Andria Putkaradze
{{Short description|Georgian child singer (born 2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
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| birth_place = Batumi, Georgia
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| occupation = Singer
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Andria Putkaradze ({{lang-ka|ანდრია ფუტკარაძე}}; born 11 June 2013) is a Georgian child singer. He began his career as the winner of the seventh season of {{lang|ka-latn|Ranina|i=yes}}, and then later won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for Georgia with the song "To My Mom", becoming the fourth Georgian entrant to win the contest.
Early life
Putkaradze was born in Batumi, Georgia, on 11 June 2013. He started singing at the age of 2. Four years later, the artist became a member of the vocal ensemble {{lang|ka-latn|Zghvis Shvilebis|i=no}} ({{lang-ka|ზღვის შვილების}}; "Children of the Sea").{{cite web|url=https://kvirispalitra.ge/article/125422-rtulia-ertaderti-shvilisgan-shors-qopna-ver-vitqvi-rom-ragacebs-mivechvie-rac-izrdeba-andria-vxedav-upro-metad-uchirs-chemtan-ganshoreba-ras-hqveba-sabavshvo-evroviziis-gamarjvebulis-deda/|title="რთულია ერთადერთი შვილისგან შორს ყოფნა, ვერ ვიტყვი, რომ რაღაცებს მივეჩვიე, რაც იზრდება ანდრია, ვხედავ უფრო მეტად უჭირს ჩემთან განშორება" - რას ჰყვება საბავშვო "ევროვიზიის" გამარჯვებულის დედა?|date=18 November 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|language=ka|website=Kviris Palitra|author=Khurtsilava, Tea}} As of 2024, he studied piano at the Zakaria Paliashvili Music School in Batumi.{{cite web|url=https://1tv.ge/news/saqartvelos-sabavshvo-evrovizia-2024-ze-proeqt-raninas-meshvide-sezonis-gamarjvebuli-andria-futkaradze-waradgens/|title=საქართველოს საბავშვო ევროვიზია 2024-ზე პროექტ "რანინას" მეშვიდე სეზონის გამარჯვებული ანდრია ფუტკარაძე წარადგენს|date=30 July 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}}
His mother, Shorena Abashidze, is an emigrant living in Brooklyn, New York City, United States,{{cite web|url=https://marao.ge/article/41203-qovel-jerze-veubnebi-deda-ar-caxvide-me-ak-mchirdebi-andria-putkarazis-simgera-emigrant-dedas-da-gamarjveba-sabavshvo-evroviziaze/|title="ყოველ ჯერზე ვეუბნები - დედა, არ წახვიდე, მე აქ მჭირდები" - ანდრია ფუტკარაძის სიმღერა ემიგრანტ დედას და გამარჯვება "საბავშვო ევროვიზიაზე"|date=17 November 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=Marao}} resulting in Putkaradze being raised by his grandparents.{{cite web|url=http://gza.kvirispalitra.ge/saxe/11432-vicodi-rom-deda-chamodioda-ukve-dgeebs-vitvlidi/|title="ვიცოდი, რომ დედა ჩამოდიოდა. უკვე დღეებს ვითვლიდი"|date=29 November 2024|access-date=29 March 2025|language=ka|website=GzaPress|author=Korganashvili, Eto}}
Career
= 2024–2025: {{lang|ka-latn|Ranina|i=yes}}, Junior Eurovision Song Contest and local activity =
