Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
GPB held an open call for song submissions which resulted in the shortlisting of five entries that were presented to the public during a televised production on 3 March 2007.Performing during the show in position 6, "Visionary Dream" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May.On 12 December 2006, GPB held a press conference and announced that it had internally selected Sopho Khalvashi to represent Georgia in Helsinki.[4] An expert commission selected the top five songs from the received submissions, which were announced and presented to the public on 26 January 2007.In March 2007, the final version of the song, retitled as "Visionary Dream" and produced by Beka Japaridze and Achiko Guledani, premiered together with the music video which was directed by Kal Karman.[8][9] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2006 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 10 May 2007 in order to compete for the final on 12 May 2007.
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