Shorena Janiashvili ( ka, შორენა ჯანიაშვილი, or ''Šorena Janiašvili''; born 12 July 1988, in

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) is a Georgian singer who's currently active in

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. Janiashvili studied law in

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, learned to play piano and guitar but never took formal musical training. She participated in '' GMiri'', the Georgian version of reality show

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, where she survived for 40 days on a desert island in Malaysia. After the show she was hired by

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TV station. She traveled to Lithuania to host a Georgian TV show Laimės valanda (Hour of Happiness), which would be transmitted from

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, but the transmission was interrupted by the

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and she stayed in Lithuania. Janiashvili was a strong supporter of her native country during the war advocating the end of the war. This inspired her to record bilingual song ''Karas'' (The War; in Georgian: ომი) which was critical of the authorities. During one of the anti-war protests in front of the Russian embassy, she sang '' Tavisupleba'' (Georgian national anthem) and was spotted by a producer from LNK who invited her to participate in ''Muzikos akademija'' (Academy of Music), a music competition. She was quickly voted off, but was subsequently invited to another singing competition ''Žvaigždžių duetai 3'' (Star Duets 3), where she was paired up with Stano and took third place. Janiashvili and her partner Deividas Meškauskas won ''Šok su manim'' (Dance with Me), a celebrity dance competition on

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. In 2009, she was awarded the Lithuanian version of Fun Fearless Female of the Year Award by the ''

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''. In August 2010, Janiashvili released her debut single ''Tu žinai'' (You Know). Starting January 2011, she on a solo tour ''Mano širdies muzika'' (Music of My Heart) across Lithuania with a program of traditional Georgian songs. In September 2011, she announced a refreshed program and a

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/jazz album in the works.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Janiashvili, Shorena 1988 births Living people 21st-century women singers from Georgia (country) Pop singers from Georgia (country) Musicians from Tbilisi Lithuanian television people Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Lithuania