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The Voice of Georgia: Live Round Semi-Finals Conclude

Sixteen became eight as two members of each coach’s team were eliminated in a marathon Semi-Final of The Voice of Georgia. Each contestant performed, and after voting, the leader or largest televote recipient of each group automatically progressed to the Final. Each coach then had the option to save one of the remaining three contestants, and there were a couple of …

The Voice of Georgia: Three Eliminations and One Withdrawal Cap Second Live Round!

Unlike last week, there was no shock elimination as a pre-tournament favorite and Junior Eurovision winner cruised to the next round, with three eliminations and a withdrawal ending this phase of The Voice of Georgia’s live rounds. In this round, Coach Dato Porchidze and Coach David “Dato” Evgenidze’s artists each had to perform a number, with the top four from each team …

The Voice of Georgia: Four Eliminated in First Live Round!

There were a couple of surprises in this evening’s first Live Round of The Voice of Georgia, as one pre-contest favorite was eliminated and another two favorites came perilously close. In this round, Coach Stephane and Coach Sopho’s artists each had to perform a number, with the top four from each six artist team progressing to the next round. The artists …

The BBC Announces Eurovision 2023 Allocation Draw, Handover, and Incoming Slogan

Set your alarms for 19:00 GMT (20:00 CET) on January 31st! Both the host city Handover and the all-important Allocation Draws for Eurovision 2023 will be broadcast live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and the official Eurovision YouTube channel.  The show will be hosted by presenter and Eurovision superfan Rylan Clark, alongside AJ Odudu, who presented the UK’s points at …

The Voice of Georgia: Second Ring Rounds Reduces 32 to 24

32 became 24 as the first round of eliminations concluded this evening on The Voice of Georgia after each contestant was pitched head-to-head against their fellow teammates in the “Ring round.” Within each team, the coach picked singers to go head to head, with the winner advancing to the next round and allowing rivals to “steal” losing singers. The 24 remaining …

Azerbaijan to Reveal Entry at End of January, Promises to Prioritize “Local Composers”

After Azerbaijan’s travails at Eurovision 2022, you’d be forgiven for thinking that broadcaster Ictimai would be running scared, that the music had died, or that their chances had faded to black. But according to Azerbaijan’s Eurovision Head of Delegation Vasif Mammadov’s statement to 12Xal, the Caucasus nation is confident that from 200 submitted entries, a song placing priority on local …

The Voice of Georgia: Ringing Out 2022 With A Round of Eliminations!

With four audition rounds done, 1TV decided to ring in 2023 in Georgia with the first elimination round of this season’s The Voice of Georgia. Switching from 22:00 on a Thursday to 21:00 on a Saturday, The Voice of Georgia began whittling down the 32 contestants with eight contests on New Year’s Eve. Within each team, the coach picked singers to go …

The Voice of Georgia: Sweet Return for Junior Eurovision Winner in Final Audition Round!

A former Junior Eurovision winner, a mystery contestant, and a middle-aged trio were among the successful acts to have made it through the third audition round of this season’s The Voice of Georgia. The now 21-year-old Iru Khechanov, who was part of Georgia’s Junior Eurovision 2011 girl group Candy, managed to impress three of the four coaches (all but Stephane turned …

Georgia Confirms Junior Eurovision 2023 Participation, Sixth Season of Ranina

Georgia’s 1TV, owned and operated by Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB), confirmed today that Ranina had been renewed for a sixth season, and that the popular children’s television show would again be used as a national selection for Georgia’s representative at Junior Eurovision. According to 1TV’s post, “Ranina is looking for participants of the sixth season! If you are 8-13 years old …

The Voice of Georgia: Blind Auditions Continue as a 2020 Idol Favorite Returns!

It was inevitable that a few familiar Georgian voices would show up to audition for The Voice of Georgia’s auditions, and in today’s audition round, three of the ten auditions shown were aspiring singers who had tried out for Eurovision before. The most familiar name to audition was Georgian Idol 2020 finalist Tako Kakalashvili, who was nicknamed “Queen Tamar” in the early stages as …

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