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I'll
dream of tales and rhymes In visionary dream This precious moment of my life Holds me excited I will fly away Anticipation of your light Clouds containing lakes Sailing through my story |
Sailing
through my story Sharing my history Sailing through my story Sharing my history This precious moment of my
life I will fly away Sailing through my story Sailing' through my story |
Freedom (Mikheil Mdinaradze - Tornike Turmanidze) 4
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Georgia is the latest CIS country to join Eurovision family this year. ESCKaz, the prime source for Eurovision related information in CIS countries, has talked with Sopho Khalvashi on her preparations for the contest - read interview | Грузия - новая страна СНГ, присоединившаяся к семье Евровидения в этом году. ESCKaz, лидирующий ресурс о Евровидении в СНГ, побеседовал с Софо Халваши о ее подготовке к конкурсу. Прочитать об этом вы можете в этом интервью. |
Fan
site of Georgian representative Sopho Khalvashi will soon be launched. At the present time
it is already possible to find discussion messageboard in English at the following adress:
http://www.sopho.org.ua/ It should be no strange
that Georgian singer gets domain in Ukraine, as she is promoted by CFC Consulting Company,
same one that successfully worked with Eurovision 2004 winner Ruslana and there are many
fans of Sopho in Ukraine, after her participation in the "New Wave" song
contest. Meanwhile, Sopho herself is finishing preparations for the her debut album "Visionary Dream" which will contain her Eurovision entry and other preselection entry "Freedom". Georgia page |
В
ближайшее время будет запущен фан-сайт
представительницы Грузии на Евровидении 2007 Софо
Халваши. В настоящее время по адресу http://www.sopho.org.ua/ вы уже можете
найти англоязычный форум певицы. Не должно быть
странным, то что вебсайт расположен в зоне ua, ведь
промоушеном исполнительницы занимается
компания CFC Consulting, которая успешно работала с
победительницей Евровидения 2004 Русланой и на
Украине у певицы много поклонников еще после ее
участия на конкурсе "Новая Волна". Тем временем сама Софико завершает запись своего дебютного альбома "Visionary Dream" в который войдет ее конкурсная песня и еще одна песня с национального отбора "Freedom". Страница Грузии |
Georgian broadcaster
GPB has launched it's Eurovision website
containing some important information. It is stated there that national broadcaster was
searching till 25th of December for songs for Sopho Khalvashi. The genre of the songs must
have been pop-folk, while language of performance English-Georgian (song is to be
simultaneously performed in both languages). 5 songs selected are as follows: Freedom (Mikheil Mdinaradze - Tornike Turmanidze) Fantasy Land (Zurab Makhniashvili - Giorge Gogolashvili) On Adjarian Motives (Liliko Nemsadze - Gia Jokhadze) My Story (Beqa Jafaridze - Bibi Kvachadze) Tell Me Why (Otar Tatishvili) You can listen to them here, and also read biographies of their authors with videos to be added soon. As GPB has informed the date for national final has been rescheduled and set on March 3rd, when Sopho will perform selected songs at Tbilisi Philarmonic Big Hall, when the viewers will be able to select best song via SMS voting. Website also contains extensive information on Georgian representative, her biography, promo pictures, general information about Eurovision contest and Georgian participation and also you can watch there Eurovision diaries by GPB, which air every Saturday at 20.50 local time. |
Грузинская
телекомпания GPB открыла вебсайт,
посвященный участию страны в конкурсе
Евровидение, который содержит некоторую важную
информацию. Как сообщается, до 25 декабря
национальная телекомпания вела поиск песни для
Софо Халваши, участвующая песня должна была
удовлетворять следующим условиям - стиль
поп-фолк, язык исполнения - английский и
грузинский (песня будет исполняться в двуязычной
версии). Были выбраны 5 песен: Freedom (Mikheil Mdinaradze - Tornike Turmanidze) Fantasy Land (Zurab Makhniashvili - Giorge Gogolashvili) On Adjarian Motives (Liliko Nemsadze - Gia Jokhadze) My Story (Beqa Jafaridze - Bibi Kvachadze) Tell Me Why (Otar Tatishvili) Вы можете прослушать их здесь, а также ознакомиться с биографиями их авторов и в будущем просмотреть видеоклипы на них. Как сообщили в GPB, национальный финал назначен на 3 марта, когда на концерте в Большом Филармоническом Концертом Зале Тбилиси Софо Халваши исполнит 5 участвующих песен и зрители смогут определить лучшую из них СМС голосованием. Вебсайт также содержит информацию о Грузинской участнице, ее биографию, фотогаллерею, общую информацию о конкурсе Евровидение и участию Грузии в нем, а также там вы можете просмотреть дневники Евровидения, выходящие еженедельно по субботам в 20.50 местного времени на национальном телевидении. |
