Leyla Aliyeva , Eldar Gasimov , and Nargiz Birk-Petersen hosted three live shows at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest .
`` The lead-up to the contest was met with political concerns and protests surrounding the host country , including its human rights record and allegations by advocacy groups that Baku was carrying out forced evictions in the construction of the contest 's venue , along with objections to the contest 's presence by Iranian officials � who felt that the event was anti-Islamic because it was , according to them , a `` '' gay parade '' '' . ''
Eurovision Song Contest 2012