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Georgia: Iru’s “Echo” is now the most streamed Georgian entry in Spotify!

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Georgia’s representative at Eurovision 2023, Iru Khechanovi, broke a new record with her song “Echo”, as it is now the Georgian entry that has the most streams on Spotify.

As of now, counting only the official versions of the Georgian songs, namely those performed on the Eurovision stage, Iru Khechanovi broke the record for the most streams on Spotify, amassing 2,762,346 streams to date.

Iru broke the record previously held by Nina Sublatti, as the Eurovision version of “Warrior” (Georgia 2015), has so far 2,590,270 streams, second only to “Echo”.

Below is the ranking of Georgian entries available on Spotify and their respective streams:

  1. 2023 – Iru Khechanovi – ‘Echo’ – 2,762,346 streams
  2. 2015 – Nina Sublatti – ‘Warrior’ – 2,590,270streams
  3. 2022 – Circus Mircus – ‘Lock Me In’ – 2,116,329 streams
  4. 2021 – Tornike Kipiani – ‘You’ – 1,798,141 streams
  5. 2019 – Oto Nemsadze – ‘Keep On Going’ – 1,111,267 streams
  6. 2017 – Tamara Gachechiladze – ‘Keep the Faith’ – 1,006,033 streams
  7. 2020 – Tornike Kipiani – ‘Take Me As I Am’ – 987,322 streams
  8. 2018 – Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao – ‘For You’ – 789,144 streams
  9. 2011 – Eldrine – ‘One More Day’ – 265,295 streams
  10. 2010 – Sofia Nizharadze – ‘Shine’ – 207,191 streams

Iru Khechanovi represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which took place in Liverpool, with the song “Echo”, but despite the high expectations of the fans, she did not make it to the Grand Final, thus continuing the country’s negative record, for the sixth year:

https://youtu.be/HNvGZeEQvfc

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Eurovision 2023: Georgia’s Second Rehearshal!

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Next up is Georgia‘s rehearsal, represented by Iru singing “Echo“.

Who is Iru?

Irina “Iru” Khechanovi is a twenty-three year old young artist from Georgia with Armenian descent. You may know her because she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 as a member of the girl group Candy with the song “Candy Music”. In 2019, she tried to expand her career as a participant in the “Georgian Idol“. She also co-written Georgia’s song “I Believe” for Junior Eurovision last year. The entry finished in third place.

In 2023, she won the fifth season of “The Voice Georgia” and therefore she won the right to represent her country to Eurovision in Liverpool.

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officially release to the public.

Georgia has had an outfit adjustment, changing Iru’s dress train to a much bigger one than the one wearing on Tuesday’s first rehearsal. Reasonable considering the wind machines are going full blast in this act!

Chloe Hashemi / EBU

Chloe Hashemi / EBU

In the afternoon, after the completion of all the rehearsals, a recap video will be released with short excerpts from the footage of all the second rehearsals!

The Dress Rehearsal for Georgia and the rest of Semi Final 2 will be held on the 10th of May.

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Georgia: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry ”Echo”!

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A few days ago, through the official account of Eurovision, the participation of Iru for this year’s Eurovision 2023 competition, entitled “Echo“, was officially presented. Iru won the representation of Georgia at Eurovision 2023 by winning the fifth round of The Voice Georgia!

The Eurovisionfun team once again watched and reacted to the country’s official video clip for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Aps, Apostolos, Thanos and special guest Konstantina in a Reaction video with detailed commentary on the participation of Georgia, for 2023!

Video Editing: @xristosrpk

Listen to “Echo” below:

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Georgia: Listen to “Echo” from Iru for Eurovision 2023!

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A few days ago, through the official Eurovision Twitter account, it was revealed that Iru‘s entry will be revealed tonight through the contest’s official YouTube channel.

Iru won the representation of Georgia at Eurovision 2023 by winning the fifth cycle of The Voice Georgia!

The song is titled “Echo” and is completely in English.

Listen to “Echo” below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kO-QPippo&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

Who is Iru?

Iru was born on December 3, 2000 in Tbilisi. He is of Armenian descent. As a child, he took part in various singing competitions. In 2011, on her eleventh birthday, she represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia as a member of the group Candy winning the contest with 108 points.

In 2019 she participated in Georgian Idol and in 2021, she released her first single titled “No Jerk Around Me”. In 2022, she performed at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 while also co-writing the song “I Believe” by Mariam Bigvava, Georgia’s entry for that year’s contest finishing in third place.

