgian national broadcaster, has revealed details about the first two episodes of Ranina.

The first two episodes of Ranina will be broadcast on September 20 and 21 at 20:00 CEST on the First Channel of GPB. Datuna Aladashvili will return to host the contest for the seventh year in a row. Vache Ghviniashvili will co-host the contest for the second year in a row.

In the first two episodes, the ten finalists will each perform with the ensembles Ezidkatsa and Teatrulis Kvarteti. They will then be scored by a three-member jury, which consists of permanent judges and a guest judge. The permanent judges are Dato Evgenidze and Nato Metonidze. For the first round of the contest, the guest judge will be Sopho Khalvashi, who represented Georgia on their debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007.

The ten singers competing to represent Georgia at Junior Eurovision 2025 are:

Mariam Muzashvili – 9 years old
Sandro Abesadze – 11 years old
Sesili Lemonjava – 11 years old
Gabriel Bodaveli – 12 years old
Anita Abgariani – 10 years old
Barbara Sandikidze – 11 years old
Demetri Maisuradze – 10 years old
Lile Mchedlishvili – 8 years old
Lazare Kapanadze – 11 years old
Nia Lashkhia – 11 years old

The show is held across multiple stages. In the first phase, there are four rounds of performances with each round focused on a different style. The five acts that received the highest scores across the four rounds qualify for the semi-final. In the semi-final, the top three singers will qualify for the final. The winner will represent Georgia on home ground at Junior Eurovision 2025 in Tbilisi.

Andria Putkaradze won the Junior Eurovision 2024 with “To My Mom”. He scored 239 and received 12 points from 12 national juries. Andria’s victory in Madrid makes Georgia the most successful country in the history of the competition. Georgia made its debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 and has now won four times.

Image source: Corinne Cumming/EBU | Source: GPB

Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Georgia has won the contest on four occasions, making it the most successful country in the history of the contest. Georgia debuted in Junior Eurovision in 2007 with Mariam Romelashvili and her song “Odelia Ranuni”, where she placed 4th with 116 points. Their first win was just a year later in 2008, with the trio Bzikebi and their song “Bzz”. Their second win was in 2011 with the group Candy and their song “Candy Music”. Georgia’s third victory came in 2016, when Mariam Mamadashvili performed her song “Mzeo”. Most recently, Andria Putkaradze won in 2024 with “To My Mom”.

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