Eurovision-2012 - Light your fire! - UPDATE - PHOTO

The  Eurovision-2012 song contest symbolic key handover ceremony runs in Baku. During the event at the Buta Palace the mayor of last year's Host City of Düsseldorf Dirk Elbers handed over the symbolic key to the Eurovision Song Contest to the mayor of this year's Host City Hajibala Abutalibov. Thus, Baku officially hosts the contest.

The Eurovision-2012 will be held under “Light your fire” slogan. The slogan of the song contest made public at the ceremony. The main elements of Azerbaijan, the fire and buta (almond-shaped pattern) will be reflected on the logo of the contest.  Special video roll was demonstrated for the logo and slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Executive Producer of Eurovision Jon Ola Sand, Event Supervisor of the Contest Sietse Bakker and contest's other officials attended this ceremony. Handing over of symbolic key of the Eurovision contest was broadcast live by the Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Azerbaijan, the official website of the contest eurovision.tv as well as TV channels of some countries members of the European Broadcasting Union.

Representatives of the public broadcasting companies of Georgia, Finland, Germany, Serbia, Malta, Moldova, Estonia, Belarus as well as reporters of the Euronews TV channel have arrived in Azerbaijan to cover the ceremony.


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