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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...

 will be chosen through a national final on Saturday 1 March 2008. A total of 12 participants will compete for the Georgian place in the semi-finals of Eurovision.

On 31 December during "Eurovision Year" program of the GPB 12 songs taking part in national Georgian preselection have been presented for the first time as both video clips and live performances.
Winner will be determined by televoting during the final concert on March 1.

National final

The participants for the national final have been announced and their songs can be heard online.
Below is a list of all of the participants and the competing songs:

Draw	Artist	Song	Result	Place
1	VIVO	Life	1.3%	8
2	Aleko Berdzenishvili	The Beautiful Girl	1.3%	9
3	Salome Gasviani	Share Your Love	32.9%	2
4	Irakli Pirtskhalava	Freedom	8.3%	3
5	Diana Gurtskaya Diana Gurtskaya Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya |Georgia]]) is a blind Georgian singer residing in Moscow, Russia. Following a failed attempt in Belarus the previous year Diana, on March 1, 2008, won the Georgian national final with 39.4% of the vote, therefore she represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest...	Peace Will Come Peace Will Come "Peace Will Come" was sung by blind Georgian singer Diana Gurtskaya and represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. It qualified from the second semi-final on May 22, 2008 at 7th and eventually finished in 11th place out of the twenty five countries that took part...	39.4%	1
6	Salome Korkotashvili	Captaine	3.0%	6
7	Teatroni	Sakartvelo itsvevs megobrebs	2.3%	7
8	Tika Patsatsia	Never Change	4.0%	5
9	3G Stephane & 3G Stephane & 3G are a Georgian pop group consisting of members: Stephane Mgebrishvili, Nini Badurashvili, Tako Gachechiladze and Kristine Imedadze.-Eurovision and withdrawal:...	I'm Free	5.3%	4
10	Tako Gachechiladze	Me And My Funky	0.9%	10
11	Tamta Chelidze	Give Me Your Love	0.8%	11
12	Guga Aptsiauri	Don't Look At Me	0.5%	12

At Eurovision

Georgia qualified from Semi Final 2 to the Final. In the final they performed in 17th position, behind Denmark

Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The 2008 Eurovision Song Contest is Denmark's 37th appearance in the competition. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 have chosen their entry. The semi finals took place on January 12 and January 19, 2008 with the final on February 2....

 and before Ukraine

Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Ukraine competed in the second semi-final on the 22 May 2008, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and won a place in the final. The country chose their singer by choosing an internal selection. Therefore they selected the young and talented singer Ani Lorak to be their representative for Eurovision...

where they picked up 83 points.

External links

• Eurovision Georgia 2008