Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song „Peace Will Come“ written by Kim Breitburg and Karen Kavaleryan. The song was performed by Diana Gurtskaya. The Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) held a national final in order to select the Georgian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of twelve entries that were presented to the public during a televised production on 1 March 2008. The results of a public televote exclusively resulted in the selection of „Peace Will Come“ performed by Diana Gurtskaya as the Georgian entry, having received 39.4% of the votes.
Georgia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 14, „Peace Will Come“ was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed fifth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 107 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 25 and placed eleventh out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 83 points.
National final
GPB opened a public submission from 3 November 2007 until 17 November 2007. 29 entries were received by the submission deadline and an expert commission selected the top twelve songs from the received submissions, which were announced on 29 November 2007 and presented to the public via the GPB First Channel programme Eurovision Year on 31 December 2007. The twelve entries were performed on 1 March 2008 via a special programme at the Sports Palace in Tbilisi, hosted by Sandro Gabisonia, Ana Tshadadze, Natia Tsalaia and Buka Pachkoria and broadcast on the GPB First Channel as well as online at the broadcaster’s website 1tv.ge. The winner, „Peace Will Come“ performed by Diana Gurtskaya, was determined exclusively by a public televote. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2007 Georgian Eurovision entrant Sopho Khalvashi, 2007 Georgian Junior Eurovision entrant Mariam Romelashvili and 2008 Belarusian Eurovision entrant Ruslan Alekhno performed as guests.
Final – 1 March 2008
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
1 | Vivo | „Life“ | Zaza Tsurtsumia | 1.3% | 8 |
2 | Aleko Berdzenishvili | „The Beautiful Girl“ | Mamuka Begashvili, Bibi Kvachadze | 1.3% | 9 |
3 | Salome Gasviani | „Share Your Love“ | Maia Kachkachishvili, Bibi Kvachadze | 32.9% | 2 |
4 | Irakli Pirtskhalava | „Freedom“ | Irakli Pirtskhalava | 8.3% | 3 |
5 | Diana Gurtskaya | „Peace Will Come“ | Kim Breitburg, Karen Kavaleryan | 39.4% | 1 |
6 | Salome Korkotashvili | „Captaine“ | Salome Korkotashvili | 3.0% | 6 |
7 | Teatroni | „Sakartvelo itsvevs megobrebs“ (საქართველოს ისთვევს მეგობრებს) | Kote Malania | 2.3% | 7 |
8 | Tika Patsatsia | „Never Change“ | Georgio, Giga Kukhianidze | 4.0% | 5 |
9 | 3G | „I’m Free“ | Avto Badurashvili, Christine Imedadze | 5.3% | 4 |
10 | Tako Gachechiladze | „Me and My Funky“ | Bibi Kvachadze | 0.9% | 10 |
11 | Tamta Chelidze | „Give Me Your Love“ | Maia Kachkachishvili, Christine Imedadze | 0.8% | 11 |
12 | Guga Aptsiauri | „Don’t Look At Me“ | Guga Aptsiauri, George Ergemlidze | 0.5% | 12 |
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