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Post by Anesović on Jul 29, 2020 23:02:56 GMT 1
 All discussion regarding Azerbaijan in the 2021 contest should be posted here!
Efendi - "Mata Hari"
l/m: Amy van der Wel, Luuk van Beers, Tony Cornelissen |
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Post by nijat on Jan 15, 2021 17:01:12 GMT 1
ITV TO START RECEIVING SUBMISSIONS According to INFE Azerbaijan, on 7 January Ictimai Television started reception of the songs for Azerbaijani internal selection for ESC 2021. The deadline for the submission of the songs is 19 January.
It has also been announced that the head of Azerbaijani delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be the famous composer Isa Melikov. Melikov has previously participated in production of Azerbaijani entries from 2009 ("Always" by Aysel and Arash), 2011 ("Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki) and 2017 ("Skeletons" by DiHaj). |
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Post by nijat on Feb 5, 2021 16:00:42 GMT 1
UPDATES The submission round has officially been completed. In total, 229 songs were submitted to Ictimai Television, out of which 6 qualified to the Final Round of the Internal National Selection of ESC 2021 Azerbaijan. According to INFE Azerbaijan, two of the six final candidates are ballads, while the remaining four being uptempo songs. INFE Azerbaijan will share hints about these songs on the upcoming days, and I hope I will be able to provide you more detailed information about the Final Round soon. |
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Post by Amanda on Feb 5, 2021 16:05:53 GMT 1
So no Efendi?
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Post by nijat on Feb 5, 2021 18:01:16 GMT 1
The representative is Efendi, the selection is only about songs. |
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Post by fabbi on Feb 5, 2021 20:59:12 GMT 1
Just for the twist it would be interesting to get her with a ballad after last year's song lol.  Btw. nijat what was the reception / commercial success of Cleopatra in  Azerbaijan itself? |
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Post by nijat on Feb 5, 2021 21:16:00 GMT 1
Just for the twist it would be interesting to get her with a ballad after last year's song lol. Btw. nijat what was the reception / commercial success of Cleopatra in  Azerbaijan itself? Can't really say anything definitively since we do not have official charts in Azerbaijan; but based on my limited observation, it was received very positively amongst specific audiences (e.g. ESC/popular music fans) rather than the masses. |
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Post by nijat on Feb 6, 2021 23:34:44 GMT 1
UPDATES: THE FIRST HINT "This song is about a world-famous dancer. Her name means the Moon and the day separately, and the Sun, reading together. The lady, who danced for famous figures and then wrote "innocent" letters to her daughter, was eventually executed. On her sixth attempt, Efendi starts everything all over again, like the woman mentioned in the song..." (translation of "INFE Azerbaijan" post) All of these hints remind me of one person - Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known as Mata Hari. Mata Hari was a famous exotic dancer; her artistic name can be translated as "Sun" (or "eye of the day", if translated literally) in a local Malay language; and she was executed by firing squad in France for the convictions of espionage. If so, one of the National Selection entries is about or does at least have references to Mata Hari. Azerbaijani delegation might as well continue the tradition of choosing songs about historical female figures for Efendi. |
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Post by nijat on Feb 9, 2021 17:57:22 GMT 1
UPDATES: SONG TITLES INFE Azerbaijan has published the titles of six songs from the final shortlist. They are:
1. Mata Hari (uptempo)
2. Ratata (uptempo)
3. When I'm Gone (ballad)
4. Manifesto (uptempo)
5. Breathing you (ballad)
6. Owe You Pretty (uptempo) Moreover, the composer of "Cleopatra", Azerbaijani Eurovision entry for ESC 2020, participated in preparation of the country's one of the possible entries. |
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Post by nijat on Mar 10, 2021 18:27:38 GMT 1
I have been looking for updates from INFE Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani delegation for Eurovision Song Contest recently with no results, however, since both have been staying silent on the issue of Azerbaijani representation in ESC.
Instead, some Eurovision blogs have indicated that Azerbaijani entry will be released on the second week of March and that the entry was selected already in February. Hence, it is likely that the updates on Azerbaijani entry will be provided soon.
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