Warrior (Nina Sublatti song)

2015 single by Nina Sublati

"Warrior"

Single by Nina Sublatti
Released| 11 March 2015 (2015-03-11)
Recorded| 2015 (2015)
Genre|

* Synthpop

Length| 3:01
Label|

* Georgian Public Broadcaster
* Universal Music

Songwriter(s)| Nina Sublatti, Thomas G:son
Producer(s)| Nina Sublatti, Thomas G:son
Music video
"Warrior" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry
Country|

Georgia

Artist(s)|

Nina Sublatti

Language|

English

Composer(s)|

Nina Sublatti, Thomas G:son

Lyricist(s)|

Nina Sublatti

Finals performance
Semi-final result|

4th

Semi-final points|

Final result|

11th

Final points|

Entry chronology
◄ "Three Minutes to Earth" (2014)
"Midnight Gold" (2016) ►

"Warrior" is a song performed by Georgian singer-songwriter Nina Sublatti. The song represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1]

In an interview ahead of the Georgian national final, Sublatti said she wrote the song during a three-hour period in the middle of the night. The song is about Georgian women who strive to be "good women, good mothers, good teachers."[2] It also subliminally fought against the ongoing Russian occupation of Georgia.[3]

On January 28, 2015, the Georgian Public Broadcaster announced that Sublatti would work with Swedish composer Thomas G:son ahead of her stage performance in Vienna.[4]

## Critical reception

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In a review of the Eurovision blog Wiwibloggs, the song received an overall score of 7.67/10 from a total of 29 jurors and was ranked 11th among the forty Eurovision 2015 participants. It received mostly positive reviews, but Patrick of Wiwibloggs awarded the song a 2/10 and stated "If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. I really don’t understand why people like this – it’s an ok song maybe but for me it’s nothing special. She may exude personal strength, but I don’t feel the strength in her voice, song or message. It’s dark but it’s too much. I really don’t like the song and she puts me off as a person. I’m not feeling Georgia once again." Among 29 jurors, 6 of them gave it a maximum score of 10/10. Sinan, one of the jurors who awarded the song a maximum score stated "Strong, different, painfully cool — this is fierce. Nina sings great live and I think she will do very well in Vienna. The video is just an accessory for the song, but it makes the whole package even more amazing. Slay kween!". Mikhail, another juror who also gave a maximum score to the song stated, "From the first listen this song has been “stucked in my mind“ [sic?]. It is powerful, energetic, and has some mystic energy. And what an amazing job Georgians did with the revamp! When I hear the very beginning, I think that the whole Mongol army is running at me! This is stunning! It captures you and you cannot take your ears/eyes off it. This warrior will slay in Vienna! Go Nina!"[5]

## Music video

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On March 11, 2015, the official music video directed by David Gogokhia was released. In this clip, the final version of the song was presented. Five other females who were also featured in the video were Nina Potskhishvili (a model from Look Models), Mariam Sanogo (a model from the Geomodels Agency), Keta Gavasheli, Lina Tsiklauri, and Dea Aptsiauri.[6] A notable feature of the video is that the models also portray Tamar of Georgia, a Georgian National Hero who ruled Georgia as the first Queen Regnant.

## Live performance

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On April 10, 2015, the final version of the song was performed live for the first time during the Eurovision Pre-Party held in Riga, Latvia. One week later, it was performed again on April 18 at the Eurovision In Concert event held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The song was performed last on May 19 at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and qualified for the final. In the grand final, Nina performed "Warrior" in the 23rd position and finished in 11th place with 51 points. A smoke machine malfunction happened while she was performing live on the final night, causing her to disappear temporarily on the stage in a cloud of grey smoke.[7]

## Track listings

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* Digital download[8]

1. "Warrior" – 3:02

## Charts

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Chart (2015)  | Peak
position

|

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] | 73
Iceland (Tónlist)[10] | 44
Turkey (Number One Top 100)[11] | 2

## See also

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* Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

