Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country  Azerbaijan
National selection
Selection process Land of Fire
Selection date(s) 2 February 2008
Selected entrant Elnur Hüseynov
and Samir Javadzadeh
Selected song "Day After Day"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (6th, 96 points)
Final result 8th, 132 points
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008 • 2009►

Azerbaijan's selection for an entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 took place in the form of a national selection on 2 February 2008. Initially, the Azeri broadcaster held castings calls for artists interested to represent the nation at the international competition. Behind closed doors, several candidates were selected by a jury to advance to the next round. These candidates were condensed to three participants: Elnur Hüseynov, Aynur Isgandarli, and the band Unformal.[1]

National final

İTV spearheaded a selection campaign and developed a show that is set to feature Eurovision stars such as Eurovision Song Contest 2004 winner Ruslana, Eurovision Song Contest 2007 winner Marija Serifovic, and Eurovision Song Contest 2003 winner Sertab Erener.[2] In addition to terrestrial broadcast, the final will be transmitted on Turkish television TRT (TRT2, TRT Türk, TRT International), Georgian GEGT and a live television bridge with Lithuanian LRT.[3][4] The show will also be streamed live through the official Eurovision website channel, ESCtv.[2]

The national final started at 17:30 CET and the winners press conference was set to start at 19:30 CET.[5] The winner of the national competition was decided by a combination of jury and televoting results, however, the selection determined the performer; it was an option for the song to be changed.[6]

The winner was Elnur Hüseynov feat. Samir Javadzadeh with the song Day After Day.

Draw Artist Song
1 Unformal "Lalala song"
2 "Little Muse"
3 Elnur Hüseynov "If You Never Back"
4 Elnur Hüseynov
and Samir Javadzadeh		 "Day After Day"
5 Aynur Isgandarli "Swear That You Will Stay"
6 "Rhythm of Fire"

At Eurovision

Azerbaijan made its début in the Eurovision taking part in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008. It qualified as the fourth country pulled out and will be in the Eurovision final on Sunday 24 May 2008. Azerbaijan was drawn 20th in the Final.[7] In the final the Azerbaijani duet Elnur Hüseynov and Samir Javadzadeh finished 8th with 132 points.

Points awarded to Azerbaijan

Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Semi-Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Moldova
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
  •  Andorra
  •  Germany
  •  Greece
  •  Romania
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Belgium
  •  Finland
  •  Ireland
  •  Israel
  •  Estonia
  •  Netherlands
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Montenegro
  •  Armenia
Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Hungary
  •  Turkey
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Russia
  •  Ukraine
  •  Belarus
  •  Macedonia
  •  Moldova
  •  Andorra
  •  Belgium
  •  Georgia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Poland
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Latvia
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Greece
  •  Israel
  •  Netherlands
  •  Romania
  •  Germany
  •  Slovenia

Points awarded by Azerbaijan[8]

Semi final 1

12 points Greece
10 points Israel
8 points Russia
7 points Norway
6 points Romania
5 points Moldova
4 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 points Poland
2 points Netherlands
1 point Slovenia

Final

12 points Turkey
10 points Ukraine
8 points Russia
7 points Israel
6 points Greece
5 points Norway
4 points Georgia
3 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points Serbia
1 point Albania

Spokespersons

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for the Azerbaijan broadcast was Leyla Aliyeva.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Exclusive: 3 Finalists for Azerbaijan known". Esctoday (English)
  2. 1 2 "Exclusive: Azeri final with Marija & Ruslana to be webcast". Esctoday (English)
  3. ↑ "ITV prepares state of the art show for Saturday". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Oikotimes (English)
  4. ↑ "Exclusive: Lithuanian TV link to Azerbaijan". Esctoday (English)
  5. ↑ "Exclusive: Azerbaijan song will not be known at final". Esctoday (English)
  6. ↑ "Azerbaijan 2008 / Азербайджан 2008". Esckaz (English) (Russian)
  7. ↑ The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. First Semi-Final: Winners Press Conference.
  8. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  9. ↑ "Azerbaijan: President's daughter to announce votes". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-07.

See also

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