AySel & Arash rock at the Stockholm Eurovision Preview Party 2009

After several days of heavy promo-touring in Slovenia and Romania, in the evening of 29 April AySel & Arash stormed into the Stockholm Eurovision Preview Party straight from the plane. Despite the difficult flight – due to turbulence a stewardess had spilt tea on Arash – the guys were in high spirits and ready to rock. 

The backstage was full of journalists, fans and party guests. They started cheering when AySel & Arash appeared. Many guests wanted a photo with the duet. There were lots of congratulations, genuine admiration and sincere wishes of success in the Contest. 

On the backstage, AySel & Arash met the other Eurovision 2009 performers who came to Stockholm for the party. The duet had a very cordial meeting with Ukraine’s Svetlana Loboda, wishing each other lots of luck in Moscow. In her conversation with AySel, Svetlana invited the Azerbaijani performers to come and sing at the Ukrainian party during the Eurovision week. Spain’s Soraya told the duet she crossed her fingers for AySel & Arash. 

AySel got perhaps the biggest surprise of the entire evening. Among several Stockholm-based Azerbaijanis who came to the party to support the duet, AySel discovered her long-distance relatives she had never known before. She was later laughing that Eurovision expanded her family in all senses. 

The audience roared when AySel & Arash went on stage. Arash’s Boro Boro, a golden single in Sweden, opened the duet’s performance. During AySel & Arash’s show, one of the fans repeatedly ran up to the stage shouting to AySel “You are terrific! You are super!” The performance went like a house on fire. Once they finished, AySel & Arash went on to give dozens of autographs, take pictures and dance with the crowd!