Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Member station İTV
National selection events Land of Fire
Appearances
Appearances 5
First appearance 2008
Best result 1st: 2011
Worst result 8th: 2008
External links
Eurovision Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's page at Eurovision.tv

Azerbaijan made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, after İctimai Televiziya (İTV) became an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). İTV had broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in previous years, purchasing broadcasting rights from the EBU.

Azerbaijan is the last country in the Caucasus to participate: Armenia was the first one, in 2006, followed by Georgia in 2007.

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[edit] History of Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest

Azerbaijan's first try at Eurovision proved to be successful as the country qualified for the final from the first semi-final and came 8th with 132 points in the final evening.

Elnur & Samir in Belgrade (2008)
Aysel & Arash in Moscow (2009)
Safura in Oslo (2010)

Previously, another broadcaster, AzTV, wanted to participate in 2007, but EBU rules did not allow this as AzTV was not an active member of the 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, İTV became a full EBU member,[2] and on October 15 it was given permission to take part by the EBU.[3]

Azerbaijan's first Eurovision performance by Elnur and Samir made it in the top ten placed at number 8 with 132 points. In 2009 Azerbaijan achieved an improvement on their 2008 debut, coming third and receiving 207 points with the song "Always", performed by duo AySel & Arash.

On 14 May 2011, Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Running Scared song by Eldar & Nigar.[4][5]

Since the introduction of the semi finals in 2004, Azerbaijan has been placed within the top 10 every year. The only other country to do so is Greece.

[edit] Contestants

Year Artist Title Final Points Semi Points
2008 Elnur & Samir "Day After Day" 8 132 6 96
2009 Aysel & Arash "Always" 3 207 2 180
2010 Safura "Drip Drop" 5 145 2 113
2011 Eldar & Nigar "Running Scared" 1 221 2 122
2012 Sabina Babayeva Sevgi nəğməmiz X X

[edit] Voting history (2008–2011)

Azerbaijan has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  Ukraine 42
2  Turkey 36
3  Georgia 22
4  Russia 21
5  Moldova 20

Azerbaijan has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  Turkey 48
2  Ukraine 42
3  Russia 37
4  Moldova 35
5  Belarus 30

[edit] Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenter(s)
2012 Azerbaijan Baku Baku Crystal Hall TBA

[edit] Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2008 Isa Melikov and Husniyya Maharramova Leyla Aliyeva
2009 Leyla Aliyeva, AySel (Semi-final 1 only),
Isa Melikov (Final only)
Husniyya Maharramova
2010 Husniyya Maharramova Tamilla Shirinova
2011 Leyla Aliyeva Safura Alizadeh

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