The EBU has confirmed that 39 countries will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, hosted between 19-23 May in Vienna, Austria. The number is two up on last year, representing the first increase in participation since Germany’s hosting in 2011. Amongst the participants is a surprising return from Czech Republic, who will take part for the first time …
Azerbaijan will take part in 2015
Despite achieving the worst Azeri result in the country’s history in 2014, the national broadcaster of Azerbaijan, ITV, has confirmed that the Caucasian country will be present in 2015 and as a result becomes the final member of the Caucasus to confirm participation. Azerbaijan has taken part in Eurovision every year since their debut in 2008 and finished in the …
Interview with Dilara Kazimova (Azerbaijan) after her first rehearsal
We caught up with Dilara Kazimova from Azerbaijan after her first rehearsal. We talked about several things including her song, traditional Azerbaijani instruments and her other passions such as painting and acting. [vsw id=”-aBio_2eBG8″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]
Azerbaijan: Dilara Kazimova releases ‘Start A Fire’
Dilara Kazimova won the Azerbaijani National Final a few weeks ago but unlike most selections they only chose the act with the actual song being an internal choice. The broadcaster basically took its time to come up with something they felt was a worthy choice and today “Start A Fire” was made available on eurovision.tv. You can listen to the …
Dilara to represent Azerbaijan in Copenhagen
Dilara Kazimova has become the Azeri representative in tonight’s Böyük Səhnə Eurovision selection, winning an expert jury vote with 136 points in total. Dilara is not an unknown name to Eurovision, as she has already reached the final of the national selection twice, in 2008 and 2010 as parts of groups Unformal and Milk&Kisses respectively. This, however, will be the …
Two more countries confirm: Azerbaijan and Armenia
The participation deadline is almost here and two more contries confirmed participation at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Armenian broadcaster AMPTV confirmed that they will be back next May but did not provide any details on the method on how their entry will be selected. Armenia’s participation does not come as a surprise but they waited …
The 2013 “Expert” Panel – AZERBAIJAN
Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …
Farid Mammadov will represent Azerbaijan in Malmo with “Hold Me”
The National Final in Azerbaijan concluded and 10 acts were fighting for the Golden Ticket to represent their country in Malmo this May at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. In the end Farid Mammadov and will be flying the flag with his entry “Hold me”. [vsw id=”IM-61WC0d9c” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Farid has big shoes to fill, since …