In a very special interview, esctoday.com was privileged to meet with AySel in her hotel suite in Moscow, where she gave her first reactions to the first dress rehearsal for the second semifinal.

AySel speaks about the famous designer behind her dress, her family arriving from Baku for support, and we see the three bouquets of roses she received from an anonymous admirer in Moscow! Following the interview, we follow AySel from her hotel room to the rehearsal area backstage, where she joins Arash, and we have exclusive behind-the-scenes view of the Azebaijani rehearsal of Always.

Watch the whole interview, and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OnyYhgoLV0


Richard's ESC history began way back in 1992, when he discovered the contest could fuel his passion for music and languages. Since then, it's been there at every corner for him in some way or another. He joined the esctoday.com team back in 2006, and quickly developed a love for writing about the contest. In his other life, he heads the development team at the learning resources company Linguascope, and writes about all aspects of language learning on the site Polyglossic.com.