Junior Eurovision 2024: Andria Putkaradze will not be alone on stage!

More information is released as the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest draws near. It has now been made public that Andria will not be performing alone at Junior Eurovision.

In particular, GPB revealed that on November 16, Gabriel Machabeli, age 10, will perform with Andria Putkaradze at Caja Mágica in Madrid. Gabriel’s role isn’t yet known, though.

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Gabriel Machabeli might perform with Andria as a dancer or even co-singer on stage. If that’s true, it won’t be the first time a main contestant is joined by someone else on stage. Sophie Lennon, the Irish representative in Junior Eurovision 2022, joined last year’s Irish representative Jessica McKean on stage providing live vocals without being credited.

How was Andria selected?

Andria Putkaradze competed along with two other young artists in the final of Ranina 2024. Specifically, the artists competing in Ranina 2024 were the following:

Sandro Gurgenadze
Barbare Morgoshia
Andria Putkaradze

All three artists performed covers of patriotic songs composed by Gogi Dolidze, as the day of Ranina’s final collided with the Georgian Independence Day.

The winner was crowned after the decision of a three member professional jury who selected the Georgian representative based on four criteria: vocals, performance, artistry and collaboration. Meanwhile the exact result has not yet been revealed.

Who is Andria Putkaradze?

Andria was born in 2013, in the Black Sea city of Batumi. He began singing at the age of two and has been a member of the vocal ensemble ‘Children of the Sea’ since he was 6 and currently studies piano at the Zakaria Paliashvili Music School.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

Italy: Simone Grande – “Pigiama Party”
Estonia: Annabelle – “Tänavad”
Albania: Nikol Çabeli – “Vallëzoj”
Armenia: Leo – “Cosmic Friend”
Cyprus: Maria Pissarides – “Crystal Waters”
France: Titouan – “Comme ci, comme ça”
North Macedonia: Ana and Aleksej – “Marathon”
Poland: Dominik Arim – “All Together”
Georgia: Andria Putkaradze – “To My Mom”
Spain: Chloe DelaRosa – “Como la Lola”
Germany: Bjarne – “Save the Best For Us”
Netherlands: Stay Tuned – “Music”
San Marino: Idols SM – “Come noi”
Ukraine: Artem Kotenko – “Hear Me Now”
Portugal: Victoria Nicole – “Esperança”
Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey – “Le Chéile”
Malta: Ramires Sciberras – “Stilla ċkejkna”

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

Andria will represent Georgia with “To My Mom” and will perform ninth.

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