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Semi 2 Qualifiers Draw for Grand Final Slots. When Will Your Favorite Acts Perform?

We now know which half of the Grand Final all of this year’s qualifying acts will perform in! At tonight’s post-show press conference, the 10 entries that made it out of semi-final two drew for their slots. Czech Republic, Finland, and Romania will be performing in the first half of Saturday night’s show, with Belgium, Azerbaijan, Poland, Estonia, Australia, Sweden, …

ESC 2022: The remaining semi-finalists of Day 6 have entered the stage

We’re into Day 6 by now, but only into Day 2 when it comes to rehearsal access for the Press. As a reminder, the first 4 days were used as closed rehearsals for all the semi-finalist performances, meaning that the first visible rehearsals for the press, are the second rehearsals for the artists. Today, the second rehearsals continued for the …

Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli Eurovision 2022 song “Fade to Black” has been released!

In mid-February the annoucement was made by ITV that Nadir Rustamli (Rüstəmli in Azerbaijani), the recent winner of the Voice of Azerbaijan or Səs Azərbaycan, would represent them in Turin this upcoming May. At that time, the broadcaster had received over 300 song submissions for Rustamli to perform live on the Eurovision stage, and shortlisted a total of six for …

Azerbaijan: Five Things to Know About Nadir Rüstəmli

Last month, Azeri broadcaster İTV announced that 22-year-old rising star Nadir Rüstəmli would represent The Land of Fire at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. But how did such a seeming newcomer land this important gig? As it turns out, he’s not a newcomer at all. He’s a Lifelong Musician Born on July 8, 1999, in the coastal city of Salyan, …

Recent winner of The Voice of Azerbaijan Nadir Rüstəmli heads to Eurovision 2022 for Azerbaijan

Late last month the new season of the Voice Azerbaijan wrapped up, and Nadir Rüstəmli was selected as the winner, with former Eurovision winner Eldar Gasimov serving as his professional mentor. Little did he know that he was about to be asked to participate in a much larger TV musical competition – the Eurovision Song Contest. Today Azerbaijan and ITV …

Junior Eurovision: Azerbaijan Unveils Sona Azizova’s Contest Entry, Identifies International Songwriting Team

12-year-old singer Sona Azizova was announced as Azerbaijan’s Junior Eurovision artist in August. Since then, curious Eurovision fans have been waiting to see what The Land of Fire had up its sleeve. Well, wonder no more! Today, the official Junior Eurovision YouTube account posted the official music video for “One of Those Days”, Azerbaijan’s selection for this year’s contest. The …

Eurovision 2021: A report on the Semifinal 1 Allocation draw

Rotterdam, 18 May 2021 Goedenavond from Rotterdam! The first semifinal is behind us, and provided us with the first 10 qualifying finalists. NORWAY (Tix – Fallen Angel) ISRAEL (Eden Alene – Set Me Free) RUSSIA (Manizha – Russian Woman) AZERBAIJAN (Efendi – Mata Hari) MALTA (Destiny – Je me casse) LITHUANIA (The Roop – Discoteque) CYPRUS (Elena Tsagrinou – El …

Who will qualify from Semi-Final 1? It’s time to predict the qualifiers!

All photos used in this article credited to the EBU/AVROTROS – Nathan Reinds, Andres Putting, Thomas Hanses. It’s crunch time – in two days, the Eurovision Song Contest will finally return to our screens after a two-year gap, and it’s fair to say the excitement and hype is stronger than ever for Europe’s favourite competition to return. On Tuesday evening, …

Second Rehearsals: Our final report

Hallo uit Rotterdam! We at ESCUnited are bringing you the final report on the last five acts to rehearse in Rotterdam today. Here are our observations on Belgium, Israel, Romania, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.   11. Belgium Hooverphonic   – “The wrong place” Hooverphonic delivered a classy rehearsal today. Geike Arnaert once again proves her with her flawless vocal delivery and excellent …

Road to Rotterdam: Efendi (Azerbaijan)

Each day leading up to the rehearsals in Rotterdam, we will be showcasing each of the 39 acts taking part in this year’s contest and profiling their journey to this point! Today, it’s the turn of a lady who is a queen just like Cleopatra – it’s Azerbaijan’s Efendi! Who is Efendi? Azerbaijan’s latest uptempo pop queen is Samira Azer …

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