Chingiz gave the second press conference for Azerbaijan at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
He was helped with the questions by the Head of Delegation for Azerbaijan, Husniye Maharramova, because Chingiz does not speak English.
The biggest applause and reaction was when Chingiz played Bamboleo, the popular Spanish song, in the style of the Gypsy Kings.
Chingiz will sing Truth in the second semi-final of the Eurovisionon 16 May.
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Russia and Albania presented their second press conferences at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
Sergey Lazarev said he was happy with rehearsal except for some issues with water. He was joined by Filip Kirkorov (one of the composers). Sergey advised there will soon be a Russian version of Scream. He has the lyrics ready and will record when he returns to Russia.
Jonida Maliqi and her team from Albania were happy with the rehearsal today. Jonida also talked about the lyrics of her song which are about immigration and people around the world.
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Croatia and Malta held their second press conferences of the week at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
Roko from Croatia was up first. He is only 19 years old and has a great voice. He was thankful for Jacques Houdek (2017 ESC Croatia) for his help and inspiration. Roko also sang a little of The Winner Takes It All by ABBA with his backing singers.
Michela from Malta appeared to be very happy and relaxed and looked bubbly as she faced the media. She said she was happy for he X Factor experience that lead to her journey here. She also said she likes to be versatile with her music styles. She likes to sing pop, country, rock, She sang a littleof a song in Maltese that she did on X Factor and Shallow from the A Star Is Born soundtrack and also a Miley Cyrus song. She is also currently recording more material for release after Eurovision. Of course, she still has her important studies at school to complete.
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ZENA gave her second press conference in Tel Aviv at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. She will be performing Like It in the first semi-final.
ZENA did not speak English but she talked about her career so far as a singer, actress and tv presenter. She even spoke and sung in the Russia language version in a Disney movie, Moana.
ZENA had success by winning the Slavianskiy Bazar in the junior category. She is only 16 years old now.
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Frans gave a confident performance of If I Were Sorry at the second rehearsal for Sweden here in Stockholm. The staging is similar to the Melodifestivalen show in March. Frans keeps it simple and this makes it more effective.
Can Frans follow in the steps of Måns Zelmerlöw? ….what do you think?
ManuElla gave an outstanding performance of Red And Blue at her second rehearsal for Slovenia in Stockholm today. She looked stunning in her white dress and she was accompanied by Jannik Baltzer Hattel, an acrobat from Denmark.
ManuElla said at her press conference she is influenced by the country rock sound and this is the style that will be on her forthcoming album. She is hoping her Eurovision show will give her new followers around the world including USA, who will broadcast the show this year.
Good luck to ManuElla and Slovenia
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Nicky Byrne will represent Ireland with Sunlight. He gave his second press conference of the week. He was satisfied with his performance. He admitted he had a problem with a certain note in previous rehearsals. But finally Nicky was happy.
Nicky has just released a brand new album and also confirmed the Westlife boys, Shane and Mark have been supportive in recent days.