Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country	Georgia
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: National final
Selection date(s)	Artist: 16 January 2010 Song: 27 February 2010
Selected entrant	Sofia Nizharadze
Selected song	"Shine"
Selected songwriter(s)	Hanne Sørvaag Harry Sommerdahl Christian Leuzzi
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (3rd, 106 points)
Final result	9th, 136 points
Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Georgia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Shine" written by Hanne Sørvaag, Harry Sommerdahl and Christian Leuzzi. The song was performed by Sofia Nizharadze, who was internally selected in January 2010 by the Georgian broadcaster Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) to compete at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. In July 2009, GPB announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2009. A national final was held to select the song that Sofia Nizharadze would perform. An open call for song submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of six entries that were presented to the public during a televised production on 27 February 2010. The results of a public televote combined with the votes of an expert jury resulted in the selection of "Shine" as the Georgian entry.

Georgia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 16, "Shine" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Georgia placed third out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 106 points. In the final, Georgia performed in position 13 and placed ninth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 136 points.