Ranina, the Georgian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025, continued last night.

Ranina continued yesterday evening with five more participants performing for the jury. The singers performed covers of classical Georgian songs alongside the ensembles Ezidkatsa and Teatrulis Kvarteti.

The participants were scored by a three-member jury, which consists of two 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 is Sopho Khalvashi, who represented Georgia on their debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. The judges award up to 10 points for each criterion: voice, performance, art and collaboration. All five artists got full marks.

The results are as follows:

Mariam Muzashvili – 120 points
Lazare Kapanadze – 120 points
Nia Lashkhia – 120 points
Sandro Abesadze – 120 points
Anita Abgariani – 120 points

The overall classification after two episodes is as follows:

Lile Mchedlishvili – 120 points
Demetri Maisuradze –  120 points
Sesili Lemonjava – 120 points
Barbara Sandikidze – 120 points
Gabriel Bodaveli –  120 points
Mariam Muzashvili – 120 points
Lazare Kapanadze – 120 points
Nia Lashkhia – 120 points
Sandro Abesadze – 120 points
Anita Abgariani – 120 points

Ranina 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

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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Posted by:Neil Farren

Neil is from Ireland but has lived in several countries around Europe. He has has been an editor for Eurovoix since May 2017. He has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2005 and attended every contest as press since 2019. He also follows other Eurovision contests, such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which he has watched since the very first edition in 2003.