Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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Georgia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Visionary Dream" written by Beka Jafaridze and Bibi Kvachadze. The song was performed by Sopho, who was internally selected in December 2006 by the Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) to compete at the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland. A national final was held to select the song that Sopho would perform. An open call for song submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of five entries that were presented to the public during a televised production on 3 March 2007. The results of a public televote exclusively resulted in the selection of "My Story" as the Georgian entry, having received 51% of the votes. The song was later retitled for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Visionary Dream".
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Country | Georgia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: National final | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 12 December 2006 Song: 3 March 2007 | |||
Selected entrant | Sopho | |||
Selected song | "Visionary Dream" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 123 points) | |||
Final result | 12th, 97 points | |||
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Georgia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 6, "Visionary Dream" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed eighth out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 123 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 11 and placed twelfth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 97 points.