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'''Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva''' ({{Lang-az|Samirə Azər qızı Əfəndiyeva}};<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/azeri/azerbaijan-51677700|title=Azərbaycanı Eurovision-2020 müsabiqəsində təmsil edəcək Samirə Əfəndi kimdir?|date=28 February 2020|work=BBC News Azərbaycanca|access-date=28 February 2020|language=az}}</ref> born 17 April 1991), known as '''Samira Efendi''' or '''Efendi''', is an ] singer. '''Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva''' ({{Langx|az|Samirə Azər qızı Əfəndiyeva}};<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/azeri/azerbaijan-51677700|title=Azərbaycanı Eurovision-2020 müsabiqəsində təmsil edəcək Samirə Əfəndi kimdir?|date=28 February 2020|work=BBC News Azərbaycanca|access-date=28 February 2020|language=az|archive-date=6 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306105604/https://www.bbc.com/azeri/azerbaijan-51677700|url-status=live}}</ref> born 17 April 1991), known as '''Samira Efendi''' or '''Efendi''', is an Azerbaijani singer. She ] in the ] with the song "]".


== Career == ==Career==
=== Early career === ===Early career===
Efendiyeva gained popularity in her home country after participating in the singing competitions ''Yeni Ulduz'' (2009), '']'' (2014) and '']'' (2015-2016, third place).<ref name=":0" /> In 2017, she was the Azerbaijani representative in the international singing competition ''Silk Way Star'', staged in ], ], finishing in third place.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-azerbaijan-representative-samira-efendi|title=Meet Azerbaijan's Eurovision 2020 artist Samira Efendi|date=28 February 2020|website=Eurovision.tv|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astanatimes.com/2017/10/qazaqstan-tv-starts-broadcast-of-silk-way-star-contest/|title=Qazaqstan TV starts broadcast of Silk Way Star contest|last=Dyussembekova|first=Zhazira|date=5 October 2017|website=The Astana Times|language=en|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> Efendiyeva represented her country again at the ''Voice of Nur-Sultan'' festival held in ], ] in 2019.<ref name=":1" /> Efendiyeva gained popularity in her home country after participating in the singing competitions ''Yeni Ulduz'' (2009), '']'' (2014) and '']'' (2015-2016, third place).<ref name=":0" /> In 2017, she was the Azerbaijani representative in the international singing competition ''Silk Way Star'', staged in ], ], finishing in third place.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-azerbaijan-representative-samira-efendi|title=Meet Azerbaijan's Eurovision 2020 artist Samira Efendi|date=28 February 2020|website=Eurovision.tv|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228102122/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-azerbaijan-representative-samira-efendi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astanatimes.com/2017/10/qazaqstan-tv-starts-broadcast-of-silk-way-star-contest/|title=Qazaqstan TV starts broadcast of Silk Way Star contest|last=Dyussembekova|first=Zhazira|date=5 October 2017|website=The Astana Times|language=en|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228180024/https://astanatimes.com/2017/10/qazaqstan-tv-starts-broadcast-of-silk-way-star-contest/|url-status=live}}</ref> Efendiyeva represented her country again at the ''Voice of Nur-Sultan'' festival held in ], ] in 2019.<ref name=":1" />


In 2014, she participated in ] but was eliminated at the third heat of the competition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=Efendi: 10 facts about Azerbaijan's Eurovision 2021 singer|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/04/28/efendi-10-facts-about-azerbaijans-eurovision-2021-singer/264616/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=wiwibloggs|language=en-US|archive-date=21 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821040845/https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/04/28/efendi-10-facts-about-azerbaijans-eurovision-2021-singer/264616/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2020–present: Eurovision Song Contest ===
On 28 February 2020, the Azerbaijani broadcaster ] announced that Efendiyeva had been internally selected to represent ] in the ], held in ], ].<ref name=":1" /> However, on March 18, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the ]. On 20 March 2020, Efendi announced on her ] account that she will represent Azerbaijan at the ] after the cancellation of ] She would sing "]" which premiered on 15 March 2021. She would perform Mata Hari in the first semi final and qualified with an 8th place with 138 points, and at the final received a 20th place finish with 65 points.


