Next 9 artists start competing in national selection for Malmö
Baku, March 2 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan will today start the eight national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden in May.
The eight candidates will compete in the selection that will be broadcast live on Public Television today. The national selections will last for eight weeks.
The procedure will be held in the same way as every year. The candidates will demonstrate their performances on weeknights of certain weeks. On Fridays, the winner of 5 days will be defined. Azerbaijan`s Eurovision 2013 representative will be selected among the winners of every week.
The names of the first nine participants of the national selection for the Eurovision 2013 song contest are known. They are Elvin babashev, Valeria, Huseynova, Seyran Ismailkhanov, Orkhan Karimli, Aysel Babayeva, Uzeyir Guliyev, Laman Dadashova, Said Ismailzade and Ayshabayim Nagiyeva.
Monday was determined for the Eurovision hits, Tuesday for the Azerbaijani art, Wednesday for world hits and Thursday for stage shows. Friday is free for the participants. A participant can sing his or her song again that he of she sang it in the first four days. The representative will be determined by both televoting and jury.
Azerbaijan made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, after İctimai Televiziya (İTV) became an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). İTV had broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in previous years, purchasing broadcasting rights from the EBU.
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