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2021 Eurovision in review

2021 Eurovision in review – 39 countries and songs.

Comments, reviews and video’s for all 39 songs competing at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam.

Georgia Junior Eurovision stars unite for special performance.

Georgia’s last three Junior Eurovision contestants, Tamar Edilashvili, Giorgi Rostiashvili and Sandra Gadelia united for a special one off performance to see in the new year.

The TV special was broadcast at midnight (Georgia time) on December 31st 2020 and included many Georgian artists associated with the show ‘Ranina’

Titled  ‘New Year musical – masterpieces of film music’ the Junior contestants delivered a version of ‘Oh Happy Day’  which has featured in many films, perhaps most notably ‘Sister Act 2′ featuring Whoopie Goldberg’

Watch the Junior Eurovision stars perform below:

 

Elizabeth Frisky showcases her power vocals with ‘And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going)’

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Elizabeth Frisky gave a top tv performing the song And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going), by Jennifer Holliday and also Jennifer Hudson, on a New Year show in Georgia. She showcased her smooth and soulful vocals.

Elizabeth recently released her self-penned original song Keep Burning with a retro style VHS music video.

Elizabeth has also previously released music as Liza Kenia and was part of Group Princesses, who represented Georgia at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Blue Bird.

You can see Elizabeth perform And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going) below.

Source: ESC Covers; Rustavi 2

https://youtu.be/mCgfijRDp20

 

‘Santa TikTokeria’ is the festive celebration by Bzikebi Studio

The latest project by the Bzikebi Studio is the song Santa TikTokeria. It is a fun festive song based on the TikTok popularity released in time for the New Year celebrations.

Giga Kukhianidze is the man behind Bzikebi Studio and the many talented kids he works with. Giga is also responsible for composing the three winning Junior Eurovision songs for Georgia – 2008 Bzikebi – Bzz.., 2011 Group Candy – Candy Music and 2016 Mariam Mamadishvili – Mzeo. He has also composed the Georgian JESC song for Mariam Kakhelishvili in 2010 – Mari-Dari, Funkids in 2012- Funky Lemonade, The Smile Shop in 2013 – Give Me Your Smile, Lizi Pop in 2014 – Happy Day; The Virus in 2015 – Gabade, Grigol Kipshidze in 2017 – Voice Of The Heart and Sandra Gadelia in 2020 – You Are Not Alone.

You can see the official music video for Santa TikTokeria below.

Source: ESC Covers

Ranina New Year special announced.

Fans of the popular Georgian Junior Eurovision selection show Ranina can look forward to a New Year Special to take us into 2021.

Airing at midnight local time and with the theme of ‘Movie music masterpieces’  the teaser trailer features many previous contestants including Tamar Edilashvili who represented the country in 2018 with ‘Your Voice’, and this years contestant Sandra Gadelia, so viewers should well expect performances by them, as well as other previous contestants.

The show will be available online here.

Check out the Teaser below.

 

Elizabeth Frisky is on fire with ‘Keep Burning’

Elizabeth Frisky from the ‘Keep Burning’ music video

Elizabeth Frisky has released a hot new dance track called Keep Burning. It is a pulsating dance trance track that gives you an instant buzz and feelgood factor.

Keep Burning is composed by Elizabeth Frisky herself.

The music video for Keep Burning is done like an old VHS video recording but it definitely looks effective.

Elizabeth has also previously released music as Liza Kenia and was part of Group Princesses, who represented Georgia at the 2009 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Blue Bird.

You can see the official video clip for Keep Burning below.

Source: ESC Covers

https://youtu.be/3uaAiZ3kRkY

Junior Eurovision Day 4 – Georgia/France/Belarus

Georgia

Sandra Gadelia representing Georgia with her song ‘You are not alone’ was the first of today’s performance teaser clips.

Sandra can be seen wearing a stunning three dimensional dress adorned with flowers which match the crowns worn by the four ballet dancers who accompany the performance on stage.

France

After a year off, The Eiffel tower makes a welcome return for France and this time it dances!

France’s staging is once again a very colorful affair with a blaze of bright pink and sky blue lighting Valentina’s energetic performance.

Belarus

Belerus seem to have chosen to recreate something similar to the music video for Arina Pehtreva’s stage performance of her Powerful and haunting song ‘Aliens’.

In the teaser, Arina can be seen wearing the same striking white coat as worn in the music video.

 

Georgia: Sandra Gadelia releases official music video for ‘You Are Not Alone’

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Sandra Gadelia has released the official music video for her song You Are Not Alone. This is the song she will represent Georgia with at the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

The music video for You Are Not Alone is beautifully filmed in a lovely Georgian ‘olde worlde’ setting. Sandra is accompanied by four female violinists, a girl keyboard player, a female drummer and a boy DJ.

Welcome back to Giga Kukhiandze, who is the composer of You Are Not Alone. Giga is man behind Georgia’s three wins at Junior Eurovision (Bzikebi in 2008 with Bzzz…, Group Candy in 2011 with Candy Music and Mariam Mamadishvili with Mzeo in 2016). Giga also composed the Georgian JESC entries by Mariam Kakhelishvili (2010 with Mari-Dari, 2012 The Funkids and Funky Lemonade, 2013 The Smile Shop and Give Me Your Smile, 2014 Lizi Pop with Happy Day and in 2015 The Virus gave us Gabede.

Sandra is just 10 years old and she has a charming and powerful voice. She won the ‘Ranina’ national selection competition in Georgia with some much acclaimed performances.

You can see the official video clip for You Are Not Alone below.

Source: ESC Covers; GPB

Sandra Gadelia wins Ranina

With the outcome of the show already known due to the release of the official Junior Eurovision album earlier in the day, The Ranina final aired this evening with Sandra Gadelia taking the trophy.

Sandra was presented with the trophy by last years winner Giorgi Rostiashvili and will compete at Junior Eurovison 2020 with the song  ‘You are not Alone’

As in previous years, each finalist performed two songs with some outstanding performances which you can watch below:

Rati Gelovani – 3rd

Maria Khvedelidze – 2nd

Sandra Gadelia – Winner