===2020–present: Eurovision Song Contest===
During her time at the Eurovision Song Contest, she would record a new song and music video posted by Eurovision's YouTube account. The song has no official name, but the song was dedicated to the Norwegian singer that had been selected to go to the contest, ]. Tix had shown a noticeable crush on Efendi throughout their time at Eurovision through a variety of ways, including giving gifts, asking Efendi out on dates, and singing love songs (including a couple parodies, including Tix's own song ] and the ] theme song) to her. In response, Efendi would also do the same, including releasing a new song.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Efendi & TIX - A Eurovision Saga - Eurovision 2021|url=https://eurovision.tv/video/efendi-tix-a-eurovision-saga-eurovision-2021|access-date=2021-05-23|website=Eurovision.tv|language=en-gb}}</ref> It is unclear whether they are in a relationship.
On 28 February 2020, the Azerbaijani broadcaster ] announced that Efendiyeva had been internally selected to ] in the ] with the song "]", held in ], Netherlands.<ref name=":1" /> However, the contest was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the ]. She instead ] in the ] with the song "]". Efendi qualified to the final, where she ended up in 20th place out of 26 countries, receiving 65 points.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.azernews.az/culture/179258.html|title=Efendi shines on Eurovision stage|last=Ismayilova|first=Laman|work=AzerNews|date=2021-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027151437/https://www.azernews.az/culture/179258.html|archive-date=2021-10-27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/efendi-2021|title=Efendi - Azerbaijan - Rotterdam 2021|work=Eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123054309/https://eurovision.tv/participant/efendi-2021|archive-date=2021-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref>


During her time at the Eurovision Song Contest, she would gain publicity after the Norwegian singer that had been selected to go to the contest, Andreas Haukeland, otherwise known as ] had shown a noticeable crush on Efendi throughout their time at Eurovision through a variety of ways, including giving gifts, flirting on social media, asking Efendi out on dates, and singing love songs (including a couple parodies, Tix's own song ] and the ] theme song). In response, she would do the same, including releasing a new music video and song dedicated to Tix that was posted by Eurovision's YouTube account.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Efendi & TIX - A Eurovision Saga - Eurovision 2021|url=https://eurovision.tv/video/efendi-tix-a-eurovision-saga-eurovision-2021|access-date=2021-05-23|website=Eurovision.tv|language=en-gb}}</ref> Some have accused Tix of fabricating the crush as a ploy to gain televotes from Azerbaijan, however Tix maintains that the crush is real and not for PR. Some others would create fan art, memes, and spread moments of the two recorded online on social media. A ship name was created, with it being called "Efentix." Tix would eventually qualify, finishing in tenth, five points ahead of the next opponent. Azerbaijan would give 10 points to Norway in the semi-final. It is unclear whether they are in a relationship, however Efendi has been reported to have been thinking of potentially marrying Haukeland. Samira would say of the relationship "To be honest, at first I was not serious about the attention of the Norwegian representative Tix. I didn’t understand what was happening. I went to Eurovision to win, not to meet someone. I went there with completely different thoughts, but received a gift from fate."<ref name=":3" />
== Discography ==

=== Singles ===
==Personal life==
Efendi has been rumored to have been dating Norwegian ] artist ], otherwise known by his artist name, ]. While speaking to ], she talked about potentially marrying Haukeland, and saying that she would move to Norway to be with him, saying (translated to English) "If I get married, I’ll probably move to Norway. Where the husband is, there I am."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Efentix: Azerbaijan's Efendi says she will move to Norway to be with TIX|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/06/02/efentix-azerbaijan-efendi-says-she-will-move-to-norway-to-be-with-tix/265612/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=wiwibloggs|language=en-US}}</ref>

Efendi has practiced ] for a number of years.<ref name=":2" /> In her spare time, she runs her own sweets boutique, called Efendi Sweet. The online Instagram store sells a variety of sweets, including cakes and éclairs.<ref name=":2" />

==Discography==
===Singles===
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! scope="col"| Album ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Efendi|title=Discografie Efendi|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2021-w21/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2021-21|publisher=]|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529005454/https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2021-w21/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21|publisher=]|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529005617/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=21|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20210528/7000|title=Official Singles Downloads Chart: 28 May 2021 – 3 June 2021|publisher=]|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213937/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20210528/7000|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Yarımın Yarı" ! scope="row"| "Yarımın yarı"
| rowspan="3"| 2019 | rowspan="3"| 2019
| — || — || — || —
| rowspan="5" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} | rowspan="9" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Sən Gələndə" ! scope="row"| "Sən gələndə"
| — || — || — || —
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Yol Ayrıcı" ! scope="row"| "Yol ayrıcı"
| — || — || — || —
|- |-
! scope="row"| "]" ! scope="row"| "]"
| 2020 | 2020
| — || — || — || —
|- |-
! scope="row"| "]" ! scope="row"| "]"
| 2021 | rowspan="2" | 2021
| 44 || 21 || 47 || 64
|-
! scope="row"| "Damlalar"
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Being a Woman"
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Efendi" <small>(with MadTeen)</small>
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Doğma diyarım"
| 2023
| — || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="7" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|} |}


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Azerbaijani singer (born 1991)

Samira EfendiSamirə Əfəndi
Birth nameSamira Azer gizi Efendiyeva
Born (1991-04-17) 17 April 1991 (age 33)
Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, USSR
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active2009–present
Musical artist

Samira Azer gizi Efendiyeva (Azerbaijani: Samirə Azər qızı Əfəndiyeva; born 17 April 1991), known as Samira Efendi or Efendi, is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Mata Hari".

