Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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Country | Georgia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 31 December 2017 Song: 13 March 2018 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao | |||
Selected song | "For You" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (18th) | |||
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "For You" written by Davit Malazonia, Mikheil Mdinaradze and Irina Sanikidze. The song was performed by the Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, which was internally selected in December 2017 by the Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) to compete at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. The Georgian entry, "For You", was presented to the public on 13 March 2018.
Georgia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 10, "For You" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Georgia placed eighteenth (last) out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 24 points.