Putkaradze began his professional music career in 2024, winning the seventh season of the singing competition {{lang|ka-latn|Ranina|i=yes}} ({{lang-ka|რანინა}}).{{cite web|url=https://1tv.ge/news/raninas-meshvide-sezonis-gamarjvebuli-andria-futkaradze-gakhda/|title="რანინას" მეშვიდე სეზონის გამარჯვებული ანდრია ფუტკარაძე გახდა|date=26 May 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}}
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;" |
| colspan="5" | {{lang|ka-latn|Ranina|i=yes}} performances and results (2024) |
|---|
| scope="col" | Episode
! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Final ! scope="col" | Points ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row" | {{abbr|Tour 1|Roma Rtskhiladze and Gia Macharashvili tour}}, Show 1
| "{{lang|ka-latn|Varsk'vlavebi|i=no}}"{{efn|name=Ranina 2024, Tour 1, Show 1|Performed with Demetre Okriashvili, Barbare Makhatadze, Datuna Kereselidze, Anastasia Masurashvili and Mariam Gomiashvili.}} | style="background:#FFD700;" | 1st | style="background:#FFD700;" | 117 | {{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/ranina-vii-sezoni-i-epizodi-pirveli-khuteuli/|title=#რანინა VII სეზონი. I ტური, პირველი ხუთეული|date=23 March 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} |
| scope="row" | {{abbr|Tour 2|Giga Gigashvili and Beka Gochiashvili tour}}, Show 3
| "{{lang|ka-latn|Chems simgheras vin gaigebs|i=no}}" | style="background:#FFD700;" | 1st | style="background:#FFD700;" | 120 | {{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/ranina-vii-sezoni-ii-turi-pirveli-khuteuli/|title=#რანინა VII სეზონი. II ტური, პირველი ხუთეული|date=6 April 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} |
| scope="row" | {{abbr|Tour 3|Shavnabada tour}}, Show 5
| "{{lang|ka-latn|Si ko uli bat'a|i=no}}" | style="background:#FFD700;" | 1st | style="background:#FFD700;" | 120 | {{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/ranina-vii-sezoni-iii-turi-pirveli-khuteuli/|title=#რანინა VII სეზონი. ქართული ფოლკლორის ტური, პირველი ხუთეული|date=20 April 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} |
| scope="row" | {{abbr|Tour 4|International tour}}, Show 7
| "Cinema Paradiso" | style="background:#FFD700;" | 1st | style="background:#FFD700;" | 120 | {{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/ranina-at-enaze-pirveli-khuteuli-vii-sezoni/|title=#რანინა ათ ენაზე {{!}} პირველი ხუთეული - VII სეზონი|date=4 May 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} |
| scope="row" | Semi-Final
| "{{lang|ka-latn|Baghdaduri|i=no}}" | colspan="2" style="background:navajowhite;" | Advanced | {{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/ranina-nakhevarfinali-vii-sezoni/|title=#რანინა ნახევარფინალი {{!}} VII სეზონი|date=25 May 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} |
| scope="row" | Grand Final
| "{{lang|ka-latn|K'idevats daizrdebin|i=no}}" | colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;" | Winner | {{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/ranina-finali-vii-sezoni/|title=#რანინა VII სეზონის #ფინალ!|date=26 May 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} |
File:JESC 2024 - Georgia winner.jpg.]]
