| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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| Country |  Georgia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Evrovizia 2016 - Airchie sheni simgera! | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 15 December 2015 Song: 15 February 2016 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz | |||
| Selected song | "Midnight Gold" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 123 points) | |||
| Final result | 20th, 104 points | |||
| Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Midnight Gold" written by Kote Kalandadze and Thomas G:son. The song was performed by Nika Kocharov and the Young Georgian Lolitaz, who were internally selected in December 2015 by the Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) to compete at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. A national final was held to select the song that Nika Kocharov and the Young Georgian Lolitaz would perform. An open call for song submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of five entries that were presented to the public on 3 February 2016. The public had until 15 February to vote for their favourite song. The results of the public vote combined with the votes of an international jury resulted in the selection of "Midnight Gold" as the Georgian entry.
Georgia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 16, "Midnight Gold" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed ninth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 123 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 23 and placed twentieth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 104 points.