Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Azerbaijan has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since making its debut in Template:Escyr. The Azerbaijani participating broadcaster in the contest is İctimai Television (İTV). Azerbaijan was the last country in the Caucasus to debut in the contest and the first to win.

Azerbaijan has won the contest once, in Template:Escyr, with "Running Scared" performed by Ell and Nikki setting the record for the lowest average score for a winning song under the 12-points voting system, with 5.26 points per country. The country achieved five consecutive top-five results in the contest between 2009 and 2013, finishing third (2009) and fifth (2010) before its 2011 win and fourth (2012) and second (2013) following its win. Azerbaijan has failed to advance from the semi-finals on four occasions, in 2018 and since 2023.

History

Prior to Azerbaijan's debut in the Eurovision Song Contest, broadcaster Azerbaijan Television (AzTV) expressed interest in participating in the Template:Escyr, but the rules did not allow this as AzTV was not an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). AzTV was denied active EBU membership on 18 June 2007, as it was considered too connected to the Azerbaijani government.[1] On 5 July, İctimai Television (İTV) became a full EBU member,[2] and on 15 October, it was given permission to take part in the contest by the EBU.[3] İTV has participated in the contest representing Azerbaijan since its Template:Escyr in 2008. İTV had already broadcast the contest in previous years, purchasing broadcasting rights from the EBU.

Azerbaijan's debut at Eurovision in 2008 proved to be successful, with "Day After Day" performed by Elnur and Samir placing 8th with 132 points. In 2009, Azerbaijan achieved an improvement on their 2008 debut, coming third and receiving 207 points with "Always" by Aysel and Arash.

Azerbaijan's first Eurovision win came in Template:Escyr, when "Running Scared" by Ell and Nikki triumphed.[4][5] With their entry only receiving 5.26 points per voting country, Azerbaijan holds the record of the lowest average score for a winning song under that voting system (in place from 1975 to 2015).

The country managed another two consecutive top five results, with "When the Music Dies" by Sabina Babayeva finishing fourth with 150 points in 2012, and "Hold Me" by Farid Mammadov second with 234 in 2013, but in 2014, Azerbaijan failed to place in the top ten for the first time since their debut, finishing 22nd, the country's lowest result in a Eurovision final to date.

Azerbaijan has since managed to reach top 10 only once, with "Truth" by Chingiz finishing eighth in 2019. 2018 saw Azerbaijan's first non-qualification, with "X My Heart" by Aisel failing to progress from the first semi-final, followed by "Tell Me More" by TuralTuranX failing to advance from the first semi-final in 2023, and "Özünlə apar" by Fahree and Ilkin Dovlatov failing to advance from the first semi-final in 2024. In 2025, Azerbaijan scored its worst-ever result when "Run with U" by Mamagama finished last in the first semi-final.

Popularity of the contest

Since Azerbaijan's debut in 2008, the contest has been extremely popular in the country. After placing in the top 10 at its debut in 2008 and also ending in the top 5 from 2009 to 2013, the contest became a matter of "national pride". The high importance of the contest within the country became evident in 2013, when the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev launched an inquiry into his country failing to award Russia any points in the 2013 final.[6] Since 2009, the contest has consistently been the most watched show on Azerbaijani television, despite the fact that the contest is broadcast at midnight local time due to the time difference from Central European Time. Azerbaijan issued a postage stamp dedicated to Ell and Nikki's win in 2011.[7][8]

The country spent Template:Currency (Template:Currency) on hosting the 2012 contest, including building a completely new arena for the event.[9] since 2024,Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". this is the largest amount of money ever spent by any host country on organising the contest.[10]

Participation overview

Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
Template:Escyr Elnur and Samir "Day After Day" English 8 132 6 96
Template:Escyr Aysel and Arash "Always" English 3 207 2 180
Template:Escyr Safura "Drip Drop" English 5 145 2 113
Template:Escyr Ell and Nikki "Running Scared" English 1 221 2 122
Template:Escyr Sabina Babayeva "When the Music Dies" English 4 150 Host country
Template:Escyr Farid Mammadov "Hold Me" English 2 234 1 139
Template:Escyr Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" English 22 33 9 57
Template:Escyr Elnur Hüseynov "Hour of the Wolf" English 12 49 10 53
Template:Escyr Samra "Miracle" English 17 117 6 185
Template:Escyr Dihaj "Skeletons" English 14 120 8 150
Template:Escyr Aisel "X My Heart" English Failed to qualify 11 94
Template:Escyr Chingiz "Truth" English 8 302 5 224
Template:Escyr Efendi "Cleopatra" English Contest cancelledTemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr Efendi "Mata Hari" English 20 65 8 138
Template:Escyr Nadir Rustamli "Fade to Black" English 16 106 10 96
Template:Escyr TuralTuranX "Tell Me More" English Failed to qualify 14 4
Template:Escyr Fahree Template:Feat. Ilkin Dovlatov "Script error: No such module "Lang"." English, Azerbaijani 14 11
Template:Escyr Mamagama "Run with U" English 15 ◁ 7

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenters Image
Template:Escyr Baku Baku Crystal Hall Leyla Aliyeva, Eldar Gasimov and Nargiz Birk-Petersen File:Pht-Vugar Ibadov eurovision (26).jpg

Awards received

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Year Category Song Performer Composer Place Points Host city Ref.
2012 Press Award "When the Music Dies" Sabina Babayeva Anders Bagge, Sandra Bjurman, Stefan Örn, Johan Kronlund
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Related involvement

Heads of delegation

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.[13]

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Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Adil Karimli
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Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Isa Melikov
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Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Vasif Mammadov
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Commentators and spokespersons

The contest is aired on İTV with notable commentators include Azer Suleymanli and Murad Arif.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
Template:Escyr Unknown Did not participate
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Template:Escyr Husniyya Maharramova and Isa Melikov Leyla Aliyeva
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Template:Escyr Leyla Aliyeva and Isa Melikov Husniyya Maharramova
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Template:Escyr Husniyya Maharramova Tamilla Shirinova
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Template:Escyr Leyla Aliyeva Safura Alizadeh
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Template:Escyr Konul Arifgizi and Saleh Bagirov
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Template:Escyr Konul Arifgizi Tamilla Shirinova
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Template:Escyr Kamran Guliyev Tural Asadov
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Template:Escyr Murad Arif Faig Aghayev
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Template:Escyr Murad Arif and Husniyya Maharramova Ell and Nikki
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Template:Escyr Azer Suleymanli Narmin Salmanova
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Template:Escyr Nurlana Jafarova Aysel Teymurzadeh
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Template:Escyr Template:Ill and Aga Nadirov Safura Alizadeh
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Stage directors

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Year Stage director(s) Ref.
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Template:Esccnty Fokas Evangelinos
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Template:Esccnty Ambra Succi
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Template:Esccnty Roine Söderlundh
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Template:Esccnty Naila Mammadzadeh
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Template:Esccnty Fokas Evangelinos
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Template:Esccnty Mads Enggaard, Konstantin Tomilchenko & Aleksandr Bratkovsky
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Template:Esccnty Mads Enggaard
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Template:Esccnty Mads Enggaard
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See also

Notes

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