Sabina Babayeva ( az, Səbinə Babayeva; born 2 December 1979,

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) is an

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singer. She represented

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in the grand final of the

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, held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May 2012, with the song "

When the Music Dies Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "When the Music Dies" written by Anders Bagge, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn and Johan Kronlund. The song was performed by Sabina Babayeva. In addition to participating in th ...

", as the 13th act, and finished 4th overall.

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

A graduate of the

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with a degree in vocal arts, she has participated in a number of song competitions both in her country and abroad. She is known in Azerbaijan as the singer of ''Roya kimi'', theme song of the 2003 Azerbaijani television series '' Bayaz hayat''. A veteran contestant in the Azerbaijani national selection, she has applied to represent

Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest Azerbaijan has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times since making its debut in , after İctimai Televiziya (İTV) became an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). İTV had broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in ...

every year since the country's debut in 2008. In 2011, she came third in her heat. Prior to being selected, Sabina Babayeva recorded the song ''Sikhvarulis tamashi'' in duo with

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who represented

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. As part of her promotional tour, Sabina performed in

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and

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. At Eurovision, she came in fourth, the highest rank for a host country contestant since the introduction of the semi-finals. She also received the Marcel Bezençon Press Award for her performance of "When the Music Dies".

After Eurovision

In 2012, Babayeva was admitted to a post-secondary programme at the

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. In 2014, Babayeva was the spokesperson for the Azerbaijani voting for the

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Personal life

She considers Engelbert Humperdinck as one of her favourite singers and has expressed an interest in singing a duet with him. On 30 July 2012, it was announced that Babayeva had got engaged to Javidan Sharifov, six years her junior, a program director on Ictimai TV and former participant of the reality show ''Gafas''. The couple was reported to have been dating for a year. Sabina Babayeva refuted the claim but despite her initial reaction, the wedding did take place on 26 September. In early 2016, Babayeva gave birth to a son.Səbinə Babayevanın oğlu oldu
''Qafqazinfo.az''. 3 January 2016.

Achievements and awards

* A laureate of 1st award in nomination for the best rendering of foreign song in local competition �
Wave
�� among musical institutions in 1999. * A laureate of international contest of young vocal performers “ Golden Hit’99” * A Diploma for the participation in Charity Concerts dedicated to the International Day of Innocent Children victims of aggression and UN Program for the International year of Culture of Peace‘2000. * In 2002 was invited t
LAMA
(los-angeles music academy) on vocal department * A laureate of the 1st premium of international festival dedicated to 55th years passed from World War * A laureate of 1st premium in Republic Contest of young singer
Golden Key 2001
�� * Grand-prix of International contest of young performers �
Amberstar 2009
�� in Latvia – Stokholm * A Grand-prix of International contest of young performers named �
Slavic Star’2009
�� * A performer of soundtrack �
Like a Dream
�� in a 10 parts �
White Life
�� Movie . * A soloist i
Aypara
music vocal instrumental group * A soloist in Baku jazz club * A soloist in musical �
Noterdam De Pari
�� 2010- 2011 * A representer of Azerbaijan at culture week in Paris ‘2011 * A representer of Azerbaijan at culture week in Washington’2013 * A representer of Azerbaijan at culture week in Cannes ‘2013 * A representer of Azerbaijan at culture week in Vilnus ‘2013 * A representer at

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(4-d place Azerbaijan)
video
* Live concert in Moscow �
Zaferano
�� club and Baku “11” club 2012 * A “Voice of year’2012 ” nomination given by the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan Respublic * A singer of National Anthem at the in Baku 2015 * A special guest at close ceremony o
Islamic games 2017

Discography

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References

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