Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Azerbaijan's was represented by Elnur Hüseynov feat. Samir Javadzadeh in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song with the song "Day After Day".

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Azerbaijan
National selection
Selection processLand of Fire
Selection date(s)2 February 2008
Selected entrantElnur Hüseynov
and Samir Javadzadeh
Selected song"Day After Day"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (6th, 96 points)
Final result8th, 132 points
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008 • 2009►

Before Eurovision

Land of Fire

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.[1]

Competing artists

İTV 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.[2]

Final

The final was held on 2 February 2008 (17:30 CET) at the Heydar Aliyev Palace in Baku, hosted by Husniye Maharramova and Ilham Hasymov.[3][4] Elnur Hüseynov and Samir Javadzadeh were selected by a fifteen-member jury as the Azerbaijani representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[5] However, the selection only determined the performer; it was an option for the song to be changed.[3][4]

In addition to terrestrial broadcast, the final was transmitted on Turkish television TRT (TRT2, TRT Türk, TRT International), Georgian GEGT and a live television bridge with Lithuanian LRT.[6][7] The show was also streamed live through the official Eurovision website channel, ESCtv.[1]

Final – 2 February 2008
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s)
1 Unformal "Lalala song" Farida Jafarova, Dilara Kazimova
2 "Little Muse" Farida Jafarova, Igor Garanin, Togrul Manafov
3 Elnur Hüseynov "If You Never Back" Isa Melikov, Paulina Melikova
4 Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh "Day After Day" Govhar Hasanzadeh, Zahra Badalbeyi
5 Aynur Isgandarli "Swear That You Will Stay" Ilham Abdullayev, Zahra Badalbeyli
6 "Rhythm of Fire" Mikhail Nekrasov, Zahra Badalbeyli

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.[8] 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 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Azerbaijan (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Azerbaijan[9]

Spokespersons

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

References
  1. "Exclusive: Azeri final with Marija & Ruslana to be webcast". Esctoday (in English)
  2. "Exclusive: 3 Finalists for Azerbaijan known". Esctoday (in English)
  3. "Exclusive: Azerbaijan song will not be known at final". Esctoday (in English)
  4. "Azerbaijan 2008 / Азербайджан 2008". Esckaz (in English and Russian)
  5. Klier, Marcus (2 February 2008). "Azerbaijan decided: Elnur Gusseinov to Eurovision". Esctoday.
  6. "ITV prepares state of the art show for Saturday". Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Oikotimes (in English)
  7. "Exclusive: Lithuanian TV link to Azerbaijan". Esctoday (in English)
  8. The official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. First Semi-Final: Winners Press Conference.
  9. Eurovision Song Contest 2008

See also
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