The Azerbaijani delegation has this evening revealed the creative team behind Mamagama’s Eurovision performance.
Azerbaijan will be collaborating with Ace Bowerman to stage Mamagama’s performance of “Run With You” at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Ace Bowerman is a London-based creative who has worked with the likes of BLACKPINK, Rina Sawayama, Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa.
Ace has experience working on both arena tours and television events, their notable work includes performances on Saturday Night Live and The Late Late Show in the United States.
Mamagama, are a Baku-based band, that has performed both domestically and internationally. In 2022, they participated in Kënga Magjike in Albania, winning Best International Song for their track “Dreamer.” In 2023, they were shortlisted to represent Azerbaijan at Eurovision but were not selected.
They were chosen to represent Azerbaijan in Basel through an open call for songs. From 154 entries submitted for Eurovision 2025, 12 entries were selected to go through to the assessment stage by an eight-member international and an eight-member Azerbaijani jury.
Image Source: ITV | Source: INFE Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, they were represented by Elnur & Samir with the song “Day After Day”, they finished 8th in the final. In 2011 Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest represented by Ell & Nikki and their song “Running Scared”. The song scored a total of 221 points, receiving only three sets of 12 points from Malta, Russia and Turkey. In 2018, Azerbaijan failed to qualify for the final for the first time, having previously had a 100% qualification record.