Eurovision begins its countdown to the 70th anniversary in 2026,
Azernews reports citing the contest’s official
website.
Europe’s largest music competition will take place in Austria.
To mark the anniversary, the organizers have presented an updated
brand style and logo.
The main symbol, the recognizable “Eurovision Heart” has
received a new design and a 3D version called the Chameleon Heart.
This symbol will reflect the cultural features of the host country,
the individuality of the performers, and the themes of the
contest.
For the anniversary logo, an element called the “70th Heart” has
been added, consisting of 70 layers – one for each year of
Eurovision’s history.
Director of the Eurovision Song Contest at the European
Broadcasting Union, Martin Green, said that the Eurovision Song
Contest has always been about evolution-musical, cultural, and
creative:
“The Eurovision Song Contest has always been about evolution –
musical, cultural, and creative. This refresh honours 70 amazing
years while taking the brand forward to an exciting future. It’s
bold, playful, and full of heart – just like the Contest itself.
We’re so proud to unveil it to the world.
“Our new logo and look have been designed to make the Eurovision
Song Contest brand clearer on digital platforms, bring our family
of projects all into one space, and protect the brand globally for
EBU Members as the Contest continues to attract new audiences
across the world.
“You’ll start to see more of our new brand identity as we head
towards next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and there’ll be more
surprises and details on all the activities celebrating 70 years of
being United by Music, coming in the months ahead.”
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to take place in
Switzerland, following Switzerland’s victory at the 2024 contest
with the song “The Code” by Nemo.
This will be the third time that Switzerland has hosted the
contest, having done so for the inaugural contest in 1956 and the
1989 contest, held in Lugano and Lausanne, respectively.
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.
Azerbaijan marked its debut in 2008 with the duo of Elnur and
Samir, who managed to become 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.
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 finished in
eighth place in the song contest.
In 2020, the song contest was cancelled amid the coronavirus
pandemic. However, fans of the music contest had a great chance to
enjoy a spectacular show called Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light,
featuring 41 songs from that year’s entries.
During the show, Samira Efendi 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, Efendi 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.
In 2023, young talents Tural and Turan Bagmanovlar rocked the
Eurovision stage in Liverpool with the song Tell Me More.
The year 2023 marked Azerbaijan’s 15th involvement in the
Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 2008.
Fahree (Fahri Ismayilov) and Ilkin Dovlatov represented
Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2024 with the song “Özünlə Apar”.
The song is co-written by Fahree, Edgar Ravin, Hasan Haydar,
Mila Miles, and Mado Salikh.
On 4 February 2025, ITV announced that Mamagama had been
internally chosen to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song
Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, with the song “Run with U”.
Mamagama performed in the first semifinal on 13 May 2025, where
they failed to qualify to the grand final.
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