Azerbaijan: 72 left in the running

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Today the Azeri public broadcaster, Ictimai TV, has confirmed that 72 participants remain in the national selections of Azerbaijan for Eurovision 2012.

From a total of 119 applicants, 72 remain in the running to represent the host country in the upcoming contest. Today, Ictimai held a draw for the 72 participants where the participants were drawn into 8 groups of 9 contestants. The lucky 72 will go on to participate in the live shows to be held by Ictimai within the next eight weeks.

The national selections will be on aired live on Ictimai at 21:00 local time 5 days a week. In each show, the participants will have their chance to show their voice and stage skills to the audience and jury. The winner of each show will be chosen by SMS and jury voting and will go on to the next round – the semifinals.

A total of three participants will qualify to the final and will compete to be the Azerbaijani representative of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.

Eurovision 2012 will take place on the 22nd, 24th and 26th of May in Baku, Azerbaijan