Nutsa
Nutsa Buzaladze (professionally known as Nutsa), is a Georgian singer and songwriter. She represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Firefighter".
Nutsa was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but grew up in Turkey. Her passion for music began at the tender age of 5 where she was part of a children's group, and was later the lead vocalist and guitarist of another ensemble. She began taking piano lessons at the age of 8.
She later moved to Los Angeles to work with several music producers and has relocated to Dubai, Georgia and Miami.
In 2019, Nutsa released her debut album Nutsa22, containing covers of Georgian songs and original English-language compositions; this was followed by her breakthrough hit "Gelodebi". Shortly after, she released a successful single in “Devochka Khotela Lyubit”.
In 2020 and 2021, she took part in All Together Now Russia. She performed at the Expo 2020 in Dubai, as well as at the Dubai National Theatre and the Dubai Opera. She competed in the "International Artists" category in the Albanian song competition Kënga Magjike 2021, where she came 1st.
In 2023, she participated in the 21st season of American Idol where she finished in the Top 12. She returned for the season's finale as a guest performer, joining Lionel Richie alongside the rest of the top 12 for a performance of his song "Sail On", and performed a duet of the song "Can't Get You Out of My Head" with Kylie Minogue.
In 2024, she was announced as the Georgian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Her song was later revealed to be titled "Firefighter" and was released March 2024. Nutsa qualified from the second semi-final at Eurovision in May 2024.
Projects:
2011 - Georgia's got talent (Finalist)
2013 - Your face sounds familiar (Finalist)
2014 - New wave (Winner)
2015 - Dancing with the stars Georgia
2016 - Two stars Georgia
2017 - The voice of Turkey
2019 - Solo album & Music video release
2020 - All together now (Winner)
2020 - New single release by Sony music Russia
2021 - All together now (Finalist)
2022 - The Masked Singer Georgia
2022 - Music tv show “Mimgere” (Winner)
2022 - Singer at the Theater Dubai
2023 - American Idol (Finalist)
2024 - Eurovision (Finalist)
Nutsa on American Idol
American Idol 2023 - Final 12 S21 E15
https://youtu.be/zmsrPI58A0A?si=Fi0BPdleu_sJI02U
American Idol Finale - Nutsa & Kylie Minogue “Padam Padam” + “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”
https://youtu.be/A1EVk_5Bfp0?si=CSmSRmxWL-2tw-vm
Nutsa on Eurovision 2024 - Representing Georgia
Eurovision 2024 – “Firefighter” - Grand Finale
https://youtu.be/He4PGhm7jOw?si=on-vzNk2FtpXO6u9
Dancing with The Stars Finale - Live Performance
https://youtu.be/Ndur-K4D7oc?si=-sk2z2HCziWmAPak
Nutsa was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but grew up in Turkey. Her passion for music began at the tender age of 5 where she was part of a children's group, and was later the lead vocalist and guitarist of another ensemble. She began taking piano lessons at the age of 8.
She later moved to Los Angeles to work with several music producers and has relocated to Dubai, Georgia and Miami.
In 2019, Nutsa released her debut album Nutsa22, containing covers of Georgian songs and original English-language compositions; this was followed by her breakthrough hit "Gelodebi". Shortly after, she released a successful single in “Devochka Khotela Lyubit”.
In 2020 and 2021, she took part in All Together Now Russia. She performed at the Expo 2020 in Dubai, as well as at the Dubai National Theatre and the Dubai Opera. She competed in the "International Artists" category in the Albanian song competition Kënga Magjike 2021, where she came 1st.
In 2023, she participated in the 21st season of American Idol where she finished in the Top 12. She returned for the season's finale as a guest performer, joining Lionel Richie alongside the rest of the top 12 for a performance of his song "Sail On", and performed a duet of the song "Can't Get You Out of My Head" with Kylie Minogue.
In 2024, she was announced as the Georgian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Her song was later revealed to be titled "Firefighter" and was released March 2024. Nutsa qualified from the second semi-final at Eurovision in May 2024.
Projects:
2011 - Georgia's got talent (Finalist)
2013 - Your face sounds familiar (Finalist)
2014 - New wave (Winner)
2015 - Dancing with the stars Georgia
2016 - Two stars Georgia
2017 - The voice of Turkey
2019 - Solo album & Music video release
2020 - All together now (Winner)
2020 - New single release by Sony music Russia
2021 - All together now (Finalist)
2022 - The Masked Singer Georgia
2022 - Music tv show “Mimgere” (Winner)
2022 - Singer at the Theater Dubai
2023 - American Idol (Finalist)
2024 - Eurovision (Finalist)
Nutsa on American Idol
American Idol 2023 - Final 12 S21 E15
https://youtu.be/zmsrPI58A0A?si=Fi0BPdleu_sJI02U
American Idol Finale - Nutsa & Kylie Minogue “Padam Padam” + “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”
https://youtu.be/A1EVk_5Bfp0?si=CSmSRmxWL-2tw-vm
Nutsa on Eurovision 2024 - Representing Georgia
Eurovision 2024 – “Firefighter” - Grand Finale
https://youtu.be/He4PGhm7jOw?si=on-vzNk2FtpXO6u9
Dancing with The Stars Finale - Live Performance
https://youtu.be/Ndur-K4D7oc?si=-sk2z2HCziWmAPak