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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.
The contest
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.
Azerbaijani entry received votes from 34 out 41 countries of the Contest, Azerbaijan excluded. Azerbaijan's third place is considered a great success for the country, which participated in the contest only for the second time.
The international team behind AySel & Arash included experts from Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, UK and Azerbaijan itself. The outfits in which Aysel Teymurzadeh and Arash performed on stage were designed by the Swedish couturier Lars Wallin.
During the rehearsals in Moscow, the Azerbaijan representatives were visited by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Voting scandal
After the finish of Eurovision 2009, some Belarusian media reported that unknown people allegedly paid Belarusian students so that they would vote for Azerbaijan and even supposedly transported them to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border in 10 buses. The cost of whole action is claimed to be about 55 million roubles. They voted for Azerbaijan with the help of Belarusian SIM cards and then received Lithuanian cards to do the same. “Always” received high votes from Belarus (10) and Lithuania (5), being even ahead of Russia in Belarus. The head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Belarus, which numbers tens of thousands of people, Natsik Bahirau says that he does not know anything about the action, while Sergey Malinovsky, Belorussian jury member of the Eurovision, openly doubts that such vote irregularity could take place. However, European Radio for Belarus had an unofficial confirmation from the Minsk auto parks.
Video clip controversy
Following the protests of Azerbaijani officials, Eurovision’s Russian hosts removed from the video of the Armenian performers the image of the monument We Are Our Mountains, which is located in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. In response, the edited image was used as a background by Armenian Public Television during the announcement of the voting results in Armenia. Azerbaijan's reel depicted the Maqbaratoshoara, a famous monument and a symbol of the city of Tabriz capital of the East Azerbaijan province of Iran, shown among national monuments of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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
- www.oikotimes.com. Europe falls in love with talented duo
- Template:Ru icon Aysel and Arash's Fashion Designer Reveals Secrets. Day.az. 15 May 2009.
- Did Azerbaijan “bribe” Belarus and Lithuania to vote at “Eurovision”? // European Radio for Belarus, by Zmіtser Panyamonau, Hanna Balahovіch. 2009-05-19
- Минск и Баку теперь связывает прямой авиарейс, MIR TV, 01.03.2007 19:50
- Did Azerbaijan “bribe” Belarus and Lithuania to vote at “Eurovision”? // European Radio for Belarus, by Zmіtser Panyamonau, Hanna Balahovіch. 2009-05-19
- Азербайджан "подкупал" голосование на "Евровидении" в Беларуси и Литве? Belarussian Partisan, 19.05.2009
- Белорусам платили по 100 тысяч за Азербайджан, 2009-05-19 14:49:09, Змитер Понемонов, Анна Балахович
- Did Azerbaijan “bribe” Belarus and Lithuania to vote at “Eurovision”? // European Radio for Belarus, by Zmіtser Panyamonau, Hanna Balahovіch. 2009-05-19
- Азербайджан "подкупал" голосование на "Евровидении" в Беларуси и Литве? Belarussian Partisan, 19.05.2009
- EurasiaNet Civil Society. Armenia and Azerbaijan: Eurovision Contest Puts Musical Twist on Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute.
- http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=31848
- http://www.mosnews.com/society/2009/05/18/armenianazericontestconflict/
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