On 30 July 2024, the artist was announced as the Georgian representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, receiving a special certificate and congratulations from the director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) {{ill|Tinatin Berdzenishvili|ka|თინათინ ბერძენიშვილი}}.{{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/saqartvelos-sabavshvo-evroviziaze-andria-futkaradze-waradgens/|title=საქართველოს საბავშვო ევროვიზიაზე ანდრია ფუტკარაძე წარადგენს|date=30 July 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|language=ka|via=GPB}} His song was later revealed to be titled "To My Mom" and presented with an accompanying music video on 13 October,{{cite web|url=https://1tv.ge/news/sabavshvo-evroviziaze-saqartvelos-warmomadgenlis-andria-futkaradzis-simgheris-onlain-premiera-13-oqtombers-gaimarteba/|title=საბავშვო ევროვიზიაზე საქართველოს წარმომადგენლის, ანდრია ფუტკარაძის სიმღერის ონლაინ პრემიერა 13 ოქტომბერს გაიმართება|date=9 October 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jq6TASI5jo|title=Andria Putkaradze - To My Mom {{!}} 🇬🇪 Georgia {{!}} Official Music Video {{!}} Junior Eurovision 2024|date=13 October 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|via=YouTube}} being officially released nine days later.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/5JO2gI7fWJpUuztPD2gZ5d|title=To My Mom - song and lyrics by Andria Putkaradze|access-date=26 March 2025|website=Spotify}} It was also publicized that the singer would be joined on stage by Gabriel Machabeli (who was, at the time of the announcement, a ten-year-old).{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DBtMqTJokDU/|title=DBtMqTJokDU@1tv.ge|quote={{lang|ka|🇬🇪 საბავშვო ევროვიზიის სცენოგრაფიაში ანდრია ფუტკარაძესთან ერთად 10 წლის გაბრიელ მაჩაბელიც მიიღებს მონაწილეობას|i=no}}|date=29 October 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|language=ka|via=Instagram}} On 16 November in the Junior Eurovision live show, Putkaradze won the competition with a total of 239 points.{{cite web|url=https://junioreurovision.tv/event/madrid-2024/final|title=Final of Madrid 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|website=JuniorEurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} He is the fourth Georgian entrant to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.{{cite web|url=https://junioreurovision.tv/story/andria-putkaradze-wins-jesc-2024-georgia|title=Andria Putkaradze has won Junior Eurovision 2024 for Georgia|date=16 November 2024|access-date=26 March 2025|language=en-GB|website=JuniorEurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}
A few days after returning to Georgia{{cite web|url=https://1tv.ge/news/sabavshvo-evrovizia-2024-is-gamarjvebuli-andria-futkaradze-saqartveloshi-dabrunda-foto-video/|title=საბავშვო ევროვიზია 2024-ის გამარჯვებული ანდრია ფუტკარაძე საქართველოში დაბრუნდა [ფოტო/ვიდეო]|date=18 November 2024|access-date=8 May 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} and then Batumi,{{cite web|url=https://1tv.ge/video/andria-futkaradzes-batumshi-sazeimo-dakhvedra-mouwyves/|title=ანდრია ფუტკარაძეს ბათუმში საზეიმო დახვედრა მოუწყვეს|date=23 November 2024|access-date=8 May 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} Putkaradze and his mother flew to France to take advantage of the trip to Disneyland Paris{{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/andria-futkaradze-safrangetshi-gaemgzavra/|title=ანდრია ფუტკარაძე საფრანგეთში გაემგზავრა|date=24 November 2024|access-date=20 April 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}} given to him as a prize for winning {{lang|ka-latn|Ranina|i=yes}}.
In January 2025, he became a participant in the special New Year's edition of the show {{lang|ka-latn|Mart'ivilogik'a|i=yes}} ({{lang-ka|მარტივილოგიკა}}; "Simple Logic").{{cite AV media|url=https://1tv.ge/video/saakhalwlo-martivilogika-vache-ghviniashvili-da-andria-futkaradze-sesili-sivsivadze-da-giorgi-sefiashvili/|title=საახალწლო #მარტივილოგიკა ვაჩე ღვინიაშვილი და ანდრია ფუტკარაძე / სესილი სივსივაძე და გიორგი სეფიაშვილი!|date=13 January 2025|access-date=11 May 2025|language=ka|website=GPB}}
Discography
= Singles =
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| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album or EP ! scope="col" | Length ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| scope="row" | "To My Mom"
| 2024 | {{Non-album singles}} | 2:58 |
Videography
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| scope="row" | "To My Mom"
| 2024 | {{n/a}} |
Notes
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References
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{{succession box
| before = {{flagicon|France}} Zoé Clauzure
with "Cœur"
| title = Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
| years = 2024
| after = TBD
}}
{{succession box
| title = Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
| years = 2024
| before = Anastasia & Ranina
with "Over the Sky"
| after = TBD
}}
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{{List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners}}
{{Georgia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024}}
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Category:Musicians from Batumi
Category:Child singers from Georgia (country)
Category:21st-century male singers from Georgia (country)