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Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany with the entry "Running Scared". ==National Final 2011== A few days after the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Bærum, İctimai TV announced the Azerbaijani participation in Düsseldorf. On 6 October, İctimai TV announced their selection process for Eurovision 2011. In this preliminary phase of the national selection, İctimai chose 100 hopefuls to participate in the process. The broadcaster called for participants that must stand out for their "beautiful voice, dance ability and stage culture". On 19 October, İctimai TV announced that they had received 120 submissions for national selection. One of the candidates is 20-year-old Ilgara Kazimova, daughter of the renowned Azerbaijani pop singer Aygun Kazimova.〔(Daughter of Prominent Azerbaijani Singer Preparing for Eurovision ). ''Day.az''. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.〕 The candidates also included previous years' applicants: Azad Shabanov, Aynishan Quliyeva, teenage quartet Next, Chingiz Mustafayev, Arzum, and Seyran Ismayilkhanov who resides in Germany, as well as Elnur Hüseynov who represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as part of a duo having been placed eighth.〔Vüqar Vüqarlı. (Some Thoughts on the Azerbaijani Selection Process for Eurosivion 2010 ). ''Day.az''. 8 November 2010.〕 Other first-time contestants are Khayyam Nisanov, Nurlan Novrasli, Khayyam Mustafazadeh,〔(Who Will Go to Dusseldorf? ). ''Zerkalo''. 5 November 2010.〕 Khana Hasanova, Sabina Babayeva, Diana Hajiyeva, Sevinj Aghashirinova,〔 and others. Submissions came from abroad, including Nigar Jamal and Nicola Barclay from the United Kingdom,〔(Azerbaijani Composer's Duet to Fight for Ticket to Eurosivion 2010 ). ''Vesti.az''. 4 November 2010.〕〔(An Unexpected Duet in Azerbaijani Eurosivion Selection ). ''Day.az''. 5 November 2010.〕〔(National Selection 2011: Nicola Louise Barclay ). ''Eurovisionaz.com''.〕 Tarik Yigit from Turkey, Sultan Mashadiyev and Tahir Guliyev from Russia and Gunay Alakbarova from Finland.〔(American Singer Applied to Represent Azerbaijan in Eurovision? ). ''Day.az''. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.〕 In November 2010, İctimai TV released more information on their selection. 77 people would be fighting for the ticket to Eurovision in Germany. 11 participants would appear on air every week. By the end of each week the jurors and the audience would select the only participant who would advance to the final, where seven singers would compete. The candidates would perform a foreign song on Monday, an Azerbaijani song on Tuesday, a Eurovision entry on Wednesday, a song of their choice on Thursday, and on Friday the winner would be determined.〔(Eurovision 2011 "Champions' League" to Take Off in Azerbaijan ). ''Day.az''. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.〕 On 6 December, Scottish singer Nicola Barclay, who came second in the third semi-final, was granted a place in the final as a wildcard. The jury decided that Nicola deserved another chance as they were "amazed" by her vocal skills. Similarly on 24 December, Eldar Gasimov was granted the wildcard and won a right to compete in the final.〔(Azerbaijan: Ilgara Ibrahimova to the final, Eldar Gasimov - wildcard ).〕 In the final, seventh semi-final, Nigar Jamal received the third and final wildcard, also granting her a place in the final which would now involve 10 people and not 7, as planned originally. On 4 January, representative of Azerbaijan's official Eurovision broadcaster Ictimai TV Natig Abdullayev announced changes to the original plan of holding the final among winners of the seven semi-finals. According to him, from 10 January to 14 January, 10 winners of the semi-finals would compete in an intermediate selection phase which would determine 5 finalists. Of these 5 finalists, one would be chosen by the jury in February to represent Azerbaijan in Eurovision.〔(Date for Next Azerbaijan Eurovision 2011 Battle Determined ). ''Day.az''. 4 January 2011.〕 These changes and her illness forced Nicola Barclay to pull out of the competition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16459 )〕 On 11 February, the jury selected Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal to represent Azerbaijan as a duo at Eurovision 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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