AZERBAIJAN -The official channel of the Eurovision Festival on Youtube revealed, this afternoon, a cover of Samira Efendi, representative of the country in 2020 and 2021, with Ell & Nikki, winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, with the song “Running Scared“.
Chosen internally by Ictimai after being within Tel Aviv’s preferences, singer Samira Efendi would defend “Cleopatra” at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. However, the artist has already been confirmed as a representative of Azerbaijan in the 2021 edition.
Participants in Milli Seçim Turu 2011, Azerbaijani national final in 2011, Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision 2011 edition with “Running Scared”.
In Dusseldörf, the pair reached second place in the semifinal, having won the Grand Final of the event with 221 points, 8 of them from Portugal.