You (Tornike Kipiani song)

"You"
Single by Tornike Kipiani
Released15 March 2021
Genre
Length3:03
LabelUniversal 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

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Internal selection

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

In Eurovision

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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

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  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.