The semi-finals and finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be held in the city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan in the month of May. Baku hotels will be filled with contestants and other participants in the event and the city is looking forward to the economic gains as well as the publicity which the contest will generate for the city. For ex-pats such as myself, it may come as a surprise that the event is in its 57th year and has been the most popular televised event in Europe for over 5 decades.
