| Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Georgia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal Selection Song: National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 3 March 2007 | |||
| Selected entrant | Sopho | |||
| Selected song | "Visionary Dream" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 123 points) | |||
| Final result | 12th, 97 points | |||
| Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Georgia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. Their first ever representative was Sopho Khalvashi with the song "My Story". The song was written by Beqa Jafaridze and Bibi Kvachadze.
Before Eurovision
Artist selection
The Georgian broadcaster announced Sopho Khalvashi as the Georgian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The selection was based on a poll which Sopho Khalvashi won with 63% of the votes among around 20 singers.[1]
National final
Composers were able to send their entries until 26 December 2006. A jury selected the top five songs from the received entries.
The final took place on 3 March 2007 at the Philarmonic Big Hall in Tbilisi, hosted by Neli Agirba and Duta Skhirtladze. Sopho Khalvashi performed five songs and the winning song, "My Story", was determined by public televoting and SMS voting.[2]
| Final – 3 March 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
| 1 | "Tell Me Why" | Otar Tatishvili | 36% | 2 |
| 2 | "Freedom" | Mikheil Mdinaradze, Tornike Turmanidze | 4% | 5 |
| 3 | "My Story" | Beqa Jafaridze, Bibi Kvachadze | 51% | 1 |
| 4 | "On Adjarian Motives" | Liliko Nemsadze, Gia Jokhadze | 5% | 3 |
| 5 | "Fantasy Land" | Zurab Makhniashvili, Giorgi Gogolashvili | 4% | 4 |
At Eurovision
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Since Georgia was a debut country, they were drawn to compete in the semi final. Here, they drew the 6th position, after Iceland and before Montenegro. They placed 8th place with 123 points in the semi finals, thus qualifying. In the final, they drew the 11th position after Greece and before Sweden. Georgia placed 12th in the final with 97 points. They got a 12 from Lithuania
Points awarded by Georgia
Points awarded to Georgia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
See also
References
- ^ "Georgia 2007".
- ^ Klier, Marcus (3 March 2007). "My story for Georgia". Esctoday.