Azerbaijan: Milli Seçim Turu 2011

Heats

Heat 1

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Chingiz MustafayevSemi-final	12	5
2	Adil Bakhishli	10	3
3	Next	8	10
4	Zulfunaz Rajabova	7	11
5	Aygun Ismayilova	6	2
6	Tofig Mr. Toto Hajiyev	5	4
7	Khana Hasanova	4	1
8	Ulviyya Abbasova	3	8
9	Gulchohra Babayeva	2	9
10	Tarik Yigit	0	6
10	Nurana Alasgarova	0	7

Heat 2

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Nurlan NovrasliSemi-final	12	11
2	Ulvi Rashidov	10	6
3	East Groove	8	1
4	Gunay Alakbarova	7	7
5	Shola Safaraliyeva	6	9
6	Sitara Nasirova	5	3
7	Fizza Nadirova	4	2
8	Nazrin Zarbaliyeva	3	5
9	Emin Hasan	2	4
10	Ulviyya Talishinskaya	1	10
11	Yegana Aghayeva	0	8

Heat 3

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Gunay IbrahimliSemi-final	12	2
2	Nicola Barclay	10	10
3	Khayyam Nisanov	8	3
4	Orkhan Aghayev	7	7
5	Kanan Gadimov	6	5
6	Sevinj Aghashirinova	5	4
7	Rinat Alimov	4	11
8	Dilshan Ibadova	3	1
9	Nigar Babayeva	2	6
10	Farid Mammadov	1	8
11	Nazir Aghayev	0	9

Heat 4

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Arzum KhalilovaSemi-final	12	3
2	Aydan Rustamova	10	2
3	Sabina Babayeva	8	8
4	Javanshir Hajiyev	7	11
5	Rahima Hasanalizadeh	6	9
6	Chinara Nazarli	5	6
7	Ramin Guliyev	4	5
8	Emilia Yagubova	3	4
9	Milan Mammadov	2	7
10	Said Ismayilzadeh	1	1
11	Leyla Dadashova	0	10

Heat 5

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Aynishan QuliyevaSemi-final	12	8
2	Emin Nasirli	10	4
3	Jamila Hashimova	8	7
4	Rovshan Jivishov	7	6
5	Orkhan Israfilov	6	11
6	Altun Zeynalov	5	3
7	Gulnar Nabi-Chingiz	4	9
8	Empathy	3	1
9	Elmar Asgarov	2	2
10	Janana Zeynalova	1	5
11	Dinara Jafarova	0	10

Heat 6

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Ilgara IbrahimovaSemi-final	12	1
2	Eldar GasimovSemi-finalWildcard	10	2
3	Elyana Ahmadova	8	7
4	Diana Hajiyeva	7	10
5	Seyran Ismayilkhanov	6	3
6	Rustam Allazov	5	5
7	Leyla Idrisova	4	4
8	Sultan Mashadiyev	3	6
9	Sarkhan Mammadov	2	9
10	Fuad Mustafazadeh	1	8

Heat 7

place	Artist	Points	running
1	Ilhama GasimovaSemi-final	12	6
2	Nigar JamalSemi-finalWildcard	12	12
3	Azad Shabanov	10	11
4	Gunay Ahmadova	8	10
5	Nigar Dargahzadeh	7	5
6	Sabina Mammadova	6	2
7	Lala Aliyeva	5	8
8	Davud Asgarli	4	7
9	Sadikh Aghamaliyev	3	4
10	Tahir Guliyev	2	9
11	Habil Ahmadov	1	3
12	Orkhan Nasibov	0	1

Milli Seçim Turu 2011 – Heats

Date	15 November – 31 December 2010
Location	Ictimai TV Studios
City	Baku
Hosts	Husniya Maharramova Leyla Aliyeva
Voting	50% jury 50% televoting

A total of 77 artists were split in seven heats. Weekly heats consisted of five shows aired from Monday to Friday:

Monday: Foreign song
Tuesday: Azerbaijani song
Wednesday: Eurovision song
Thursday: Song of the artist's own choice
Friday: Winner announcement

The winning artist of each heat qualified for the semi-final. Two wildcards were given.

Semi-final

Artist	running
Aynishan QuliyevaFinal	5
Ilgara IbrahimovaFinal	6
Eldar GasimovFinal	7
Ilhama GasimovaFinal	8
Nigar JamalFinal	9
Chingiz Mustafayev	1
Nurlan Novrasli	2
Gunay Ibrahimli	3
Arzum Khalilova	4

Date	10 - 14 January 2011
Location	Ictimai TV Studios
City	Baku
Hosts	Husniya Maharramova Leyla Aliyeva
Voting	50% jury 50% televoting

Final

Artist	running
Nigar JamalWinner	1
Eldar GasimovWinner	4
Aynishan Quliyeva	2
Ilgara Ibrahimova	3
Ilhama Gasimova	5

Milli Seçim Turu 2011 – Final

Date	11 February 2011
Location	Akhundov Azerbaijan State Academic Opera & Ballet Theater
City	Baku
Host	Leyla Aliyeva
Voting	100% jury

Each of the finalists performed 3 songs in the final.

The expert jury decided that both Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal should represent Azerbaijan at Eurovision 2011. They performed under the name Ell/Nikki.

Ell/Nikki's Eurovision winning song Running Scared was selected internally.