Feqan Seferov Wins the 4th Heat in Azeri Milli Seçim Turu

Tonight, we have reached the half-way point in the elimination stage of the host country’s national final, Milli Seçim Turu 2012. Eight participants in total have fought the battle this week to qualify for the semi-final. Feqan Seferov was the lucky singer who won the ticket.

The fourth leg in Azerbaijan’s national final selection process has ended with tonight’s show. The show was presented by a famous host in Azerbaijan, Hüsniye Maharramova as usual and of course broadcasted by the national corporation, İçtimai TV. With the withdrawal of Rana İmamaliyeva, eight participants in total showed their skills over five days in different music styles each night. Unfortunately, only one name could make it to the next step in the selections, the semi-final.

After the performances of the week, the votes were announced from last position to top. The latest results were collected after each day’s results with the combination of jury and televoting, 50/50. Then the final shape of scoreboard came out as: 

3 points: Rinat Aslanov
4 points: Orhan Nesibov
5 points: Emin Hasan
6 points: Kamran Azizov
7 points: Emphaty
8 points: Nigar Babayeva
10 points: Nadejda Mikayılova
12 points: Feqan Seferov

With the results of the third heat, the Azeri Milli Seçum Turu’s semi-final heat now looks like:


1st heat: Orhan Kerimli
2nd heat: Meryem Kerimova
3rd heat: Hayyam Mustafazadeh 
4th heat: Feqan Seferov

The fifth heat will start on Monday with the World Music theme and of course with the new participants. The show will start at 18.00 CET (21.00 with local time) and will be aired by İçtimai TV via satellite and web. Below you can watch the closing ceremony of heat four: 

Source: EuroVisionary
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