Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

GPB opened a public submission from 15 December 2011 until 15 January 2012, which was later extended to 25 January 2012. Songs were required to be performed in either English or Georgian.[6][7] 13 entries were received by the submission deadline and an expert commission selected the top nine songs from the received submissions, which were announced on 13 February 2012 and presented to the public via a special programme on 19 February 2012 at the GPB studios in Tbilisi, hosted by Temo Kvirkvelia and broadcast on the GPB First Channel as well as online at the broadcaster's website 1tv.ge and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[8][9] The winner, "I'm a Joker" performed by Anri Jokhadze, was determined upon by the 50/50 combination of the votes of an expert jury and a public televote.[10] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Phikria Mamphoria, 2011 Georgian Junior Eurovision winners Candy, 2011 Georgian Eurovision entrants Eldrine and 2012 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant Sabina Babayeva performed as guests.[11]

Anri Jokhadze took part in technical rehearsals on 16 and 19 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 23 and 24 May. This included the jury final on 23 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.

The Georgian performance began with Anri Jokhadze dressed in a red monk habit, of which he later took off to reveal a black and silver outfit designed by Canadian designer Gio Gaudet.[13] Jokhadze was joined on stage by five dancers, all of them which stood and sat on metal-framed cube structures as well as performing backing vocals. One of the backing performers wore a long red dress split up the sides, while the remaining four performers wore black leather basques. Jokhadze also played a Georgian drum and the piano during the performance. The stage colours were predominantly red with the LED screens projecting fast moving stars and circles. The performance also featured smoke and pyrotechnic flame effects.[14][15] The staging director for the Georgian performance was Lasha Oniani.[13] The five backing performers that joined Anri Jokhadze were: Magda Jokhadze, Nini Shermadini, Nino Dzotsenidze, Salome Chachua and Veriko Turashvili.[16]

At the end of the show, Georgia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Georgia failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since its first entry in 2007. It was later revealed that Georgia placed fourteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 36 points.[17]

Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Georgia had placed eighteenth (last) with the public televote and eighth with the jury vote in the second semi-final. In the public vote, Georgia scored 15 points, while with the jury vote, Georgia scored 62 points.[18][19]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Georgia and awarded by Georgia in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Sweden in the semi-final and to Lithuania in the final of the contest.