Английская Википедия:Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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Georgia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Firefighter" performed by Nutsa Buzaladze. Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) internally selected the Georgian representative for the 2024 contest.
Background
Шаблон:Main Prior to the 2024 contest, Georgia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since their first entry in Шаблон:Esccnty. The nation's highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been ninth place, which was achieved on two occasions: in Шаблон:Esccnty with the song "Shine" performed by Sofia Nizharadze and in Шаблон:Esccnty with the song "One More Day" performed by Eldrine.[1] The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in Шаблон:Esccnty after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected the Georgian entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In", for perceived political references to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin tied to tense relations between Georgia and then-host country Russia, which stemmed from the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.[2][3][4] Georgia has, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on eight occasions, including in Шаблон:Esccnty with the song "Echo" performed by Iru.[1]
The Georgian national broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), broadcasts the event within Georgia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Georgia has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest both through national finals and internal selections in the past. For their 2023 participation, the Georgian entry was selected via the reality television show The Voice Georgia. On 15 September 2023, GPB confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest.[5]
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
On 12 January 2024, GPB announced that it had internally selected Nutsa Buzaladze as the Georgian representative for the 2024 contest,[6] and opened a window lasting between 13 and 30 January for interested composers to submit their entries.[7] At the closing of the period, around 300 entries had been received.[8] By mid-February 2024, the song, titled "Firefighter", had been selected and Buzaladze had started preparations with prolific Eurovision songwriter and producer Darko Dimitrov; it was released on 11 March.[9][10][11][12]
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[13] Georgia was scheduled for the second half of the second semi-final.[14]
References
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