Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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Country | Georgia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 31 December 2012 Song: 27 February 2013 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani | |||
Selected song | "Waterfall" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 63 points) | |||
Final result | 15th, 50 points | |||
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Waterfall" written by Thomas G:son and Erik Bernholm. The song was performed by Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani, who were internally selected in December 2012 by the Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) to compete at the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. The Georgian entry, "Waterfall", was presented to the public on 27 February 2013.
Georgia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 15, "Waterfall" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed tenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 63 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 25 and placed fifteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 50 points.