Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Georgia competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in France, which was held in Nice on 26 November 2023.

The children's talent show Ranina was used for the sixth year in a row to select Georgia's representative, Anastasia Vasadze.

[6] In the 2022 contest, Mariam Bigvava represented Georgia with the song "I Believe" following her victory in the fifth season of Ranina, achieving 3rd place out of 16 with 161 points.

[7] For the sixth year in a row, Georgia used an original children's talent show format, Ranina (Georgian: რანინა), as the selection method for their artist.

[b] The candidates performed in a duet with participants from previous seasons including the winners from 2020-2022 Sandra Gadelia, Niko Kajaia and Mariam Bigvava.

The jury members for this round were Nodiko Tatishvili, Dato Evgenidze, and Tika Rukhadze.

The five contestants performed together with former Ranina participants, such as: Nikoloz Vasadze (2018), Anastasia Garsevanishvili (2019), Barbare Makhatadze (2021), Kato Chkareuli (2022) and last year winner Mariam Bigvava.

Despite Anastasia Vasadze being the sole winner of Ranina 2023, therefore winning the right to represent Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, it was revealed on 12 September 2023 that she would be supported on stage by Nikoloz Kharati and Oto Bazerashvili, both of whom participated in the 2022 edition of the selection and reached the final.

[2][3] The trio went on to rebrand as Anastasia and Ranina, referencing the name of the selection show which brought them together, on 13 October,[27] with their song "Over the Sky", written by Betkho and Mebo Nutsubidze, being released on 15 October during the broadcast of Am shabat-k’viras (Georgian: ამ შაბათ-კ'ვირას, transl.

[27][28] The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on 26 November 2023.

The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes.