The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international pop song contest. Each participating country exhibits one participant (if it is a group, according to the rules of the competition, there must be a maximum of six people at once). The musical "competition" must be broadcast live in order for viewers to have the opportunity to vote.
Eurovision 2012 is the fifty-seventh festival to be held in the city of Baku. The venue is the Baku Crystal Hall. Baku Crystal Hall was built after the resounding victory of the representatives of this country in 2011 in Germany specifically for this competition. Only 42 countries expressed their desire to participate in it.
Ireland will be represented by the pop group Jedward. This is a pop duo that consists of two twin brothers. They already performed at the same competition a year ago, where they took eighth place then.
Pavel Parfeniy is a young singer, a representative of Moldova. He was the winner of the "Slavianski Bazaar" and also took part in Eurovision earlier.
Austria in 2012 relied on hip-hop music: the country sent a young group of hip-hop performers called "Trackshittaz" to the competition.
Hungarian rock band Compact Disco has already released two of their own albums and won a lot of music awards before going to the competition.
The oldest performer at the 2012 festival is Engelbert Humperdinck. He was born in 1936, has recorded many albums and is one of the most popular pop singers in his native Great Britain for several decades.
France sent a girl with an exotic appearance to Eurovision 2012: Anggun Jipta Sasmi is an Indonesian by birth, but she lived in London all her life and only recently moved to Paris.
The host country nominated Sabina Babaeva for the music competition. The girl will perform with a beautiful song called "When the Music Dies".
Sending a performer of advanced age is not unique to the UK. Russia will try to captivate listeners with the creativity of the Udmurt folklore group Buranovskie Babushki. They will sing a funny song "Party for All". The group has existed for almost 40 years, the youngest member is 43 years old, the oldest is 76.
