2012 entry - GEORGIA: Anri Jokhadze - I'm A Joker

Draw: Semi 2 (12)
Georgia selected their entry February 19 and there were 9 songs in the national final. The song that was selected is 'I'm a jocker' with a dark haired Anri gyrating about aimlessly. Once it was selected, the title changed from 'jocker' to 'joker'.

The song has now morphed as most songs do - Georgia took it one step further and Anri is now a blonde. It opens with a dramatic opening maybe to show that our bloke can actually song and then the rhyming begins; joker rocker shocker poker. They have worked on this song quite a lot and it better than the horror we had in Tbilisi.

Let me assure you though even with these changes I still believe this is the worst entry of the year; I expect some sort of gimmick (it's Georgia after all - long sheets, goths, heavy choreography and impromptu sword fights expected) and it'll tumble into the final like they deserve it.

Countries over the last decade - Part VII

So - only 10 countries left to count down to. Of the twelve, we have ESC winners of the last decade, others that are just consistent, and some that have had a mix.

ESC 2011 #35: GEORGIA - One more day - Eldrine

[rating before - 21st; after - 38th]


 The 2nd of the try-hard states presented us with Eldrine. They held a national song contest where the song 'One more day' was selected over several other songs. I will admit - I liked this song before the contest and expected it to do very well.





Notice the problems. Yes:

• they are dressed as if they are going to a satanist convention.
• the hair on that woman's hair is not her own.
• there is little grasp of English amongst them.
• there is little singing amongst them while the song was being sung.

I'd recommend singing in Georgian next year - the same former Russian countries will give votes and a few others that have no clue what is going on may find the song endearing.