Azerbaijan: Ictimai opens submissions for the Eurovision 2023 selection process

Azerbaijan: Ictimai opens submissions for the Eurovision 2023 selection process
Thursday, 08 December 2022

  • Azerbaijan's national broadcaster, Ictimai TV, has began its selection process for the next representative at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. 

    ITV has opened the submission window for acts and songwriters that ambition to reopresent Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.

    This is the first time after years that interested acts can submit their own application for Eurovision. Over the last years the act was internally selected and the submissions concerned the song selection only.

    Singers and composers should send in their performances or songs for Eurovision to [email protected] until December 31. All song must be fully comply woith the EBU's rules for the Eurovision Song Contest and all candidates must attach to their application a short biography. 

     

    Azerbaijan in Eurovision

    The Land of fire debuted in the contest in 2008 and since then they have been present in every single edition of it, counting a totla of 13 participation.  In 2011 The duo Eldar & Nikki gave the country its one and only victory with their entry Running scared, leading the Eurovision event next year in the capital city of Baku. 

    In 2019 Azerbaijan chose Chingiz through an internal selection to represent the country in Tel Aviv with his entry 'Truth', which finished 8th in the Grand final scoreboard.

     

    While Efendi's Eurovision 2020 journey was interrupted due to the coronavirus outbreak and never had the chance to perform 'Cleopatra' in Rotterdam, iTV decide to stick with the same act this year, giving her the chance to complete her mission in ESC 2021.Efendi flew to Rotterdam where she competed in the first semi final performing 'Mata Hari' and after qualifying to the Grand final she finished 20th with 65 points. 

    For 2022 Nadir Rustemli was internally selected to fly the flag in Turin where he performed the song 'Fade to black', which came 16th in the Grand final receiving a total of 106 points ( 103 from the jury vote and 3 from televoting).

     

    News Source: 12 Xal / ITV

    Image: EBU/ Nathan Reinds