years_active notable_instruments birth_place background birth_date article_title name occupation
2008 -- present piano , guitar tbilisi , georgia solo_singer 12 july 1988 shorena janiashvili
 shorena janiashvili singer
shorena janiashvili

shorena janiashvili -lrb- , ; born on july 12 , 1988 in tbilisi -rrb- is a georgian singer who performs in lithuania .
janiashvili studied law in georgia , learned to play piano and guitar but never took formal musical training .
she participated in `` gmiri '' , the georgian version of reality show survivor , where she survived for 40 days on a desert island in malaysia .
after the show she was hired by imedi tv station .
she traveled to lithuania to host a georgian tv show laimės valanda -lrb- hour of happiness -rrb- , which would be transmitted from vilnius to tbilisi , but the transmission was interrupted by the 2008 south ossetia war 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 '' -lrb- the war ; in georgian : ომი -rrb- which was critical of the authorities .
during one of the anti-war protests in front of the russian embassy , she sang `` tavisupleba '' -lrb- georgian national anthem -rrb- and was spotted by a producer from lnk who invited her to participate in `` muzikos akademija '' -lrb- academy of music -rrb- , a music competition .
she was quickly voted off , but was subsequently invited to another singing competition '' Žvaigždžių duetai 3 '' -lrb- star duets 3 -rrb- , where she was paired up with stano and took third place .
janiashvili and her partner deividas meškauskas won '' Šok su manim '' -lrb- dance with me -rrb- , a celebrity dance competition on tv3 .
in 2009 , she was awarded the lithuanian version of fun fearless female of the year award by the `` cosmopolitan '' .
in august 2010 , janiashvili released her debut single `` tu žinai '' -lrb- you know -rrb- .
starting january 2011 , she on a solo tour `` mano širdies muzika '' -lrb- music of my heart -rrb- across lithuania with a program of traditional georgian songs .
in september 2011 , she announced a refreshed program and a world music/jazz album in the works .
