The second round of Ranina, Georgia’s method of selection for Junior Eurovision, concluded this evening with the second five of the ten hopefuls performing songs with young Georgian pianist and composer Beka Gochiashvili. Gochiashvili, a 28-year-old jazz pianist who has studied and performed abroad, even earning accolades from surprising figures such as former US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, led five …
Georgia’s Junior Eurovision 2024 campaign will kick off this evening, with ten young hopefuls battling it out over the course of four rounds, a semi-final, and a Grand Final to earn the right to represent the Caucasus nation in Spain later this year. For the seventh year running, Georgia’s 1TV will use the Ranina singing contest as the method of selection …
This weekend, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) released Georgia’s official entry for Junior Eurovision 2023, Anastasia & Ranina’s “Over The Sky.” Anastasia Vasadze won the 2023 season of Ranina, the children’s talent show that GPB has been using to select its Junior Eurovision artists since 2018. She is being supported by Nikoloz Kharati and Oto Bazerashvili, both of whom were finalists in …
Viewers confused as to why they watching ads from Masterchef Georgia sponsors, a brief travelogue on Corsican monasteries, and the 1995 Keanu Reeves movie A Walk in the Clouds instead of the second episode of Georgia’s Junior Eurovision artist selection show Ranina have an answer: the show is being postponed until next week due to technical difficulties. Per the show’s official Facebook page, “Due …
As the adults finalize their selection for Eurovision 2023 on Thursday evening’s The Voice of Georgia, Georgia’s kids have begun preparations for Junior Eurovision 2023 by announcing this season’s hopefuls for the sixth season of Ranina. Ranina, the popular Georgian children’s talent show that has been Georgia’s method of selection for Junior Eurovision since 2017, returns for a sixth season, and Georgia’s …
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 Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is just around the corner, but we already got the first act for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Last night, Mariam Bigvava won Ranina and the right to represent Georgia at JESC 2022 in December in Yerevan, Armenia. You can watch her performance in the Grand Final in the video below: This year, 10 …
Georgia’s 1TV announced today that Ranina, Georgia’s method of selection for its Junior Eurovision 2022 representative, will begin on Saturday, April 16, 2022, at 10 p.m. The popular children’s vocal contest, usually comprised of four themed “tours” with ten contestants, a Semi-Final round with five contestants, and a Grand Final with three contestants, has returned for a fifth season. Niko …
Georgian broadcaster GPB decided do not waste any time. Last night, he won Ranina and just a few hours later we already have the official music video. Here’s the song that Nikoloz Kajaia will perform at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on the 19th of December in Paris. Let’s listen to “Let’s Count The Smiles.” The song is written and …
Shortly after the Eurovision Broadcasting Union listed the 19 countries that will be participating at Junior Eurovision 2021, Georgia’s 1TV announced that Ranina, Georgia’s method of selection for its Junior Eurovision representative, will begin on Saturday, September 11, at 10 p.m. Ranina has been Georgia’s method of selection since 2018, sending winners Tamar Edilashvili (8th, Junior Eurovision 2018), Giorgi Rostiashvili …
