eurovision 2014
The Shin
The Shin represented Georgia at Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen with “Three Minutes to Earth”, and went out in the second semi-final.
- what
- Georgian band
- formed
- 1998, Georgia
- contest
- 2014
- music
- jazz rock
- active
- since 1998
- sang for
- Georgia
Biography
The Shin is a Georgian jazz rock band formed in Germany in 1998, which combines Georgian folk melodies and polyphonic singing with jazz rock, scat and flamenco. With the singer Mariko, the band performed “Three Minutes to Earth” in Copenhagen in 2014 and finished last in the semi-final.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “The Shin”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2014 Copenhagen
“Three Minutes to Earth”
Out in the second semi-final Went out in the second semi-final: 15th of 15, with 15 points.
- Billed as
- The Shin and Mariko
- With
- Mariko
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Eugen Eliu, Zaza Miminoshvili
- Won that year
- Austria: Conchita Wurst, “Rise Like a Phoenix”
The story of Eurovision 2014: Rise Like a Phoenix, and a hall that booed Russia
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