Later that year, Iru participated in the fifth season of The Voice Georgia. She won the contest on 2 February 2023, earning the right to represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Georgia will compete at the second half of the second semi final on Thursday May 11th.

What do you think of “Echo” from Iru? Will she manage to bring Georgia back to the final?

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Georgia: Iru’s “Echo” will be revealed on March 16th

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Georgia, in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, is represented by Iru Khechanovi, who is also known mononymously as Iru. However, little were known regarding Iru’s song until a few minutes ago, when its title, “Echo”, was released by the official account of Eurovision on Twitter. In addition to that, audience will have the opportunity to listen to the song on Thursday March 16th, which is also the official date of release, announced by Eurovision’s Twitter account as well. Taking this into consideration, Georgia’s entry will be in fact the last one which is released for this year’s contest.

At this point let’s keep in mind that this is not going to be Iru’s very first experience from the contest, since she has already participated once more, when she was one of the members of the band named “Candy”, which was actually the winning entry for Georgia in Junior Eurovision of 2011.

 

 

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Georgia is at the second half of the seconf semi final on Thursday May 11th.

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Georgia: On the final stages for Iru Khechanovi’s Eurovision Entry!

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The winner of this year’s The Voice of Georgia, Iru Khechanovi will represent the country at this year’s Eurovision 2023  in Liverpool!

Through her personal Instagram account, she revealed to us that her participation is ready and now she is adding the “final touches”! Iru Khechanovi is collaborating with Giga Kukhiadnidze, who has written all three of the country’s Junior Eurovision winning songs, while the type of song she will perform at Eurovision has not yet been revealed.

Who is Iru Khechanovi

Iru Khechanovi won the right to represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool following her win of The Voice of Georgia. Iru has previously represented Georgia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in 2011 she won the contest as part of Candy Music in Yerevan, Armenia with 108 points.

Georgia‘s previous representatives at Eurovision 2022  were Circus Mircus  with the song  “Lock Me In”  and they finished in last place in the Second Semi-Final, continuing  the country’s elimination streak for the fifth year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXiZAbqETvk

Iru Khechanovi will perform in the second half of the second semi-final on May 11.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news about Georgia’s participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in May in the Liverpool!

Georgia: Iru Khechanovi is working on her entry for Eurovision 2023!

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In a recent interview, Iru Khechanovi confirmed that she is preparing her song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. She mentioned that the song will be released soon.

She also clarified that she will not be able to reveal more information about the song. She also collaborates with Giga Kukhiadnidze, who has written all three of Georgia’s Junior Eurovision winning songs.

About Iru Khechanovi:

Iru Khechanovi was born in Tbilisi, Georgia and is 23 years old. She is known for her participation in Junior Eurovision 2011 with the band Candy and the song “Candy Music” where they won with 108 points.

Georgia‘s previous representatives at Eurovision 2022  were Circus Mircus  with the song  “Lock Me In”  and they finished in last place in the Second Semi-Final, continuing  the country’s elimination streak for the fifth year:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news about Georgia’s participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in May in the UK.

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Georgia: With Iru Khechanovi in Eurovision 2023!

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The final of The Voice of Georgia was completed, with the public deciding that the winner of the talent show and representative of the country in Eurovision 2023 will be Iru Khechanovi.

Iru Khechanovi emerged as the winner of today’s final among eight candidates.

The eight contestants who made it to today’s The Voice of Georgia finale were:

  1. Tako Kakalashvili – “Stand up”
  2. Lika Siradze – “Heroes”
  3. Giorgi Datiashvili – “Gethsemane”
  4. Likuna Tutisani – “A song for you”
  5. Tina Datikashvili – “I didn’t know my own strength”
  6. Kakha Aslamazishvili – “Love you to death”
  7. Anka Tatarashvili – Pov | 7 rings | thank you, next
  8. Iru Khechanovi – “Euphoria”

The song that Iru Khechanovi will perform in May in Liverpool will be announced later on. 

About Iru Khechanovi:

Iru Khechanovi was born in Tbilisi, Georgia and she is 23 years old. Known for her participation in Junior Eurovision 2011 with the band Candy and the song “Candy Music” where they won with 108 points.

Watch one of her most impressive performances during The Voice of Georgia:

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news about Georgia’s participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in May in the UK.