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| Country |  Azerbaijan | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 17 January 2009 (singer) 5 February 2009 (song) | |||
| Selected artist(s) | AySel and Arash | |||
| Selected song | ""Always"" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 180 points) | |||
| Final result | 3rd, 207 points | |||
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Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, making their second appearance at the contest. Aysel Teymurzadeh represented Azerbaijan at the contest after she was internally selected by the Azeri broadcaster, İctimai Televiziya və Radio Yayımları Şirkəti (İTV).
Selection
A multi-artist national final, similar to last year's Land of Fire, was planned to be held by İTV. However, after the quality of the entries was deemed poor, İTV decided to hold an internal selection for the artist that will represent Azerbaijan at the 2009 contest.
On 17 January it was revealed that Aysel Teymurzadeh, a nineteen year old R&B singer, has been selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia. She was selected by a seven-member jury appointed by İTV. A press conference was held by İTV later on in the day, Teymurzadeh was presented as the Azerbaijani representative. On 5 February it was announced that the same jury unanimously chose the song Always written by and performed as a duet with Iranian-Swedish singer and entertainer Arash among 30 proposed songs sent to an open call.
At Eurovision
As part of their promo tour, Aysel Teymurzadeh and Arash visited Slovenia, Romania and Sweden before heading to Moscow for their final rehearsals.
Since Azerbaijan is not one of the "Big Four" nor the host of the 2009 contest, it had to compete in one of the two semi-finals. According to the draw for semi-finals, Azerbaijan competed in Semi-final 2 on May 14. The country was seeded 11th in the order of performance. During the Final on May 16, the Azerbaijani duo finished third with 207 points.
Azerbaijan's entry was regarded as a favourite and had been predicted by many as being likely to finish in the top five in the final.
The outfits in which Aysel Teymurzadeh and Arash performed on stage were designed by the Swedish couturier Lars Wallin.
The controversial usage of images of a monument in the disputed Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the promotional clip for Armenia was addressed to the organisers of Eurovision 2009. After revealing the details associated with this incident, the organisers edited the videoclip and the image did not appear in it again. In response, the edited image was used as a background by Armenian Public Television during the announcement of the voting results in Armenia.
See also
References
- ^ Floras, Stella (2009-01-17). "Azerbaijan: Aysel Teymourzadeh to Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Azerbaijan: Aysel Teymoruzadeh to Moscow". Oikotimes. 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - van Tongeren, Mario (2008-10-24). "Azerbaijan: İTV kicks off national selection". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Floras, Stella (2008-11-02). "Azerbaijan begins quest for Eurovision 2009 participant". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Klier, Marcus (2009-01-16). "Azerbaijan: Eurovision performer selected". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Marco Brey. Azerbaijani entry written by Arash. Eurovision.tv. 5 February 2009.
- Template:Ru icon Svitlana Loboda Invited Aysel and Arash to Ukrainian Party, Soraya Kept Fingers Crossed for Azerbaijani Duo... Day.az. 2 May 2009
- Norway in 'Fairytale' Eurovision win. RTÉ.ie. 17 May 2009.
- Template:Ru icon Main Eurovision Judge Considers Azerbaijani Entrants Favourites. Day.az. 8 May 2009
- Template:Ru icon Svitlana Laboda: Aysel-Arash Duo Has Chance to Land in Top 5. Day.az. 16 May 2009
- Template:Ru icon Artur Gasparyan: Azerbaijani Duo Might Count Itself Qualified to Top 3 at Eurovision in Moscow. Day.az 16 May 2009
- Template:Ru icon Nikolai Baskov: Azerbaijani Duo Has Real Chance to Win in Eurovision. Day.az. 15 May 2009
- Template:Ru icon Aysel and Arash's Fashion Designer Reveals Secrets. Day.az. 15 May 2009.
- Template:Ru icon Eurovision 2009 Organisers Prevented Armenian Provocation. Day.az. 17 May 2009
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