Dilara Kazimova

Dilara Kazimova (Azerbaijani: Dilarə Kazımova, born 20 May 1984) is an Azerbaijani singer and actress.She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song "Start a Fire". Born in Baku, Kazimova studied vocal arts at the Baku Academy of Music. After graduating, she briefly performed as part of an opera troupe. From the early 2000s, she was a member of the rock band Unformal and later the lead singer for the duo Milk & Kisses. Both bands participated in the Azerbaijani national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest before, with Unformal placing second in the national final in 2008, and Milk & Kisses placing second again in the national final in 2010. In 2010, the duo Milk & Kisses represented Azerbaijan at the annual New Wave music festival in Jurmala, Latvia, but came 16th out of 17 contestants.