Interview with Sabina Babayeva from azerbaijan

Sabina Babayeva (Azerbaijani: Səbinə Babayeva, born 2 December 1979, Baku) is an Azerbaijani singer. She will representAzerbaijan in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 26 May 2012, with the song When the Music Dies, as the 13th act.

A graduate of the Asaf Zeynally College of Music with a degree in vocal arts, she has participated in a number of song competitions both in her country and abroad. She is known in Azerbaijan as the singer of Roya kimi, theme song of the 2003 Azerbaijani television series Bayaz hayat. A veteran contestant in the Azerbaijani national selection, she has applied to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since the country's debut in 2008. In 2011, she came third in her heat. 

 

Prior to being selected, Sabina Babayeva recorded the song Sikhvarulis tamashi in duo with Anri Jokhadze who will represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

As part of her promotional tour, Sabina performed in London, Amsterdam and Budapest.

She considers, rival, Engelbert Humperdinck one of her favourite singers and has expressed an interest in singing a duet with him.