The site Eurovision reported that Elnur Huseynov will represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. On May 21 in Vienna in the second semifinal Eurovision-2015 he will perform a mystical ballad Hour of the Wolf.
Elnur Huseynov will participate in Eurovision for the second time. In 2008, he in a duet with Samir Javadzadeh first presented Azerbaijan with the song Day After Day.
On February 18 this year Elnur Huseynov was the winner of the Turkish version of the international vocal talent show The Voice.
According to Wikipedia, 27 year-old Elnur was born into a family of a military and a musician. In 1992 he enrolled in the Music School of the Turkmenistan Conservatory in piano.
In 1999 his family moved to Baku, where he graduated from medical school as dental technician. In 2001 he enrolled in the Music School named after Asaf Zeynalli, from which he graduated in 2004.
He studied to be a hairstylist. He worked in the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, in the chapel at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall and in a church choir. -16D-
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