The fifth live show of Georgian Idol 2019 was held tonight in Tblisi where five hopefuls battled to remain in the show in their quest to represent Georgia at the upcoming 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.

After the public vote Nini Tsnobiladze was evicted from the show, with four acts remaining in the competition. Next week the 4 finalists will battle for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2019 during the Grand Final of Georgian Idol 2019.

Next week one of the four finalists will be crowned the winner of the talent show and will be awarded the grand honour of representing Georgia at the forthcoming 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.

The four finalists

• Liza Kalandadze
• Giorgi Pruidze
• Giorgi Nakashidze
• Oto Nemsadze

The 2019 Georgian Eurovision hopeful will be determined through Georgian Idol via a public deliberation. The 2019 Georgian Eurovision act will be selected on 2 March 2019.

Georgia in Eurovision

Georgia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 with Sopho Khalvashi’s Visionary dream and is yet to win the competition. The country achieved its best results in the contest in Oslo (2010) and Dusseldorf (2011) when it placed 9th in the Grand Final.

Georgia has competed 11 times in Europe’s favorite television show, the country has partaken in the event every year since their debut in 2007 with the exception of 2009 when the nation opted to stay out of the competition.

In 2018 the Georgians opted for an internal selection and selected the Ethno Jazz Band Iriao to fly the Georgian flag at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon with their entry For you. Despite a great performance the country failed to qualify to the Grand Final for the second consecutive year.