Leyla Mutallim qizi Guliyeva (née Aliyeva, Azerbaijani: ''Leyla Mütəllim qızı Quliyeva (Əliyeva)'', born 26 June 1986) is an Azerbaijani television presenter. On 22, 24 and 26 May 2012 she hosted the

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song "Running Scared (Ell & Nikki song), Running Scared" by Ell & Nikki, El ...

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together with

Eldar Gasimov Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov (, ; born 4 June 1989) is an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani singer. He Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 alongside Nigar Jamal, winning the compe ...

and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.

Career

Leyla Aliyeva graduated from the

Baku Academy of Music The Hajibeyli Baku Academy of Music (Azeri: ''Hacıbəyli adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. H ...

with a degree in choral directing and has a master's degree in music. In 2004, while in her first year of undergraduate studies, she was hired by İTV to work for the channel's Department of Music, Arts and Entertainment. In 2007, she began covering Eurovision news and soon rose to becoming a member of İTV's Eurovision organising committee. Aliyeva also served as the spokesperson of

announcing the country's first voting results in the country's debut at the

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcasting Unio ...

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. She hosted the Azerbaijani national Eurovision selection tours alongside

Husniyya Maharramova Husniyya Ikram gizi Maharramova (, born September 30, 1981) is an Azerbaijani TV presenter, commentator, producer and former head of the Azerbaijani delegation of the Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Husniyya Maharramova was born on Septembe ...

in 2011 and 2012.Aytan Aliyeva
Leyla Aliyeva: 'My husband and I met at Ictimai'
. Modern.az. 20 May 2011.

Personal life

She is married to Abbas Guliyev, a fellow İTV employee who works there as a director, and has a daughter.

References

Azerbaijani women television presenters Azerbaijani television personalities Baku Academy of Music alumni 1986 births Living people People from Baku {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub

Career

Personal life

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