Tamara "Tako" Milanova (; ka, თამარა "თაქო" მილანოვა, ; born 17 March 1983) is a Georgian singer, songwriter and actress. She represented Georgia in the

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, with the song "

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Career

She took part in the national final for

Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Georgia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Peace Will Come", composed by Kim Breitburg, with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan, and performed by Diana Gurtskaya. The Georgian participating broadcaster, the Georgian Publi ...

, with the song "Me and My Funky", coming in tenth place. As a member of the quartet

Stephane & 3G Stephane and 3G ( ka, სტეფანე და 3G) are a Georgian pop group consisting of members: Stephane Mgebrishvili, Nini Badurashvili, Tamara Gachechiladze and Kristine Imedadze. Eurovision and withdrawal On 1 March 2008, Stephane ...

, 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 intended to enter Georgian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011, but ultimately withdrew due to health problems. In 2017, she represented Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "

" but failed to qualify to the final, finishing in 11th place in the first semi-final.

Personal life

In 2018, Gachechiladze married Bulgarian songwriter

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at Mama Daviti Church in

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. They had met while both were participating in the

; Gachechiladze was representing

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, while Milanov had written the entries for

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, and

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. They have two children and live in

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Discography

Singles

References

External links

1983 births Living people 21st-century women singers from Georgia (country) Musicians from Tbilisi Pop singers from Georgia (country) Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Austria Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Georgia-bio-stub