Azerbaijan moves up in Eurovision 2015 ranking

/By AzerNews/
By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan was rated the fourth in an online voting for the Jubilee 60th 2015 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Vienna, Austria.

Standing in the fourth place with 325 votes Azerbaijan could increase its coefficient from 21.00 to 26.00, according to oddschecker.com.

Italy led the ranking with 477 votes, while Sweden was the second (459 votes), and Estonia was the third (353 votes).

The voting involving some 2,987 people moved up Azerbaijan to 8th place from the previous 9th.

Talented singer Elnur Huseynov will represent Azerbaijan at the contest, performing his mystical contemporary ballad “Hour Of The Wolf.” He will perform under the 11th number in the second semifinal.

The semifinals of the international contest will be held on May 19 and 21 and the final of the event -- on May 23.

Commenting on his candidacy Elnur said, “The Eurovision 2015 is a great chance to introduce myself as a solo artist. I believe in my entry song as it has so many powerful messages. It is truly a song with great meaning of which the most important is ‘that every heart deserves a fight’ and we should never give up. We must fight for our happiness and for a better future. I’m going to the Eurovision to share this message with the European audience.”

Elnur is no stranger in the Eurovision Song Contest, as he's already written into the history of his country’s participation - in 2008. Elnur appeared on “the Eurovision Song Contest - 2008” in Belgrade, together with Samir Javadzada, who brought the 8th place to Azerbaijan.