Baku, May 16 (AZERTAC). Tooji from Norway entered the Baku stage today for the first time with his song Stay; an infectious Persian inspired popsong, jointly penned by the man himself.

Before heading into his first rehearsal, he said how he is feeling to which he said "I feel great and am so excited about seeing the stage". He also said that there were very few changes to the backsinger and dancer line-up since the Norwegian final apart from one new dancer.

Although seemingly relaxed, this is a big day for Tooji as believe or not, he has not had much experience on big stages, with Melodi Grand Prix being the very first time for him.

He also said that being in Azerbaijan was very emotional for him as he was born in Iran, which is not far from Baku so he said, "I feel very close to my roots here even though Norway is my home".

The Norwegian performance is very similar to the one we saw at Norway`s national selection back in February but on the Baku stage it looks a lot more pronounced with new camera shots and a different feel with the backing images on the huge LED screens that make up the stage.

The performance is much influenced by white strobe lights, dark tones and as the performance fires up, strong orange and fiery colours that represent the story of his song in many ways and are very appropriate to the theme of the entire contest, "Light Your Fire".

On stage Tooji is joined by four backing singers/dancers and a single male backing singer who does not dance. The costumes they wear are black colors whilst Tooji wears a grey top, leather jacket and dark trousers.

The choreography is very impressive with very complex moves and a pretty cool backflip to start up the performance by one of the backing singers. The dancing is quite close with a mixture of fast and slow moves, as well as some easy moves in the bridge that are designed to be done by people at home.

In addition to the great lighting effects there are some pyros including a smoke covered stage at the beginning of the song to add to the songs middle-eastern, mystical flavors. At the end there are some red fireworks and flames to help bring the performance to a powerful finish!