‘THERE IS NO ONE TO REPRESENT AZERBAIJAN’ AT EURO. SONG CONTEST
esctoday.com, Netherlands
Eurovision Song Contest
March 26 2006
Singer Yalchin Rzazade speaks out
Now neighbours Russia and Armenia take part in the Eurovision Song
Contest and neighbour Georgia is eager to do so as well, public
discussions about participation started in Azerbaijan. “There is
really no one worthy to represent Azerbaijani people in this song
contest. Azerbaijani singers claiming that they can participate in the
Eurovision Song Contest can only sing in restaurants and they become
popular by the help of money”, the popular singer Yalchin Rzazade said.
According to Rzazade, a singer to participate in this song contest
should be a professional first of all. “Secondly, he or she
should have a beautiful appearance. There are beautiful singers in
Azerbaijan. However, not all of them are talented”, Rzazade said.
Rzazade indirectly says that his country should not take part at all,
as no one meets the standards that are neccesary to take part. “Our
pop stars do not meet the standards of this contest. What I want
to say is that some of our pop stars claming to participate in the
contest cannot represent Azerbaijan. It would be shameful for us. In
Azerbaijan, if you have money, you can write songs, make disks or
clips. Most of our young singers pay some money to televisions to
display their clips, as a result the new generation is obliged to
listen to these songs. It is not a real art”, the popular singer said.
For the moment, a discussion about Azerbaijan’s participation might
be a little too early, as the country’s public broadcaster AZTV is
not even a member of the European Broadcasting Union…