Georgia 2025: Mariam Shengelia with ‘Freedom’

Georgia's radio silence this year was briefly interrupted with a 45 minute flurry of activity last firday when Mariam Shengelia was announced, followed shortly after with her entry, Freedom:

Georgia have many times sent hopeless entries to Eurovision, and it's a good thing they seem to care very little about even qualifying because the chances of this getting to Saturday night are slim to non existent.

This mess is some combination of political, financial and just bad taste rolled up together. It's the last part that is damning to the chances of this above any political leanings or “sus lyrics”. It's 4 bad songs smashed poorly into one with a pretty dull vocal layered on top.

Plusses? Mariam looks good, I’m not sure if she’s the most charismatic or best vocalist but she isn't the weakest part of this. The Georgian dancing shown briefly in the video could liven this up too if they go that route. It's a trump card that has still only been played once but I actually hope they don't waste it on this.

Points are hard to find in semi two. Georgia never have a lot in the bank and the patchy diaspora in countries like Greece or neighbourly votes from Armenia are going to be minimal. Will need to stage the pants off this just to get to 15 points and that's effort that we can't back on.

I hope to see Georgia back next year and improved. Excile or self excile is not the answer and if this is a middle finger departure even Belarus did it better.

Personal Rating: 1/20

Staging Potential: 10/20

Televote Potential: 1/20

Jury Potential: 1/20

Track Record: 2/20

Overall Rating: 15/100

Early Prediction: Semi Two 15th-16th