Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Georgia
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	1 March 2008
Selected entrant	Diana Gurtskaya
Selected song	"Peace Will Come"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kim Breitburg; Karen Kavaleryan;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (5th, 107 points)
Final result	11th, 83 points
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Peace Will Come" written by Kim Breitburg and Karen Kavaleryan. The song was performed by Diana Gurtskaya. The Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) held a national final in order to select the Georgian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of twelve entries that were presented to the public during a televised production on 1 March 2008. The results of a public televote exclusively resulted in the selection of "Peace Will Come" performed by Diana Gurtskaya as the Georgian entry, having received 39.4% of the votes.

Georgia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 14, "Peace Will Come" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed fifth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 107 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 25 and placed eleventh out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 83 points.