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Azerbaijan confirms participation in Eurovision 2020

17 September 2019 [16:55] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan joins the list of countries that will participate in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Public TV (ITV), Azerbaijan's national broadcaster, has confirmed that Azerbaijan will compete at Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

ITV has the official right to broadcast Eurovision. So far, 35 countries have confirmed preliminary participation in the contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be held in the Netherlands in May 2020, after Duncan Laurence's victory in Tel Aviv.

Rotterdam has been selected as the Host City for the 65th Eurovision Song Contest. The song contest will consist of two semi-finals that will be held on May 12 and May 14. The final will be held on May 16.

Azerbaijan debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 after the Azerbaijani television channel ITV joined the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and received the official right to broadcast the competition. 

Azerbaijan marked its debut in 2008 with the duo of Elnur and Samir, who managed to become eighth in the final with their song ‘"Day after day".

The brilliant duet of Aysel and Arash, which represented Azerbaijan next year, took the third place at the song contest, while Safura Alizada, who represented the country at Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, became fifth.

On its fourth attempt with Ell and Nikki's "Running Scared" song, the Land of Fire won the event, bringing the contest to Baku’s Crystal Hall in 2012. Ell and Nikki were the first mixed-gender duo to win the contest since 1963 and the first winners from Azerbaijan.

It is noteworthy that Azerbaijan reached the Top 5 in five consecutive contests - 3rd in 2009, 5th in 2010, 1st in 2011, 4th in 2012, and 2nd in 2013.

In 2018, Aysel Mammadova brilliantly performed at Eurovision 2018 semi-final, but she couldn't make it to the final. The singer represented Azerbaijan with the song "X My Heart".

This year, Azerbaijan's Chingiz Mustafayev impressed all Eurovision fans with his stunning performance. The singer finished in the seventh place at the song contest.

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