Tamara Gachechiladze
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| Born | 17 March 1983 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
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Tamara "Tako" Milanova (née Gachechiladze; Georgian: თამარა "თაკო" გაჩეჩილაძე; born 17 March 1983) is a Georgian singer, songwriter, and actress. She represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song "Keep the Faith", but failed to qualify to the final.
Career
She took part in the national final for Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, with the song "Me and My Funky", coming in tenth place.[1] As a member of the quartet Stephane & 3G, she also placed fourth in the same national final with the song "I'm Free", and was going to represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "We Don't Wanna Put In", until the group's entry was disqualified for political content. She represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Keep the Faith" but failed to qualify to the final.[2][3]
Personal life
In 2018, Gachechiladze married Bulgarian songwriter Borislav Milanov at Mama Daviti Church in Tbilisi. They had met while both were participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017; Gachechiladze was representing Georgia, while Milanov had written the entries for Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria.[4]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Me and My Funky" | 2008 | Non-album singles |
| "Keep the Faith" | 2017 |
References
- ^ Brey, Marco (1 March 2008). "Tonight: Who will get the ticket from Tbilisi?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (20 January 2017). "Tako Gachechiladze wins Georgia's Eurovision final with "Keep the Faith"". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
- ^ Thomson, Euan (20 January 2017). "Georgia: Tako Gachechiladze to Kyiv!". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
- ^ Mamsikashvili, Rezo (18 October 2018). "Georgia's Tamara Gachechiladze marries Bulgarian composer Borislav Milanov…and reveals she's pregnant". Wiwibloggs.
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