Interested artists wishing to represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 could submit an entry during a month period which ended yesterday. The Georgian broadcaster GPB has published the list of 27 hopefuls who went through the first phase and participate in the national selection.

This will be Georgia’s biggest national selection, as the country used to have modest selections with 5-10 entries only. The lucky 27 are:

1. Alisa Danelia
2. Anacho Dolidze
3. Andria Gvelesiani
4. Ani Keuka
5. Asea Sool
6. Brendon Stouni & Eter Beriashvili
7. Davit Shanidze
8. Dima Kobeshavidze
9. Elene Mikiashvili
10. EOS
11. ForceMajeure
12. Giorgi Chikovani
13. Limbo
14. Malibu
15. Mariam Chachkhiani
16. Mariko Lezhava
17. Misha Sulukhia
18. Nanuka Giorgobiani
19. Natia Bidzinashvili
20. Nino Basharuli
21. Nutsa Buzaladze
22. Rati Durglishvili
23. Sabina Chantouria
24. Sparkle
25. Tako Gachechiladze
26. The Mins
27. Tornike Kipaini & Giorgi Bolotashvili
28. Trio Mandili

No further details regarding the songtitles or the mechanism of the national selection were revealed.

Georgia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2008. The country reached its best placing so far in 2010, coming third in the semifinal and ninth in the grand final with Shine by Sopho Nizharadze.

Stay tuned to ESCToday for more news regarding Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017!