Azerbaijan, Baku, May 17 / Trend corr. V. Imanov / Thousands of people with the flags of Azerbaijan, luxurious bouquets of flowers in their hands, in the cars under the rhythms of music and dances, and of course, under the song "Always", solemnly met Aysel and Arash in Baku Airport named after Heydar Aliyev.
As soon as Arash and Aysel went down from the plane with the name of "Karabakh", they were surrounded by the crowd of rejoicing fans, who pelted their with flowers.
Heroes of Eurovision amid the chaotic crowd could only say that they didn't expect such welcome and they are very glad to bring in Azerbaijan a holiday.
"It's a real victory of Azerbaijan at so prestigious international music contest. I thank everybody, who helped to achieve this victory. Especially I want to note the role of Azerbaijani First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO, MP Mehriban Aliyeva", said to journalists in airport the general director of Public TV and radio, the head of Azerbaijani Jury selection for Eurovision, Ismail Omarov.
First place at Eurovision-2009 won Norway, the second - Iceland, the third - Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time. Last year the country won the eighth place.
