Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
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AzerbaijanSong: Internal selection
Song: 15 October 2012
| Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | İctimai Televiziya (İTV) | |||
| Country | Azerbaijan | |||
| Selection process | Artist: National final Song: Internal selection | |||
| Selection date | Artist: 9 October 2012 Song: 15 October 2012 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)" | |||
| Artist | Omar and Suada | |||
| Songwriters | Jessica Appla Zahra Badalbeyli Simon Ellis | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 11th, 49 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Azerbaijan debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with Omar and Suada representing the country with the song “Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)”. The artist was selected through a national final organised by İctimai Televiziya (İTV) and the song was selected through an internal selection.
National final
At the first stage of the national final, 12 entrants were chosen from 31 applicants. Then 5 of them were shortlisted by a jury at the internal casting round to compete in the final.
The final was held on 9 October 2012 at 20:00 CET and was broadcast on İTV.[1] The 5 participants sung 2 cover songs each. The results were only decided by a jury that consisted of Faiq Sücəddinov, Lala Kazimova and Vüqar Camalzadaye. Faiq Aghayev, Isa Melikov, Murad Arif and Ulviyye Veliyeva also gave comments to the participants. It was decided that 2 people would win due to the “recent successes of duets in the international competitions” according to the head of delegation at that time, Hüsniye Magarramova. Eldar Gasimov was a guest at the national final.[2][3]
| Artist | Song 1 | Song 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Gamartaj Maqsudova | Unknown | |
| Narmin Hasanova | ||
| Omar Sultanov | ||
| Suada Alakbarova | “A Tisket A Tasket” | Unknown |
| Togrul Karimov | “I Got You (I Feel Good)” | “Ya tebya pomnyu” |
Song selection
From over 30 song proposals, “Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)” was chosen as the entry which is written by Jessica Appla, Zehra Badalbeyli and Simon Ellis. The song was originally released on 15 October 2012, but it wasnt allowed due to the song being only in English even though only 25% maximum was allowed.[7] On 8 November 2012, the bilingual version was released which was allowed to compete in the contest.[3]
