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, after being internally selected by İctimai Television (İTV), Azerbaijan's broadcaster for the

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Release

The song was released on 21 March 2022, with the official music video being released on the

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Eurovision Song Contest

Selection

On 30 December 2021, the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) opened a song submission period for interested composers to submit their songs into the Azerbaijani selection until 31 January 2022. All entrants who wished to take part in the Azerbaijani song selection were to provide a brief description of themselves as part of their submission. Six songs were shortlisted from around 300 submissions, which will be offered to the chosen artist for selection. Nadir Rustamli was announced as the selected artist on 16 February 2022, during İTV's breakfast show ("Good morning Azerbaijan").

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the " Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The

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(EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Azerbaijan was placed into the second semi-final, held on 12 May 2022, and performed in the first half of the show.

Charts

References

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