Career

Early career

Efendiyeva gained popularity in her home country after participating in the singing competitions Yeni Ulduz (2009), Böyük Səhnə (2014) and The Voice of Azerbaijan (2015-2016, third place). In 2017, she was the Azerbaijani representative in the international singing competition Silk Way Star, staged in Almaty, Kazakhstan, finishing in third place. Efendiyeva represented her country again at the Voice of Nur-Sultan festival held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in 2019.

In 2014, she participated in Azerbaijan's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest but was eliminated at the third heat of the competition.

2020–present: Eurovision Song Contest

On 28 February 2020, the Azerbaijani broadcaster İTV announced that Efendiyeva had been internally selected to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Cleopatra", held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. However, the contest was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She instead represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Mata Hari". Efendi qualified to the final, where she ended up in 20th place out of 26 countries, receiving 65 points.

During her time at the Eurovision Song Contest, she would gain publicity after the Norwegian singer that had been selected to go to the contest, Andreas Haukeland, otherwise known as Tix had shown a noticeable crush on Efendi throughout their time at Eurovision through a variety of ways, including giving gifts, flirting on social media, asking Efendi out on dates, and singing love songs (including a couple parodies, Tix's own song Fallen Angel and the Pokémon Indigo League theme song). In response, she would do the same, including releasing a new music video and song dedicated to Tix that was posted by Eurovision's YouTube account. Some have accused Tix of fabricating the crush as a ploy to gain televotes from Azerbaijan, however Tix maintains that the crush is real and not for PR. Some others would create fan art, memes, and spread moments of the two recorded online on social media. A ship name was created, with it being called "Efentix." Tix would eventually qualify, finishing in tenth, five points ahead of the next opponent. Azerbaijan would give 10 points to Norway in the semi-final. It is unclear whether they are in a relationship, however Efendi has been reported to have been thinking of potentially marrying Haukeland. Samira would say of the relationship "To be honest, at first I was not serious about the attention of the Norwegian representative Tix. I didn’t understand what was happening. I went to Eurovision to win, not to meet someone. I went there with completely different thoughts, but received a gift from fate."

Personal life

Efendi has been rumored to have been dating Norwegian russ music artist Andreas Haukeland, otherwise known by his artist name, Tix. While speaking to Sputnik Azerbaijan, she talked about potentially marrying Haukeland, and saying that she would move to Norway to be with him, saying (translated to English) "If I get married, I’ll probably move to Norway. Where the husband is, there I am."

Efendi has practiced pole dancing for a number of years. In her spare time, she runs her own sweets boutique, called Efendi Sweet. The online Instagram store sells a variety of sweets, including cakes and éclairs.

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NLD
NOR
SWE
UK
Down.

"Yarımın yarı" 2019 Non-album singles
"Sən gələndə"
"Yol ayrıcı"
"Cleopatra" 2020
"Mata Hari" 2021 44 21 47 64
"Damlalar"
"Being a Woman" 2022
"Efendi" (with MadTeen)
"Doğma diyarım" 2023
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ "Azərbaycanı Eurovision-2020 müsabiqəsində təmsil edəcək Samirə Əfəndi kimdir?". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet Azerbaijan's Eurovision 2020 artist Samira Efendi". Eurovision.tv. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. Dyussembekova, Zhazira (5 October 2017). "Qazaqstan TV starts broadcast of Silk Way Star contest". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Efendi: 10 facts about Azerbaijan's Eurovision 2021 singer". wiwibloggs. 28 April 2021. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. Ismayilova, Laman (24 May 2021). "Efendi shines on Eurovision stage". AzerNews. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
  6. "Efendi - Azerbaijan - Rotterdam 2021". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021.
  7. "Efendi & TIX - A Eurovision Saga - Eurovision 2021". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Efentix: Azerbaijan's Efendi says she will move to Norway to be with TIX". wiwibloggs. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. "Discografie Efendi". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  10. "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2021-21". VG-lista. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. "Official Singles Downloads Chart: 28 May 2021 – 3 June 2021". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
Preceded byChingiz
with "Truth"
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020 (cancelled)
Succeeded byHerself
with "Mata Hari"
Preceded byHerself
with "Cleopatra"
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest
2021
Succeeded byNadir Rustamli
with "Fade to Black"
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