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Oto Nemsadze

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About

Quick Facts

Name
Oto Nemsadze

Born
18 June 1989

Nationality
🇬🇪 Georgian

National Selection
Georgian Idol 2019
Georgian national final 2017

In Eurovision
2019 Tel Aviv

Song
Keep on going (2019

Biography

Oto Nemsadze is a Georgian singer, born in Gori, in those days in the Soviet Union.
 
Nemsadze is best known for winning season five of Geostar in 2010. After this, he created his own jazz band. They performed in Georgia but also in Kiev. It was the start of his performances in Ukraine. He won the Ukrainian/Georgian contest 10+10 in a duet with Marietta. He participated in season three of The Voice of Ukraine, finishing second. In the same year, 2013, he released his debut album and had a solo concert in Kiev. Nemsadze even had a hit in Ukraine, “Oy, chyy to kin stoyit”.
 
He took part in several contests. He was even invited to participate in “Brittain’s Got Talent”, but due to visa problems he had to withdraw. In 2017 he participated in the Georgian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest with his band Limbo. The song “Dear God” reached a 10th place.
 
Two years later, he participated in Georgian Idol in order to be the Georgian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest. He won and represented Georgia with the song “Keep on going”. Unfortunately, Nemsadze didn’t manage to reach the final. 

In may 2022, Oto and Limbo published a song called “Ukraine”, a song that was made as an ode to the country were he felt welcome, and that is now involved in a war.
 
 

Entries

Keep On Going

Country
🇬🇪 Georgia

Year
2019

Language
Georgian

Lyrics
Diana Giorgadze

Music
Roman Giorgadze

Backings
Giorgi Kananadze
Giga Chigogidze
Dato Tsintsadze
Spartak Sharikadze
Mikheil Javakhishvili

Results Semi

Points: 62
Position: 14
Running order: 11

Results Finals

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Position: –
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