On 6 October , İctimai TV announced their selection process for Eurovision 2011 . In this preliminary phase of the national selection , İctimai chose 100 hopefuls to participate in the process . The broadcaster called for participants that must stand out for their " beautiful voice , dance ability and stage culture " . On 19 October , İctimai TV announced that they had received 120 submissions for national selection . One of the candidates is 20-year-old Ilgara Kazimova , daughter of the renowned Azerbaijani pop singer Aygun Kazimova . The candidates also included previous years ' applicants : Azad Shabanov , Aynishan Quliyeva , teenage quartet Next , Chingiz Mustafayev , Arzum , and Seyran Ismayilkhanov who resides in Germany , as well as Elnur Hüseynov who represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as part of a duo having been placed eighth . Other first-time contestants are Khayyam Nisanov , Nurlan Novrasli , Khayyam Mustafazadeh , Khana Hasanova , Sabina Babayeva , Diana Hajiyeva , Sevinj Aghashirinova , and others . Submissions came from abroad , including Nigar Jamal and Nicola Barclay from the United Kingdom , Tarik Yigit from Turkey , Sultan Mashadiyev and Tahir Guliyev from Russia and Gunay Alakbarova from Finland
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011