In contrast to previous years, Ictimai TV of Azerbaijan decided to take a different path to select their representative for ESC 2023. This year, the competition was open to all artists and every candidate had a chance to apply with their own song.
During this year's selection for the ESC, special attention was paid to the fact that the songwriters were Azerbaijani. Based on this ,five performers and their songs were shortlisted. Those musicians were Leyla Izzatova, Humay Aslanova and Amrah Musayev , Mamagama group, Turan and Tural Bagmanovlar and Azer Nasibov. Focus group of Ictimai TV decided Turan and Tural brothers under the stage name of TuralTuranX would represent Azerbaijan with their song” Tell me more”
The story of twin brothers:
The brothers were born in 2000 in Zagatala. Their father's musical taste was very close to western music and their elder brother always listened to new hits which had a huge impact on their musical taste. Having sympathized with children who went to music school , the brothers started to play the piano on their own at their school and studied different songs at age 13. Seeing their interest in music ,their father bought them a secondhand synthesizer. However, after the sudden death of their brother and father, they had to put the music aside for some time.
During that time, they started to go deep into the music scene and spend their teenage years listening to rock bands like Pink Floyd, Queen and Guns N’ Roses. They enrolled in exams for "Vocal Art" and although they both passed the exams, only Turan entered the Sumgayit Music College. Turan had to leave for military service in April 2019 after studying "Vocal Art" for one and a half years. Tural was registered as unfit for military service due to the limitation of his vision.
During the time Turan was in the army, Tural had already moved to Baku. In July 2019, he created a music group called "TheRedJungle" with the help of a friend.
After Turan returned from military service, they began to perform together. Tural, who was interested in street art, began to participate in the "street artist" project organized by the Turizm Information Agency.
Between 2021 and 2023, they performed together at the state event with the orchestra of Sumgayit Music College, as a vocalist at the "Late Summer Jam" concert held at the Yarat Modern Art center organized by "YARAT", and as a guest at the "Karaoke Special” broadcast on ARB TV channel.
As for creativity and talent, the brothers, who love to make music in the genres of funk and rock, can play musical instruments including guitar, bass, piano and harmonica, and are also involved in acting. They played the role of twins in the 2nd episode of the Azeri TV show “Ifsa Cetin Hedef " on the ARB TV channel