Yesterday a rumor spread across social media like wildfire, claiming that İTV and Azerbaijan would not be returning to Eurovision in 2023. The news originated through an instagram post from Songfestival Azerbaijan, which reported that the broadcaster had released it’s plans for TV and entertainment programs to be broadcasted over the next year, and that the Eurovision Song Contest was …

We’re into Day 6 by now, but only into Day 2 when it comes to rehearsal access for the Press. As a reminder, the first 4 days were used as closed rehearsals for all the semi-finalist performances, meaning that the first visible rehearsals for the press, are the second rehearsals for the artists. Today, the second rehearsals continued for the …

In mid-February the annoucement was made by ITV that Nadir Rustamli (Rüstəmli in Azerbaijani), the recent winner of the Voice of Azerbaijan or Səs Azərbaycan, would represent them in Turin this upcoming May. At that time, the broadcaster had received over 300 song submissions for Rustamli to perform live on the Eurovision stage, and shortlisted a total of six for …