European
Broadcasting Union has officially confirmed Georgian participation in Eurovision Song
Contest 2007. As Tamar Kintsurashvili, General Director of the Georgian Public
Broadcasting confirmed at yesterday's press-conference - organization comittee that will
follow all aspects of preparations for the contest has been created in GPB. Marketing service of the company has run telephone sociologist poll, where around 20 famous Georgian singers where included, 506 persons answered the poll. 63% of the votes were received by Sopho Khalvashi, who is now confirmed as Georgian representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2007. According to Giorgi Gabashvili, Georgia’s Minister of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sports, 43 countries take part in the contest and performance there is very important not only to the singers and songauthors, but to the whole country. Organization of of the promotional activities will be done by fund "Eurovision Georgia" led by Vaniko Tarkhnishvili (Promoter/Producer), Vakho Babunashvili (Musician) and Achiko Guledani (Vocalist). They will film video for the selected entry, will be responsible for choreography and additional promotion. Georgia will not have right to vote for their contestant during the contest, thus it is very important to arrange promotion of Georgian representative in foreign countries, mentioned Nutsa Dzhanelidze, producer of the song selection. As Georgian Public Broadcaster informed ESCKaz at the moment they are running the competition for songs, deadline is set for December 26. Song competition is absolutely open and public without any restrictions for foreign songwriters. Based on song competition professional jury will select 6 best songs for final live, televised concert (provisional date February 11th). Before the final concert all 6 song will be aired frequently by state radio and TV station. During the live final concert Sopho Khalvashi will perform these 6 song an public by sms voting will select the best song, which would be Georgian entry song on ESC. Sopho Khalvashi herself hopes to achieve victory or at least good result at the contest. Additional information is available at GPB website. Sopho Khalvashi is winner of third prize at commercial song contest "New Wave" 2006 in Jurmala, Latvia. After success there she signed contract with Russian management agency "ARS" led by famous Russian composer Igor Krutoy, and with triumph returned back to her homeland, where immediately received suggestion from "Imedi" channel to host local talents show "On Imedi's waves". 21 year old Sopho (Sofico) lives in Batumi (Georgia). She is studying on the fourth course of musical school (piano and oboe). She is the winner of the musical contest of young singers "School of Nutsa - 2004 ". Sofico’s teacher of singing thinks, that the girl has very special voice, calling it “mezzo-soprano of big range ". The young actress was born on the last day of spring. Sofico loves rain, calls forth the desire to create something, it is especially pleasant for her to sing when it rains! Her favourite animal is a tiger. Sofico prefers to have a rest at the seaside. In her free time she enjoys roller-skating, communicating with friends and reading. She likes swimming. One of the most amusing cases in Sofico’s life was when she was late for her own birthday and on coming to the party saw her friends celebrating her birthday without her! She likes to wear jeans. In perfume she likes the aromas from Gucci and Christian Dior. She studied well at school, her favourite subject was literature, and the least favourite was chemistry. Her secret dream is to become famous and reach perfection in her profession! She dreams to sing a duet with Areta Franklin and Tina Turner. Sofico likes sincere people and can’t bear artful women and silly men. She is proud of the fact that despite difficulties, she does her favourite business. She cooks well and can cook practically everything but her borshch is always especially tasty. Her favourite writer is Michael Bulgakov. One of the books which she has recently read and which has impressed her greatly was "Alchemist" by P.Coehlo. Sofico loves different types of music of good quality, but especially classical rock. The singer likes to celebrate her favourite holiday, New Year, at home. She dreams of getting a song as a birthday present. It’s too early to speak about the debut album of Sofico – the actress is sure that she still needs to work much at it. Sofico has been singing since she was three: she used to wake up her parents