Bzikebi

Bzikebi (Georgian: ბზიკები, "wasps") is a musical group from Georgia consisting of a boy called Giorgi Shiolashvili and two girls named Mariam Kikuashvili and Mariam Tatulashvili,[1][2] all ten years old during the contest.[3] They won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Lemesos, Cyprus on November 22, 2008 with their song "Bzz...".[4] During their performance they were dressed in outfits with black and yellow stripes resembling bees[3][5][6] and they sang in a made-up language.[2] They won the competition with a total of 154 points.[4][7]

References

  1. ^ Montebello, Edward (October 4, 2008). "JESC 08: Georgia Selected Bzikebi". ESCMALTA.com. http://escmalta.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=252&Itemid=54. Retrieved November 24, 2008. 
  2. ^ a b van der Molen, Rianne (November 24, 2008). "Bijtjes uit Georgië winnen songfestival, Marissa 13de" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad: pp. 6. 
  3. ^ a b "Georgië wint Junior Songfestival 2008" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. November 22, 2008. http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/kunst/4089306/Georgie-wint-Junior-Songfestival-2008.ece. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  4. ^ a b "Georgia has won!". esctime.com. November 22, 2008. http://www.esctime.com/news/3451. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  5. ^ "Bzikebi to leave for Cyprus for Eurovision Junior". The Georgian Times. November 13, 2008. http://geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=13618. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  6. ^ "'Wasps to represent Georgia in the Junior Eurovision 2008'". oikotimes.com. http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=4140. 
  7. ^ Yan (November 23, 2008). "Three "wasps" win junior Eurovision song contest". China View. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/23/content_10397945.htm. Retrieved November 23, 2008. 

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Preceded by
Alexey Zhigalkovich		 Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
2008		 Succeeded by
Ralf Mackenbach
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