AZERBAIJAN ESC 2009 - Aysel & Arash - Always (2.Semi Final)

AySel was born in Baku on 25th April 1989 in the family of a University professor. Her Zodiac sign is Taurus, the underpinning of her ambitious, committed, self-confident personality, who loves the atmosphere of competition. AySel is just 19, but her ambition coupled with the faith in her talent has already led the young artist to the main stage of the European show business, the Eurovision Song Contest stage, as the representative of Azerbaijan.Education and hobbies. AySel went to the prestigious Intellect high school in Baku, Azerbaijan. The ambitious girl was not satisfied with the information and skills she was learning in her classes, and engaged actively in self-education and self-reflection from early school age. She swims since she was born. At five she has started to take ballet classes along with gymnastic classes. At nine, AySel is the art school student, she takes part in city exhibitions, and her paintings are greatly successful among admirers of children’s art. At twelve, she is a member of the school … handball team! AySel was considering if she should fully dedicate herself to this sport, but finally decides that handball will just be her sports hobby. At the same time, she begins to study German and Spanish by herself – besides English she had already been studying. At fourteen, AySel is actively learning dancing and choreography, mostly Latin-American dances.Music. AySel remembers clearly her first public performance when she was eight. She and her parents went to visit their friends. The guests, knowing about AySel’s great vocal talent, asked the then shy girl to sing for them. AySel agreed under the condition that she would sing on a chair imagine herself on stage. When she performed Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On, silence fell and then loud applause filled the room. “I have never sang on a chair any more. From that moment on, I have easily agreed to perform when my parents or friends asked me to,” AySel recalls with laughter. At this age, AySel begins to take part in national vocalists’ competitions. In 2001, she wins the prestigious Azerbaijani contest Рohre. At thirteen, AySel enters a Baku music school where she learns to play the piano and sings in the choir. The piano is AySel’s passion since childhood. No wonder, since AySel’s parents still keep a unique XVIII-century piano at home. USA. In 2004, AySel goes to study in the US as a student of exchange program FLEX. Within days from her arrival to the US, she signs up for the local choir and begins training for young vocalists competitions. During her year in the US, AySel won 3 gold medals at prestigious contests which were held in the Southern Arkansas University and University of Texas at Austin:- February 2005 – 1st prize and gold medal, Foreign Songs Contest, Southern Arkansas University, Arkansas, USA- May 2005 - Solo – 1st prize, Young vocalists contest, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA- May 2005 – as a choir’s lead singer - 1st prize, Young vocalists contest, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USADuring her time in the US another AySel's dream came true – she began to travel. She finally had a chance to go to New York, Washington D.C., state of Pennsylvania, state of Florida, New Jersey, state of Delaware, state of Alabama, state of Louisiana, state of Mississippi, state of Virginia and so on. AySel recalls that now she knows States but she still have one more long-awaited dream to realize. This year she's finally going to visit London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid and other European capitals she wanted to see her whole life.Baku. Upon her return to Baku, AySel takes part in the television project Yeni Ulduz 4 (“New Star 4”) where she goes straight to the final. When the project ends in 2006, AySel becomes a student at the International Relations department of the Azerbaijani University of Foreign Languages. Currently, she continues her studies and is simultaneously working hard to prepare for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.AySel’s music idols are Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Celine Dion, Ella Fitzgerald, Beyonce, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Babyface.

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Lyrics:

Oh oh oh

Always on my mind

Always in my heart

1

I`ve been waiting for you night after night

Like the shadow staying close to the light

Suddenly you stand beside me

And I see A million burning stars ,

Oh

Chorus:

You are

Always on my mind

Always in my heart

And I can hear you call my name

On a mountain high

Always on my mind

Always in my dreams

I wanna hold you close to me

Always all the time

2

I believe, I`m addicted to you

In your eyes I see dreams coming true

Finally, I have found you

And now I will never let you go

No