TuralTuranX duo releases Eurovision song
TuralTuranX duo has premiered a Eurovision song. The song Tell Me More is out now on the Eurovision Song Contest on YouTube.
Tural and Turan Bagmanovlar have co-written the song that they'll be taking to Liverpool to represent Azerbaijan.
In Baku, the twins have become widely well-known as popular street magicians. The duo from Zaqatala is heavily influenced by the music of the '60s and '70s, which is clearly reflected in the duo's signature sound and style.
The musicians were selected internally by Azerbaijan's Public TV and Radio Broadcasting Company (ITV) among five artists, including Emrah Musayev and Humay Aslanova, Leyla Izzatova, Mamagama, and Azar Nasibov.
Some 37 countries will join the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, UK, in May 2023.
Azerbaijan has already confirmed its participation in Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
The finalists of the national selection include Leyla Izzatova, Humay Aslanova, and Amrax Musayev duo, Mamagama band, Turan and Tural Bagmanovs duo as well as Azar Nasibov.
Meanwhile, the year 2023 marks Azerbaijan's 15th involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 2008.
Azerbaijan marked its debut in 2008 with the duo of Elnur and Samir, who managed to become the eighth in the final with their song Day After Day.
The brilliant duet of Aysel and Arash, which represented Azerbaijan next year, took third place at the song contest, while Safura Alizada, who represented the country at the Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, came fifth.
On its fourth attempt with Ell and Nikki's song Running Scared, the Land of Fire won the event, bringing the contest to Baku's Crystal Hall in 2012. Ell and Nikki were the first mixed-gender duo to win the contest since 1963 and the first winners from Azerbaijan.
It is noteworthy that Azerbaijan reached the Top 5 in five consecutive contests - 3rd in 2009, 5th in 2010, 1st in 2011, 4th in 2012, and 2nd in 2013.
In 2018, Aysel Mammadova performed brilliantly at the Eurovision 2018 semi-final, but she couldn't make it to the final. The singer represented Azerbaijan with the song X My Heart.
Azerbaijan's Chingiz Mustafayev impressed all Eurovision fans with his stunning performance in 2019. The singer came eighth in the song contest.
In 2020, the song contest was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, fans of the music contest had a great chance to enjoy a spectacular show “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”, featuring 41 songs from that year's entries.
During the show, Samira Afandi pleased Eurovision fans with the song Cleopatra about trusting your gut instinct, standing up for yourself, and being a "Queen" - even when things get tough and especially if someone betrays or hurts you.
Next year, Afandi thrilled the audience with her hit song Mata Hari, which features ethnic motives based on traditional Azerbaijani musical instruments, such as zurna (trumpet) and nagara (drum), as well as melodies from the Azerbaijani folk dance yalli.
In 2022, Nadir Rustamli represented Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2022.
The singer left Eurovision fans speechless with the song Fade To Black, co-written by Andreas Stone, Anders Rethov, Sebastian Schub, and Thomas Stengard. He came 16th, scoring 106 points.