Azerbaijani singer (born 1989)
Musical artist
Eldar
"
Ell
"
Parviz oglu Gasimov
(
Azerbaijani
:
Eldar P?rviz o?lu Qasımov
,
IPA:
[el?d??
pæ??viz
o??lu
???s?mov]
; born 4 June 1989) is an
Azerbaijani
singer. He
represented Azerbaijan
in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
alongside
Nigar Jamal
, winning the competition with the song "
Running Scared
". He co-hosted the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
in
Baku
.
Early life
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Eldar Gasimov is the great-grandson of Azerbaijani actor couple Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan
Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
and People's Artist of USSR
Marziyya Davudova
, and the grandson of People's Artist of Azerbaijan actress
Firangiz Sharifova
.
[1]
Gasimov began singing when he was very young and has taken part in several concerts in various cities of Azerbaijan and
Russia
. Between 2001 and 2005 he received professional training in music and learned to play the piano.
Eldar Gasimov graduated from
Baku Slavic University
with a double major in
international relations
and
regional geography
. Since 2010, he has been a
graduate student
of international relations at the same university.
[1]
Eldar Gasimov speaks
Russian
and
German
fluently and is also proficient in English.
[2]
Career
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Eurovision Song Contest 2011
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Gasimov took part in the Azerbaijani national selection,
Milli Secim Turu 2011
. Gasımov's first appearance was in Heat 6, placing second with 10 points, behind winner Ilgara Ibrahimova with 12 points with both qualifying to the semi-final. Gasimov qualified from the semi-final along with four other artists to the final on 11 February 2011, where he and
Nigar Jamal
won the right to represent Azerbaijan at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
in
Dusseldorf
,
Germany
in May 2011.
[3]
[4]
They sang under the pseudonym
Ell & Nikki
the song "
Running Scared
" written by Stefan Orn and Sandra Bjurman from Sweden and Iain Farquharson from the UK, which won the competition with 221 points.
2011?present: After Eurovision
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Eldar in Malmo during Eurovision Song Contest 2013
After winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Gasimov and Jamal got to travel to a number of countries and perform their winning entry. In Azerbaijan 15,000 postage stamps in the
denomination
of 1
Azerbaijani manat
were printed.
[5]
The production of postage stamps in Azerbaijan were in dedication of Eldar and Nigar's victory at 2011 contest.
[6]
In 2012, Eldar Gasimov was among five musicians from Azerbaijan chosen as the jury in the
Danish national selection
of the 2012 Eurovision contestant.
[7]
In January 2012, he released his first post-Eurovision song called
"Birlikda nahayat"
("At last together").
[8]
Gasimov was one of the hosts of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
held in
Baku
,
Azerbaijan
after his win the year before.
[9]
On 17 July 2012, Gasimov released the acoustic version of his new single
I'm Free
.
[10]
The official video was released in September 2012. The original version of the track had been featured with famous Azerbaijani DJ/producer ALIGEE. The track had been produced in a studio of AzeriLife Music Entertainment by the executive record and music producer Farid (a.k.a. Phareed) Mammadov and Ali (a.k.a. ALIGEE) Abasbeili.
In October 2012, Eldar Gasimov announced on his social network account that he had been hired by the Baku Slavic University, where he had received his master's degree, to teach a course in international relations.
[11]
The Voice of Azerbaijan
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Between 2021 and 2022, he served as a coach in the second season of
The Voice of Azerbaijan
. His contestant
Nadir Rustamli
won and represented Azerbaijan in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
, where he finished in 16th place.
[12]
[13]
Discography
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Singles
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See also
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References
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- ^
a
b
Eldar Gasimov Disclosed Details of Private Life
Archived
2011-02-14 at the
Wayback Machine
.
1news.az
. 11 February 2011.
- ^
Singer Ell: Music is All That Makes me Live
.
Echo
. 12 November 2010.
Archived
16 May 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
Siim, Jarmo.
"Nigar & Eldar get gold in Azerbaijan"
.
European Broadcasting Union
. Retrieved
11 February
2011
.
- ^
"?ctimai Televiziya v? Radio Yayımları ?irk?ti - "Eurovision-2011" Milli Finalının qalibi b?lli oldu"
(in Azerbaijani).
?TV
. Archived from
the original
on February 14, 2011
. Retrieved
11 February
2011
.
- ^
"Stamps on Azerbaijan's Eurovision-2011 win issued"
. Retrieved
17 July
2011
.
- ^
"Ell & Nikki (2011) IN POST STAMPS"
. Archived from
the original
on 6 August 2011
. Retrieved
17 July
2011
.
- ^
Azerbaijan Show Business Reps Appointed Jury for Danish National Selection
.
Vesti.az
. 16 January 2012.
Archived
January 23, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
New Song by Eurovision 2011 Winner Eldar Gasimov
Archived
2013-10-06 at the
Wayback Machine
.
Vesti.az
. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^
Siim, Jarmo.
"Eldar, Nargiz, Leyla to host Eurovision 2012"
.
European Broadcasting Union
. Retrieved
28 April
2012
.
- ^
Irada Asadova.
I'm Free: Eldar Released Acoustic Version of New Single
.
Echo
. 17 July 2012.
- ^
(in Russian)
Eldar Gasimov to Change Jobs
Archived
2012-10-22 at the
Wayback Machine
. 1news.az. 19 October 2012.
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"Diving into Eurovision headfirst with Azerbaijan's Nadir Rustamli"
.
Eurovision.tv
. 2022-05-06
. Retrieved
2022-07-10
.
- ^
"Nadir Rustamli - Azerbaijan - Turin 2022"
.
Eurovision.tv
. Retrieved
2022-07-10
.
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"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
O3 Austria Top 40
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
Ultratop 50
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Ell/Nikki - Running Scared"
.
ultratop.be
. Retrieved
2020-06-09
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
Media Control Charts
. Archived from
the original
on April 12, 2015
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
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"Running scared"
.
RUV
. 2016-04-08
. Retrieved
2020-06-09
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
Irish Singles Chart
. Archived from
the original
on 9 June 2012
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
Single Top 100
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
Romanian Top 100
. Archived from
the original
on 28 September 2011
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
IFPI
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
Swiss Music Charts
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"Running Scared"
.
Peak Chart Position
.
UK Singles Chart
. Retrieved
8 June
2012
.
- ^
"New music this week (part 2): Songs from Marco Mengoni, Loic Nottet, Eldar and more"
.
Wiwibloggs
. 28 May 2023
. Retrieved
31 May
2023
.
External links
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Songs
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Semi-finals
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- "Angel in Disguise"
- "Boom Boom"
- "Celebrate"
- "Ding Dong"
- "
Feel the Passion
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- "
Haba Haba
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- "I Love Belarus"
- "I'm Still Alive"
- "
Jestem
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- "Live It Up"
- "
A luta e alegria
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- "
Na inat
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- "Never Alone"
- "One Life"
- "
Rusinka
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- "
San aggelos s'agapisa
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- "Stand By"
- "With Love Baby"
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