The first episode of round three of Ranina 2025 takes place tonight, with five singers returning to the stage.
The third round of Ranina 2025 commences tonight with the acts performing Georgian folk songs. They will be scored by a three-member jury, which consists of permanent judges and a guest judge. The permanent judges are Dato Evgenidze and Nato Metonidze. The judges award up to 10 points for each criterion: voice, performance, art and collaboration.
The five singers competing tonight are:
- Lile Mchedlishvili
- Demetri Maisuradze
- Sesili Lemonjava
- Barbara Sandikidze
- Gabriel Bodaveli
Ranina is held across multiple stages. In the first phase, there are four rounds of performances with each round focused on a different style. The five acts that received the highest scores across the four rounds qualify for the semi-final. In the semi-final, the top three singers will qualify for the final. The winner will represent Georgia on home ground at Junior Eurovision 2025 in Tbilisi.
To date, two rounds of Ranina 2025 have taken place, with the leaderboard of the competition as follows:
- Barbara Sandikidze – 240 points
- Anita Abgariani – 240 points
- Sandro Abesadze – 240 points
- Lazare Kapanadze – 240 points
- Sesili Lemonjava – 238 points
- Gabriel Bodaveli – 238 points
- Lile Mchedlishvili – 237 points
- Demetri Maisuradze – 237 points
- Nia Lashkhia – 236 points
- Mariam Muzashvili – 236 points
You can follow the selection live from 20:00 CEST here.
Image Source: Corinne Cumming/EBU
