Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Ranina

For the seventh year in a row, Georgia used an original children's talent show format, Ranina (Georgian: რანინა), as the selection method for their artist. GPB opened applications on 28 November 2023^[6] and held castings in December to select the contestants.^[7] The final list of artists was revealed on 1 January 2024 on the official Facebook page of Ranina, publishing ten videos where the family of the contestants broke the news to them on New Year's Eve.^[8]

Classical pianist Datuna Aladashvili [ka] was the main host of the seventh season of Ranina, a role that he has held since the first season.^[9] During the shows, former contestant^[10] Vache Ghviniashvili joined him at the studio.^[11]

The format of Ranina remains unchanged from previous seasons, as all ten contestants compete across four thematic tours in the main round, where they perform accompanied by a live orchestra and famous singers or bands from Georgia. Each tour is divided in two episodes. Each time that they perform, the artists are rated by a three-member jury, who can award up to ten points to each artist in four categories: vocals, performance, artistry and involvement. All the scores are added up and, at the end of the fourth tour, the five artists with the highest scores advance to the semi-final. In the semi-final, the five artists are rated by the jury following the same system to select three finalists. The winner of the final was also chosen by a three-member jury.^[12]

Every episode of the main round was broadcast on the First Channel of Georgia on Saturdays at 21:30 GET.^[13] As for the two final episodes, GPB broadcast them on the weekend of 25 and 26 May 2024 at 22:00 and 21:30 GET, setting the final to coincide with Georgian Independence Day. The two final episodes were also broadcast on Georgian Radio, alongside the regular broadcasts on the First Channel.^[14]

Song selection

The song that Andria Putkaradze would perform in the contest was internally selected. The selected entry, titled "To My Mom", was revealed on 13 October.^[31]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every participating broadcaster assembled a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.^[33]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 15 November 2024 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 16 November at 17:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able to vote for three songs.^[34] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

At the end of the show, Georgia received 180 points from juries and 59 points from online voting, winning the contest. This was Georgia's 4th victory, following their wins in 2008, 2011 and 2016, becoming the country with the most wins in the contest's history.

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Points awarded to Georgia Score Country 12 points  Albania  Armenia  Cyprus  Estonia  Ireland  Italy  Malta  Netherlands  Portugal  San Marino  Spain  Ukraine 10 points  Germany  North Macedonia 8 points  France  Poland 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Georgia received 59 points from the online vote

Points awarded by Georgia Score Country 12 points  Armenia 10 points  France 8 points  Spain 7 points  Portugal 6 points  Malta 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Ireland 3 points  Netherlands 2 points  Germany 1 point  Estonia

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Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Georgian jury:^[35]

• David Kereselidze
• Giorgi Shiolashvili
• Grigol Kipshidze
• Barbare Morgoshia
• Neli Sebiskveradze

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Detailed voting results from Georgia^[36]

Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points
01	Italy	11	6	13	10	10	11
02	Estonia	6	10	14	6	9	10	1
03	Albania	12	14	11	16	7	13
04	Armenia	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
05	Cyprus	15	13	15	13	8	14
06	France	2	2	3	3	6	2	10
07	North Macedonia	14	11	9	9	15	12
08	Poland	13	12	12	15	11	15
09	Georgia
10	Spain	3	3	10	11	2	3	8
11	Germany	10	7	4	12	12	9	2
12	Netherlands	7	16	5	2	13	8	3
13	San Marino	16	15	16	14	16	16
14	Ukraine	9	4	6	7	5	6	5
15	Portugal	4	8	7	4	4	4	7
16	Ireland	5	9	8	8	3	7	4
17	Malta	8	5	2	5	14	5	6

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