Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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Country | Georgia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
Selection date(s) |
Artist: 31 December 2012 Song: 27 February 2013 |
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Selected entrant | Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani | |||
Selected song | "Waterfall" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 63 points) | |||
Final result | 15th, 50 points | |||
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, and have selected their entry through an internal selection, organised by Georgian broadcaster GPB.Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani represented Georgia with the song "Waterfall", which qualified from the second semi-final of the competition and placed 15th place in the final, scoring 50 points.
On 31 December 2012, GBP announced that Sopho Gelovani and Nodiko Tatishvili would represent Georgia in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
On 10 January 2013, GBP announced that Thomas G:son, the composer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 winning song "Euphoria", was commissioned to compose the Georgian song.
On 6 February, it was revealed that "Waterfall" would be the title of the entry and that Gelovani and Tatishvili were recording the song at Sano Studio in Georgia.
On 27 February during GPB's morning program "Our Morning", Sopho Gelovani and Nodiko Tatishvili presented "Waterfall" to the public.
Lasha Oniani was selected to direct the stage performance at Eurovision and Avtandil Tskvitinidze was chosen to design outfits for Gelovani and Tatishvili.
On 16 February, GBP revealed that the music video for "Waterfall" was being filmed at Chavchavadze House-Museum in Tsinandali and in Tbilisi, directed by Temur Kvirkvelia.
On 2 March, Gelovani and Tatishvili travelled to Armenia to promote the Georgian entry during the Armenian national final.
Georgia was allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May for a place in the final on 18 May. In the second semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Georgia would perform 15th, following Albania and preceding Switzerland. On stage, Nodi and Sophie were joined by three backing vocalists: Johanna Beijbom, Lisette Vares Uhlmann and Hans-Martin Kagemark.