Tornike Kipiani

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Tornike Kipiani ( Georgian თორნიკე ყიფიანი ; born December 11, 1987 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian singer .

Life

In 2014 he won the first season of the Georgian version of The X Factor ; his mentor was Tamta . He took part in the Georgian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 together with Giorgi Bolotashvili and the song "You Are My Sunshine" and finished 23rd out of 25. On December 31, 2019, Kipiani won the final of the Georgian Idol talent show and should be on Eurovision Song Contest 2020 . On March 3, 2020, the song Take Me As I Am , with which he wanted to participate, was shown for the first time on Georgian television with the accompanying music video. However, the competition had to be canceled on March 18, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Now he should start at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 .

Discography

single

  • You Are My Sunshine (2017, with Giorgi Bolotashvili)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony Granger: Georgia: 27 Artists Apply To Compete in Eurovision 2017 ( en-GB ) In: Eurovoix . December 8, 2016. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Neil Farren: Georgia: Tornike Kipiani to Eurovision 2020 ( en-GB ) In: Eurovoix . December 31, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Georgia releases Tornike Kipiani's song 'Take Me As I Am'. In: Eurovision 2020. European Broadcasting Union, March 3, 2020, accessed on March 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is canceled. In: eurovision.tv. March 18, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kipiani, Tornike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi