The second season of «Big Stage»
Euromedia Company has started working on the creation of ideas and concepts of the second season of "Big Stage". It is a talent show thatuncovers a new generation of artists to Azerbaijan and the world.
In 2014 the "Big Stage" television project has received the status of National qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest. This fact has somewhat changed the format of the project, which was reflected on the system of participants’ selection, structure and content of programs.
The talent show consists ofseveral stages and was shooted in Azerbaijan and Ukraine from January until March 2014. In January auditions were held in the major cities of Azerbaijan (Lankaran, Ganja, Guba, Yevlakh, Sumgait, Baku and Shirvan), which were attended by around 300 people. Super casting for the best performers was held in Baku and 14 participants were selected. These talented young artists arrived in Kiev for the shooting of 10 programs that we could watch later air on ITV channel.
Commenting on the successful experience of last year's project, the director of Heydar Aliyev Palace andthe jury member of the current vocal show "Big Stage"Gulchohra Shafieva, said: "I like the competition’s objectivity and that it grants equal rights to express themselves to the residents of the capital as well as other regions. This is evidenced by the result of last year's competition - the winner was a singer from Lankaran ... This project differs from other similar competitions on Azerbaijani TV by the fact that a victory here is awarded objectively and is not determined by who sent what number of messages..."