Azerbaijan, Baku, May 25 / Trend A.Badalova /
Right now Baku is a reminder that Eurovision is more than one night, famous Azerbaijani singer and composer Emin Agalarov said in interview with BBC.
"Every night something is going on and the city feels totally cosmopolitan - it's a celebration of something huge. The place is alive with different faces, different races, different languages and a lot of very different hair!" Agalarov said.
According to him, that's the essence of Eurovision - bringing all these different people together, but to see all this diversity in my hometown is unbelievable.
Emin Agalarov will perform exclusively during the half time show of Eurovision 2012 on Saturday.
The 57th Eurovision Song Contest is being held in the Baku Crystal Hall near State Flag Square. The grand final will be held on May 26. The logo for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is 'Fire Flower', while the motto is Light your fire.
Azerbaijan won the right to host the prestigious European song contest after the victory of Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (Ell / Nikki) at Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany last May.
Talking about the preparation for one of the biggest night's of his life Emin Agalarov said that some nerves - the full burden of expectation is hitting his now.
"After being invited to perform during the final interval all those months ago, I did not know what to expect and then - after preparing for so long - I can't believe the Eurovision finals are nearly here!" he said.
He also noted that his hopes are for Sabina, who has the daunting task of representing Azerbaijan as the host nation. "I am sure she feels similar pressure to me, but she has a strong song and a great chance in the contest. It is always impossible to predict and throws up complete surprises - like Azerbaijan winning last year!" he said.