Tonight marks the beginning of Azerbaijan’s quest to find its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 through the talent show Böyük Sehne, which commenced auditions in early January. The audition rounds of the show will be broadcast every night from 27th to the 31st January at 21:30 local time on Ictimai TV, followed by another show at 22:00 on the 2nd February.
However, ESCKAZ has reported that the following artists are amongst those finalists which have been sent to Kiev, Ukraine for further preparations for the later rounds of the show:
- Wave Wave
- Samira Efendiyev
- Azad Shabanov
- Fuad Asadov
- Elton Ibrahimov
- Safa Eldar
- Khana Hasanova
- Valeriya Huseynzadeh
- Aydin Eyvazzadeh
- Ayshebeyim Naghiyeva
- Dilyara Kazimova
- Hulya Ibadova
- Erkin Oslmanli