Georgia – The Georgian entry for this year will be selected among 3 songs and 4 finalists of the Georgian version of the Idol TV show. All songs will be in Georgian and you get to vote too, via Facebook Messenger!
The Georgian Idol 2019 final will be held at the Tblisi Concert Hall by Ruska Makashvili and Vaniko Tarkhnishvili. Not only will the show select the new “Idol” winner, it will also select the Georgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, to be held in Tel Aviv. Three songs, all in Georgian, were short listed by the broadcaster. Now, all four finalists got one, so one song was given to two finalists.
This is tonight’s line-up:
- Oto Nemsadze – Sul Tsin Iare
- Giorgi Nakashidze – Sul Tsin Iare
- Liza Kalandadze – Sevdisperi Zgva
- Giorgi Pruidze – Me Mjera
There are four juries, in the way Idol shows work, meaning they’ll only give opinions and personal reactions to the entries. The juries are: Tinatin Berdzenishvili (GPB director), Zaza Shengelia (president of a record studio), Stephane Mghebrishvili (musician and singer) and Natia Todua (The Voice Germany winner). The winner will be selected by televote and votes on Facebook Messenger, via the official Facebook page for the show!
The show starts at 19:00 CET and can be watched here.
The Eurovision Times 
With sth similar to 2007, 2011 or 2016 I’ll be fine!
Good luck.
I’ve been rooting for Liza since I first heard about all the contestants. Fingers crossed.
hoping for something interesting for Liza. Good luck!
Okay, this guy on the far right looks good… :p
But can he sing – WTF who cares?!
:DDD
No Sopho again? :(
I don’t know anything about the Georgian hopefuls. Good luck!
This NF is all “Georgian” to me
Georgia will sing in Georgian! I know nothing about these singers. I will try to catch the last part of the show.
Anyone have any idea what the titles mean? Sth. potentially interesting or the usual generic casting show lyrics like “Reach for the stars” and “We are one?”
according to the wiki page of the selection:
“Sul Tsin Iare” (Go Ahead)
“Me Mjera” (I Believe)
“Sevdisperi Zgva” (Silent Sea)
Thanks – so just going by the title Sevdisperi Zgva sounds like most interesting one to me.
I’ve just checkeed, the hot guy on the right will sing “Go ahead”!!! :D :D Okay, I go… :P
Sounds like an easy date lol. Lemme check flights to Tiblisi!
Georgian alphabet is like a love letter….so many heart shaped letters❤️
There’s also this link:
#1 definitely not my type of a song but he is pretty
Giorgi Nakashidze – Sul Tsin Iare: A ballad about war and occupation with an appropriate military procession-like arrangement.Dark with the Georgian flag in the back. It’s nice enough.
1. Giorgi Nakashidze – Sul Tsin Iare : First of all he looks like Colin Farrell. Song is dramatic and I have the slight suspicion it talks about how great Georgia is. It could go both ways. I think it’s memorable but never takes off.
7-/10
Also, it would be like ARM 18 all over again…
Looks like CF = has my vote.
Because of the sex tape? :o
There’s a sex tape?!! Link?
So old news. You can easily find it :P
You’re not helpful here so I will put you on my “Enemies on this blog” list. Which is filed away in my “Enemies on blogs” folder.
I guess typing “Colin Farrell’s sex tape” through web will do the “bodymagic”
What if were a millenial project manager? Then your elitist suggestion would be too difficult. I’ll go cry on Snapchat now. I blame you for ruining my life.
Who me? I thought it was Conan to blame? :P
I blame everyone but myself a
Hate will pevail – Juries know better :P
I predict only 1 of Hatari or Conan will prevail and go to final. Hipster televote will split slightly in favor of the Barbarian while juries won’t be as swayed by media hype as in Portugal.
And I predict you will quit esc once Conan wins :P
I’ll eagerly support Conan’s trolling over the Russian joke entry.
You just want to hurt Hjallis :P
Yes he’s a monster ;-). Seriously, desperately waiting for a winner; I love Italy but between the rapish elements and Mahmood’s “unsmiling Arab” look which appeals to every gay under the sun but terrifies most women as well as xenophobes I don’t think it’s a winner.
Maybe you will fall for Azerbaijan? Armenia? The list goes on ;)
His “unsmiling Arab” look definitely is not terrifying but charming💕
AZE, NL and GRE are pretty much my last hope. I fervently wish they will all have decent entries to lift the average. WTF even #magicmoldova was disappointing!
@mermaid – I’d say hot rather than charming ;-).
I missed the first performance!
Who are these people? Judges?
Oh the jurors. They have so much to say.
Too much talking going on…I hope the songs come fast because I am planning to quit after hearing 3 songs
Those ladies have been at the beach recently. :D
Spray tanning?
Probably.
Those Georgians are loud :P
Apparently the girl is the big favorite.
2. Liza Kalandadze – Sevdisperi Zgva. A haunting ballad with jazzy elements. The way she performs, it reminds me of Dimitra Galani (Greek singer). This is good ! 8/10
Liza Kalandadze – Sevdisperi Zgva: She’s good but i don’t know if this dramatic ballad would be a good esc choice.I think she’ll win based on her popularity and not because id the song.
#2 it is obvious that she is the favorite…she is fine,the song is also dramatic enough..thinking the fact that Georgia is in easier semi,they can be in the final with this song
So far, semi 1 has all my favorite songs (SVN, ISL, PRT). Cyprus and Belgium there too :P
I wouldn’t call it an easy semi :P
It is easy…one song is gone already and what you counted only make 5…Hard to reach 10 when you look at remaining countries
But the other semi has not even a sure finalist so far (ok maybe DNK and NOR)
But most songs there haven’t been revealed so far
There’s RUS, SWE, NDL etc so you are right
This girl means business. I like this ballad very much – the melody is intriguing and she sings it well.
So 4 songs, (well 3 songs 4 performances) this should be over fairly soon right? Georgia isn’t Mediterranean so won’t feel the need to fill an hour with the hosts talking hopefully we’ll be done with Georgia before Serbia starts :)
Genuinely did not know Pop Idol was still around anywhere in the world.
IT’s actually still around in Germany as “Superstar” but only white trash watches it.
American Idol is still around in the U.S. too (well its original broadcaster canceled it like 2 years ago and then a different broadcaster rebooted it last year), although pretty much the entire American public has abandoned it for The Voice.
At this point it’s very much a Southern show for up-and-coming Southern musicians.