Georgia: National selection starts with call for songs

After internally selecting Sofia Nizharadze for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, the Georgian public broadcaster GPB decided to conduct an open selection again this year. Singers and songwriters are asked to send in their songs, the lyrics of which need to be either in Georgian or in English language, until the 5th of February. Both the authors and the singers have to be Georgian citizens to be eligible. The national selection is scheduled to take place mid-February.

Georgia was drawn to participate in the First Semi-Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, to take place on the 10th of May in Düsseldorf. Till now, Georgia has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, and all representatives have so far managed to reach the Final.