Mata Hari (Samira Efendi song) explained
| Mata Hari |
| Cover: | Efendi - Mata Hari.png |
| Alt: | The official cover for "Mata Hari" |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Efendi |
| Released: | 15 March 2021 |
| Length: | 2:40 |
| Label: | BMF |
| Prev Title: | Cleopatra |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Misc: | | Embed: | yes | | Song: |  "Mata Hari" | | Year: | 2021 | | Country: | Azerbaijan | | Artist: | Samira Efendi | | Place: | 20th | | Points: | 65 | | Place Semi: | 8th | | Points Semi: | 138 | | Prev: | Cleopatra | | Prev Year: | 2020 | | Prev Link: | Cleopatra (Samira Efendi song) | | Next: | Fade to Black | | Next Link: | Fade to Black (Nadir Rustamli song) |
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"Mata Hari" is a song sung by Azerbaijani singer Efendi. The song represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Eurovision Song Contest
See main article: Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
Internal selection
On 20 March 2020, Azerbaijani state broadcaster İTV confirmed that Efendi would represent Azerbaijan in the 2021 contest.[1] A teaser for "Mata Hari" was released on 11 March 2021 on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.[2]
At Eurovision
The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 May and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021.[3] According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of,,, and the, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final.[4] [5] On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Azerbaijan would be performing in the second half of the first semi-final of the contest.[6]
Charts
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Efendi is coming: Azerbaijan confirms "Cleopatra" singer for Eurovision 2021. 20 March 2020. Wiwibloggs.
- Web site: Teaser - Efendi - Azerbaijan - Eurovision 2021. 2021-03-11. YouTube. en.
- Web site: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Rotterdam 2021–Eurovision Song Contest . 24 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201224155243/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021 . 24 December 2020.
- Web site: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Rules–Eurovision Song Contest . 5 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073043/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/ . 8 April 2020.
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Eurovision Song Contest 2021 . 18-22 May 2021 . Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Web site: Groot . Evert . European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . 2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021 . 24 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201118125722/https://eurovision.tv/story/2020-semi-final-line-up-to-stay-this-year . 18 November 2020 . 17 November 2020.
- Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 21/2021. IFPI Greece. 7 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607180055/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html. 7 June 2021.
- Web site: Tónlistinn – Lög. The Music – Songs. is. Plötutíðindi. 3 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605085922/https://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/. 5 June 2021. dead.
- Web site: 2021 21-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 21-27 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100. lt. AGATA. 28 May 2021. 28 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210528143430/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/21s/. 28 May 2021. live.
- Web site: VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2021-21. VG-lista. 28 May 2021.
