Performing during the show in position 4, "Three Minutes to Earth" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

The nation briefly withdrew from the contest in 2009 after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected the Georgian entry, "We Don't Wanna Put In", for perceived political references to Vladimir Putin who was the Russian Prime Minister at the time.

[2][3] The withdrawal and fallout was tied to tense relations between Georgia and then host country Russia, which stemmed from the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.

In 2013, Georgia qualified to the final where the country placed 15th with the song "Waterfall" performed by Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani.

[6] The Georgian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was internally selected by an expert commission consisting of GPB producers.

[7] On 4 February 2014, the broadcaster held a press conference at the Assembly Hall in Tbilisi where 2013 Georgian Eurovision entrants Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani announced that the band The Shin and singer Mariko Ebralidze would represent Georgia in Copenhagen.

[6][8] The song "Three Minutes to Earth", composed by member of The Shin Zaza Miminoshvili with lyrics by Eugen Eliu, was recorded in late February 2014 at the scb-music Studios in Stuttgart and premiered on 14 March 2014 together with the music video on the GPB First Channel programme Day.

The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.