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"You"
Single by Tornike Kipiani
Released15 March 2021
Genre
Length3:03
Label Universal Music Denmark
Composer(s) Tornike Kipiani
Tornike Kipiani singles chronology
" Take Me as I Am"
(2020)
"You"
(2021)
Music video
"You" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
16th
Semi-final points
16
Entry chronology
◄ "Take Me as I Am" (2020)
"Lock Me In" (2022) ►

"You" is a song by Georgian singer Tornike Kipiani. The song represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [1]

Eurovision Song Contest

Internal selection

On 26 January 2021, GPB confirmed that Tornike Kipiani would represent Georgia in the 2021 contest. [2]

In Eurovision

The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 May and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021. [3] According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the " Big Five", consisting of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final. [4] [5] On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Georgia would be performing in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest. [6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eurovision Georgia - Facebook". Retrieved 1 March 2021 – via Facebook.
  2. ^ "Georgia: GPB confirms Tornike Kipiani as Eurovision 2021 Georgian act". ESCToday. 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Rotterdam 2021–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Rules–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Rotterdam, Netherlands: European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 18–22 May 2021.
  6. ^ Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.