and neighbours with the song of Soso Pavliashvili "It’s dawning» (which was triumphally sung by Soso in Yurmala). Sofico is planning to celebrate her fiftieth anniversary among the people she loves, in the restaurant on Tour d'Eiffel. If she had to choose what to take with her to an inhabited island, she would take a piano with her. She easily gets up in the morning, at about nine o’clock, and almost always with a sensation of happiness. – Her favourite expression is "The one who searches will always find!". In her childhood she dreamed of becoming "a doctor of dogs" - that is a veterinary. The refrigerator of the young actress always contains … beer! Her favorite dance is a rock-and-roll, her favorite fruit is pineapple, and her favorite sweets are kozinaki. She dreams of doing a parachute jump one day – how can it be possible to miss a chance to feel like a bird? She never leaves home without make-up, her handy and … without mood. She is afraid of darkness. She doesn’t believe in signs. She wishes she could visit Ancient Greece – it would be very interesting to have a look at how people lived those days. (NW) |
Европейский
союз вещания официально подтвердил сообщение о
том, что Грузия примет участие в конкурсе песни
"Евровидение 2007". Как заявила руководитель
"Общественного Вещания" Тамар Кинцурашвили,
в связи с этим на телевидении уже создана
организационная группа, которая работает по
вопросам подготовки конкурса. Маркетинговая служба провела телефонный опрос, в котором участвовали около 20-ти грузинских певцов. В ходе опроса 506-ти респондентов 63% голосов получила Софо Халваши. Соответственно, именно Софо Халваши представит Грузию на "Евровидении" в мае 2007 года. По заявлению министра культуры, охраны памятников и спорта Георгия Габашвили, в конкурсе принимают участие 43 страны, и выступление на этом мероприятии означает представление не только песни, но и всей страны. Организационной деятельностью займется фонд "Евровидение-Грузия", в который входит Вано Тархнишвили (продюсер), Вахо Бабунашвили (музыкант) и Ачико Гуледани (исполнитель). Именно они подготовят клип к отобранной песне, позаботятся о постановке шоу и промоушене клипа. У Грузии не будет права в день
конкурса голосовать за своего представителя,
поэтому важно обеспечить промоушен клипа
грузинской исполнительницы в других странах,
сообщила продюсер конкурса по отбору песни Нуца
Джанелидзе. Сама Софо Халваши надеется, что
она принесет Грузии победу и призовое место. |
Beka Japaridze was born on October 1, 1982 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated
from the Tbilisi Academy of Modern Art and Show Business. In 2000-2004, Japaridze worked
for studio “Georgian Records,” as Audio Director. Since 2004 he has been General
Producer of “Step Record” Company. At present Japaridze continues working on a number
of projects: Group “String,” albums of Brothers Lezhavas and Group “Soft Eject.”
Japaridze is the producer of the album “The Last Minute of a Terrorist” by Group
“Mtsvane Otakhi” (Green Room). Japaridze authored the project “Chven Erti Gundi Vart” (We are One Team) – The anthem of Fan Club of the Georgian National Football Team – official as well as rock and electronic versions, which included the music for the film “Erti Gundi” (One Team). He also worked out Rock version of Georgia’s State Anthem. |
Bibi
Kvachadze, a Georgian musician, composer and songwriter has been involved in
mass-communications activities for many years. During the period of 1995-2001 he was
Musical Director of the television studio “Maestro.” He worked as a DJ at the same
time. Kvachadze is an author, host and producer of a number of popular musical radio
programs and talk shows (Radio “96,” “Audientsia”). Based on his professional
education he is a specialist of International Relations, Law and Economy. Since 1995 Kvachadze has actively cooperated with Georgian Radio and local TV stations. |
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GPB
representatives stated to ESCKaz: "There are discussions about our participation
this year. After they will be finished we're going to send confirming application to
EBU". ESCKaz has already information on number of Russian singers with Georgia origin interested to represent their home country at the contest, who already finished recording of their possible entries. |
Представители
телевидения Грузии сообщили ESCKaz "В
настоящее время проходят переговоры о нашем
участии. По их завершению мы намереваемся
послать заявку в ЕВС", ESCKaz уже располагает информацией о ряде российских исполнителей, с грузинским происхождением, которые заинтересованы в том, чтобы представить на конкурсе Евровидение 2007 свою родную страну, уже закончив запись потенциальных песен для конкурса. |