Leyla Aliyeva graduated from the Baku Academy of Music with a degree in choral directing and has a master 's degree in music . In 2004 , while in her first year of undergraduate studies , she was hired by İTV to work for the channel 's Department of Music , Arts and Entertainment . In 2007 , she began covering Eurovision news and soon rose to becoming a member of İTV 's Eurovision organising committee . Aliyeva also served as the spokesperson of Azerbaijan announcing the country 's first voting results in the country 's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade , Serbia . She hosted the Azerbaijani national Eurovision selection tours alongside Husniyya Maharramova in 2011 and 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Leyla Aliyeva (presenter)