Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	Georgia
National selection
Selection process	Erovnuli Shesarcevi konkursi 2015
Selection date(s)	14 January 2015
Selected entrant	Nina Sublatti
Selected song	"Warrior"
Selected songwriter(s)	Nina Sublatti; Thomas G:son;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (4th, 98 points)
Final result	11th, 51 points
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Warrior" written by Nina Sublatti and Thomas G:son. The song was performed by Nina Sublatti. The Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) held a national final in order to select the Georgian entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of five entries that were presented to the public on 31 December 2014. The public had until 14 January 2015 to vote for their favourite song. The results of the public televote combined with the votes of an international jury resulted in the selection of "Warrior" performed by Nina Sublatti as the Georgian entry.

Georgia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2015. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 16, "Warrior" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed fourth out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 98 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 23 and placed eleventh out of the 27 participating countries, scoring 51 points.