Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2009 after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected the Georgian entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In", for perceived political references to Vladimir Putin who was the Russian Prime Minister at the time.[2][3] The withdrawal and fallout was tied to tense relations between Georgia and then host country Russia, which stemmed from the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.[4] Following the introduction of semi-finals, Georgia has, to this point, failed to qualify to the final on only one occasion: in 2012 with the song "I'm a Joker" performed by Anri Jokhadze.On 31 December 2012, the broadcaster announced that they had internally selected Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani to represent Georgia in Malmö.[8] The song "Waterfall", written and composed by G:son and Erik Bernholm, premiered on 27 February 2013 together with the music video on the GPB First Channel programme Our Morning.[9] The music video was filmed at the House Museum of Alexander Chavchavadze in Tsinandali and was directed by Temo Kvirkvelia.[16] The three backing vocalists that joined Tatishvili and Gelovani were: Johanna Beijbom, Lisette Vares Uhlmann and Hans-Martin Kagemark.This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.
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