Putzkaradze’s victory, with 180 factors, provides Georgia its fourth Junior Eurovision victory, making it probably the most profitable nation within the historical past of the competitors.
Andria Putzkaradze received the twenty second Junior Eurovision Song Contest representing Georgia.
The 11-year-old, from the western port metropolis of Batumi, scored 239 factors within the Madrid closing along with his track “To My Mom.”
“It’s so lovely,” Putzkaradze mentioned when he was introduced because the winner.
Putzkaradze’s victory provides Georgia its fourth Junior Eurovision victory, making it probably the most profitable nation within the contest’s historical past.
Like its grownup counterpart, the winner of Junior Eurovision is determined by each public and jury votes.
“To My Mom” garnered 180 factors from juries from competing international locations and one other 59 in viewers’ on-line votes.
Putzkaradze started singing on the age of two, later changing into a member of the vocal group “Children of the Sea” earlier than finding out piano on the Zakaria Paliashvili Music School.
Portugal took second place, with the track ‘Esperança’ carried out by Victoria Nicole. Ukraine got here in third place with “Hear Me Now” by Artem Kotenko.
France and Malta full the highest 5.
The two-hour grand finale was broadcast stay from the Spanish capital’s Caja Majica with 17 nationwide broadcasters competing, the very best quantity since 2021.
But not like the principle Eurovision Song Contest, there isn’t any obligation for the successful nation to host the next yr’s occasion, so music followers will not mechanically head to Georgia in 2025.
