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Monday nights is always Eurovision Night on the Weekly Azeri National Eurovision Selection. This week the standard has jumped up another level and we potentially have a male solo singer making the final as the boys seem to have taken the game to the girls.
Fərid Həsənov – Euphoria
One of the few times I have seen a male singer take on Loreen’s winning Eurovision entry “Euphoria” and he does an amazing job. Young, boy band looks, a dancer with a great pop voice. A possible for this weeks win.
Aygül Məmmədova – Drip Drop
Aygül takes on the hard task of singing Safura.
Rüstəm Əlləzov – I Can
Rüstəm takes on Blue’s “I Can”
Nərminə Seyidova – L’Amore È Femmina (Out of love)
Nərminə takes on Nina from Italy last year. Full of soul a very good performance.
Davud Əsgərli – This is the night
Davud takes on Kurt from Malta last year. “This is the night” has been a popular choice in the Azeri search this season. A strong voice from Davud.
Çinarə İsmayılova – When the music dies
Çinarə takes on the home entry from 2012. Always difficult to do as people will make comparisons but Çinarə makes a good effort.
Fərid Məmmədov – Love is blind
Now we all remember Donny Montell’s one armed flip at Eurovision last year in Baku – well Fərid Məmmədov did an unassisted flip without missing a single note. Fərid has the moves, the voice, the looks and the charisma. Could be the winner – well the Azeri audience loved him.
Arzu Səlimova – Satellite
Arzu takes on Lena’s winning song from 2010 and certainly makes it her own. Poppy and charismatic on camera.
Mərdan Kazımov – Love
Last but my no means least Mərdan takes on Sasha’s from Lithuania 2009 entry and again puts in a faultless performance. Wonderful diction, singing and emotion in his performance. Again another contender.
I think this is the most difficult semi final to pick a winner. The boys seemed to have had the edge on Monday night so we will have to see.
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Categories: Azerbaijan, Eurovision National Finals 2013