Tonight, Azerbaijan put on a spectacular show as ten acts competed for the right to represent their country in Malmö, Sweden in May. However, there could only be one winner and this was Farid Mammadov who will sing Hold Me on the Eurovision Song Contest stage on the 16th of May.
Watch Farid sing Hold Me below:
The particpants
Below is a list of the participants that took part in tonight's show (winner in bold):
Artist: Leyla Kafari. Title: Pride
Artist: Vugar Muradov. Title: Baby baby
Artist: Valeriya Huseynzadeh. Title: If this is love
There is no doubt that Farid has charmed the Azerbaijani audience over the last few weeks with both his considerable musical talent and smouldering good looks. As Farid, aged 21 has effortlessly proven, he is one of the finest vocalists Azerbaijan has produced in years.
To win the competition, Farid provided an emotive and sensitive performance of the song Hold Me. This is a strong romantic ballad, which is interpreted powerfully, yet sensitively by Farid. Hold Me is composed by Dimitrios Kontopoulos, who previously produced Eurovision songs for Ani Lorak, Sakis Rouvas and had 27 number one hits in Greek national airplay charts.
Special guests
Tonight's final was awash with special guests including 2011 winner Eldar Qasimov, last year's participant, Sabina Babayeva and famous Azerbaijani artist Tynzalia Agaeva.
After directly qualifying for the final last year in Baku as the host nation, this year Azerbaijan will perform in the second Semi-Final to be held at the Malmö Arena in Sweden on the 16th of May.
