Azerbaijan: Only ten candidates remain

The first heat of Böyük Səhnə, the Azerbaijani format for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, took place in Baku. 14 candidates showed their best in front of an expert jury, but only ten of them proceeded to the second heat on February 16th.

In tonight’s, the semi-finalists performed different covers of the famous pop songs. The five members jury consisted of the famous Azerbaijani singers and people of the show business: Eldar Gasimov (the winner of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest), Murad Arif (theTV host), Tunzala Agayeva (the composer and singer), Mubariz Tagiyev (the Azerbaijani honoured singer), Zumruz Dadashzade (the professor of Baku Music Academy).

Here are the results of jury voting. The first ten have qualified themselves for the next heat:
Dilara Kazimova (50 points)
Elton Ibrahimov (49 points)
Erkin Osmanli (49 points)
Azad Shabanov (48 points)
Aydin Eyvazzade (46 points)
Fuad Asadov (46 points)

Hülya Ibadova (45 points)
Khana Hasanova (44 points)
Samira Efendiyeva (43 points)

Valeria Huseynzadeh (Rilaya) (37 points)
Lala Sultan (37 points)
Ayshebeyim Nagieva (37 points)
Safa Eldar (36 points)
Band Wave (34 points)