GPB, the Georgian national broadcaster, has confirmed that Georgia will participate at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria next year.

Thus Georgia joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the upcoming 2026 Eurovision edition.

The mechanism Georgia will use to determine its Eurovision act and entry for Austria is yet to be confirmed. More information regarding the Georgian Eurovision 2026 plan of action will be unveiled in due course.

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 16 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 2025 Mariam Shengalia represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with her entry ‘Freedom‘.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.