## References

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1. ^ Granger, Anthony (14 January 2015). "Georgia: Nina Sublatti Is Off To Eurovision". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
2. ^ Mamsikashvili, Rezo (3 January 2015). "EXCLUSIVE: Nina Sublatti chats with wiwibloggs about Georgia's Eurovision selection". wiwibloggs.
3. ^ Smith, David (22 June 2019). ""They burn us alive" — Georgia's Nina Sublatti says "Warrior" rails against Russian "occupation of my beautiful country"". Wiwibloggs.
4. ^ Mamsikashvili, Rezo (28 January 2015). "Georgia: Sacha Jean-Baptiste and Thomas G:Son will work with Nina Sublatti". wiwibloggs.
5. ^ "Wiwi Jury: Georgia's Nina Sublatti with "Warrior"". Wiwibloggs. May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
6. ^ Mamsikashvili, Rezo (11 March 2015). "Watch: Nina Sublatti releases "Warrior" video". wiwibloggs.
7. ^ "Georgia: Nina Sublatti fans angry over smoke machine fail". Wiwibloggs. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
8. ^ iTunes – Music – Warrior (Eurovision 2015 - Georgia) by Nina Sublatti
9. ^ "Nina Sublatti – Warrior" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
10. ^ "Netlistinn viku 23, 2015". Retrieved 13 June 2015.
11. ^ "Digital Singles Charts - Turkey". Number One Top 100. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

## External links

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* "Warrior" music video on YouTube
* Full lyrics of this song at Eurovision.tv

* v
* t
* e

Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest

* National selections: Georgian Idol (former)
* The Voice Georgia (former)

Participation|

* 2007
* 2008
* ~~2009~~
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Artists|

* Nutsa Buzaladze
* Circus Mircus
* Eldrine
* Tamara Gachechiladze
* Sophie Gelovani
* Diana Gurtskaya
* Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao
* Iru
* Anri Jokhadze
* Sopho Khalvashi
* Tornike Kipiani
* Nika Kocharov
* Mariko
* Oto Nemsadze
* Sofia Nizharadze
* Mariam Shengelia
* The Shin
* ~~Stephane and 3G~~
* Nina Sublatti
* Nodi Tatishvili
* Young Georgian Lolitaz

Songs|

* "Echo"
* "Firefighter"
* "For You"
* "Freedom"
* "I'm a Joker"
* "Keep On Going"
* "Keep the Faith"
* "Lock Me In"
* "Midnight Gold"
* "One More Day"
* "Peace Will Come"
* "Shine"
* ~~"Take Me as I Am"~~
* "Three Minutes to Earth"
* "Visionary Dream"
* "Warrior"
* "Waterfall"
* ~~"We Don't Wanna Put In"~~
* "You"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Georgia did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Countries|

| Final|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Estonia
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* United Kingdom

|

Semi-finals|

* Belarus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Switzerland

Artists|

| Final|

* Aminata
* Lisa Angell
* Ann Sophie
* Boggie
* Elina Born and Stig Rästa
* Elhaida Dani
* Edurne
* Electro Velvet
* Polina Gagarina
* Genealogy
* Nadav Guedj
* Elnur Hüseynov
* John Karagiannis
* Knez
* Monika Kuszyńska
* Maria Elena Kyriakou
* Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila
* The Makemakes
* Maraaya
* Mørland and Debrah Scarlett
* Loïc Nottet
* Guy Sebastian
* Bojana Stamenov
* Nina Sublatti
* Il Volo
* Voltaj
* Måns Zelmerlöw

|

Semi-finals|

* Amber
* Leonor Andrade
* Anti Social Media
* Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta
* Daniel Kajmakoski
* Maria Olafs
* Trijntje Oosterhuis
* Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
* Mélanie René
* Eduard Romanyuta
* Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola
* Molly Sterling
* Uzari and Maimuna

Songs|

| Final|

* "Adio"
* "Amanecer"
* "Beauty Never Lies"
* "Black Smoke"
* "De la capăt"
* "Face the Shadow"
* "Golden Boy"
* "Goodbye to Yesterday"
* "Grande amore"
* "Here for You"
* "Heroes"
* "Hour of the Wolf"
* "I Am Yours"
* "I'm Alive"
* "In the Name of Love"
* "Love Injected"
* "A Million Voices"
* "A Monster Like Me"
* "N'oubliez pas"
* "One Last Breath"
* "One Thing I Should Have Done"
* "Rhythm Inside"
* "Still in Love with You"
* "This Time"
* "Tonight Again"
* "Warrior" (Georgia)
* "Wars for Nothing"

|

Semi-finals|

* "Aina mun pitää"
* "Autumn Leaves"
* "Chain of Lights"
* "Há um mar que nos separa"
* "Hope Never Dies"
* "I Want Your Love"
* "Playing with Numbers"
* "Time"
* "Time to Shine"
* "Unbroken"
* "Walk Along"
* "Warrior" (Malta)
* "The Way You Are"

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