8 - 302 pts / 5 - 224 pts in semi 2
Chingiz (Çingiz) Mustafayev performed his song Truth in
the Təl-Əviv Eurovsion.
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| Digital Release Image |
The song is written by
Borislav Milanov. (see below)
Watch and listen here.
The song was released to Spotify on March 26 in a radio edit too long for Eurovision (Search for Chingiz without the Mustafayev).
The Eurovision edit can be found on the Tel Aviv album.
An acoustic version was presented on April 10 and released on April 26. You can listen to this one here at Youtube.
This even has an F-word and is classified as explicit at your digital music stores.
A promo cd-r is issued. It has the single / radio version (3:26) and comes in a fold-out card sleeve.
Remix
A remix by Bora Borsiczky was released on October 31.
Available at some sources but not all. (Spotify, Beatport)
It's under Chingiz Mustafayev on Spotify and won't show up if you check the Chingiz list.
The song was released to Spotify on March 26 in a radio edit too long for Eurovision (Search for Chingiz without the Mustafayev).
The Eurovision edit can be found on the Tel Aviv album.
An acoustic version was presented on April 10 and released on April 26. You can listen to this one here at Youtube.
This even has an F-word and is classified as explicit at your digital music stores.
A promo cd-r is issued. It has the single / radio version (3:26) and comes in a fold-out card sleeve.
Remix
A remix by Bora Borsiczky was released on October 31.
Available at some sources but not all. (Spotify, Beatport)
It's under Chingiz Mustafayev on Spotify and won't show up if you check the Chingiz list.
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| promo |
Moscow born Mustafayev started out as a guitarist, playing classical and Spanish style music. But he moved on to pop when he participated in the Azerbaijani version of Idols in 2007 and won.
In 2011 he attempted to get to Eurovision through another talent show, he made it to the battle stages.
After that he formed a group named Palmas, fusing Azerbaijani traditional music with flamenco, pop and rock.
In 2016 he entered the Voice Ukraine but didn't get to the final stages.
Milanov
Songwriter Borislav Milanov has a few Eurovision tunes to his name. In 2016 he co-wrote the Bulgarian entry, In 2017 he worked on the entries of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia and in 2018 he gave us Bulgaria and Austria. To top it off, he's married to Tamara Gachechiladze.
Versions
Truth - Eurovision edit
- on the Tel Aviv 2CD
Truth - Radio edit (3:29)
- digital release, promo
Truth - Acoustic version
- digital release
Truth - Remix by Bora Borsiczky
- digital release
Truth - video version edit
- video only
Charts
Sweden top 100: 91, -
Switzerland top 10: 43, -
France top 200 (IFOP): 50, -
Scottish singles top 100 (OCC): 49
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| Pic from Mustafayev Facebook |
Azerbaijan 2018 has links to all Azerbaijani entries from 2009 on.
