Azerbaijan

Need to know:

Since winning the Azerbaijan national final, classically trained Elnur Huseynov and rock stomper Samir Javadzade have been hard at work polishing their stage performance. And you'll be pleased to know that they're pulling out all the stops for their turn on stage - the boys will recreate their impressively gothic video by dressing up as an angel and devil, and will be joined by a troupe of ballet dancers.

Track record:

Elnur and Samir are Azerbaijan's first ever entrants into the Eurovision Song Contest. So no pressure then. Azerbaijan wanted to compete in 2007 but national broadcaster AzTV were denied membership to the European Broadcasting Union. They've since been taken over by a non-government affiliated broadcaster. See - the system works.