eurovision 2016
Nika Kocharov
Nika Kocharov represented Georgia at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with “Midnight Gold”, finishing 20th of 26.
- who
- Georgian singer
- born
- 22 June 1980, Tbilisi
- contest
- 2016
- best result
- 20th, 2016
- music
- indie rock, alternative rock
- plays
- guitar
- also in
- Young Georgian Lolitaz
- sang for
- Georgia
Biography
Nika Kocharov is a Georgian singer-songwriter, composer and actor who fronted the indie rock band Young Georgian Lolitaz. Together the band and its frontman performed “Midnight Gold” in Stockholm in 2016 and finished 20th. Kocharov went on to be part of Circus Mircus, Georgia’s act in 2022.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Nika Kocharov”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2016 Stockholm
“Midnight Gold”
20th of 26 Finished 20th of 26 in the final, with 104 points.
- Billed as
- Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Thomas G:son, Kote Kalandadze
- Running order
- 23rd of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 9th of 18, 123 points
- Age on the night
- 35
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”
The story of Eurovision 2016: A new way of counting, and a winner who topped neither vote
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