Safura Alizadeh
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Safura Alizadeh (Azerbaijani: Səfurə Əlizadə; born 20 September 1992, Baku) is an Azerbaijani singer.
Early life
Safura Alizadeh's father is a professional painter and her mother is a pianist and a fashion designer. Alizadeh began singing when she was very young and made her first stage appearance at age 6. In the course of her career, she sang in children's bands Sharg Ulduzlari and Bulbullar. Alizadeh took up violin lessons at a musical school but later also learned to play the piano and the saxophone. She became the winner of the national contest Yeni Ulduz (Season 8).[1]
Her favourite author is Stephenie Meyer, and her favourite book is the Twilight series. Safura expressed her wish to see Robert Pattison in one of her music videos.[2]
Eurovision 2010
On 2 March 2010, Alizadeh won the Azerbaijani national final decided by jury and will represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, to be held on 29 May 2010 in Oslo, Norway. She will perform at the contest the song "Drip Drop", written by Stefan Örn and Sandra Bjurman.[3] Shortly after she performed on the concert in Ukraine and exchanged wishes with Ukrainian performer Vasyl Lazarovych. She is currently in Sweden preparing for her Eurovision performance, also collaborating with Swedish songwriter and producer Anders Bagge.
References
- ^ Azerbaijan picks Safura for Oslo, but no song yet!
- ^ Template:Az icon"Səfurə Əlizadə Robert Pattinsonu öz klipində görmək istəyir". ANS Press. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ Hondal, Victor (2010-03-18). "Safura to sing Drip drop in Oslo". ESCToday. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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