Watch "Three Minutes To Earth" from Georgia

The Shin and Mariko recording their Eurovision song in Stuttgart, Germany.

About The Shin & Mariko

The Shin is a Germany-based band that became famous for their creative ways of interweaving traditional Georgian music with influences from pop and world music. For their performance in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest they are joined by vocalist Mariko Ebralidze. Their Eurovision entry Three Minutes To Earth reflects this idea: "It describes the last three minutes of a long walk back to Earth, back home." Shin also means "home", so the band name is linked to the lyrics.
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Tbilisi, Georgia - The Shin & Mariko, the Georgian representatives for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest have already been announced. We also know the title of their entry for Copenhagen. This morning, the Georgian broadcaster GPB released the official video clip of Three Minutes To Earth!

The premiere of a video clip Three Minutes To Earth took place on the First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, GPB. Director of the video is Basa Potskhishvili. Zaza Miminoshvili, member of The Shin, composed the entry, while the author of the lyrics is Eugen Eliu.
Join The Shin & Mariko on their three minutes music journey! Their Eurovision song is definitely something special, as folk meets modern music, mixed with country and even quotes from Bach:

Last month, The Shin & Mariko recorded their song Three Minutes To Earth in Stuttgart, Germany. "It describes the last three minutes of a long walk back to Earth, back home", the Georgian artists told eurovision.tv in their last interview. Read the interview with The Shin & Mariko about their entry in our previous issue:

"Three Minutes to Earth" for Georgia

The Georgian representatives, The Shin & Mariko, came to the German city of Stuttgart this week to record their song for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. While they were working in the studio, th... Read more

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