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"Eurovision" winners perform on TV shows in Turkey

16 June 2011 [16:42] - TODAY.AZ
Within the visit to Turkey, winners of international song contest "Eurovision-2011" Eldar & Nigar attended two famous TV shows "Beyaz Show" (Kanal D) and "Sokakdayiz" (Music channel TMB). Following the show, the due took part in the third music festival of Turkic speaking nations "Turkvision", where they sang "Running Scared" which had become a hit after the triumph.

The contest has been held three consecutive years in the "Eurovision" format by Turkish TV channel TRT. This year, the event brought together over hundred artists and musicians from 20 Turkic- speaking countries.
 
Nigar Jamal, answering journalists' questions, voiced her happened and commented on her triumph in Düsseldorf. "Although Turkey couldn'’t pass to the final, we wanted to show the whole Europe that Azerbaijan and Turkey is "One nation, two countries"". 
 
"We had two flags of the brother nations; it was the call of our souls. It showed the commonness of our culture and interests. We dedicated our victory to our fraternal countries", Eldar Gasimov said. 
 
Following the gala concert, Eldar & Nigar took into the streets of Denizli city along with "Turkvision" participants with national flags on their hands. There they met with mayor of the city Yavuz Erkmen and festival organizer Suleyman Koksoy, Turkish sources reported.   


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