Azerbaijan made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 after İTV became an active member of the 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 Region to debut: Armenia was the first, in 2006, followed by Georgia in 2007. Nevertheless, it was the first of the three to win it all, in 2011. Since their debut, they had qualified for the final every year up until 2018, when their streak was broken.
They have been known to use Swedish writers and producers to help craft their entries, and had never performed in the Azerbaijani language until 2024.
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Participants[]
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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2008 | Elnur & Samir | Day After Day | English | 8 | 132 | 6 | 96 |
2009 | AySel & Arash | Always | 3 | 207 | 2 | 180 | |
2010 | Safura | Drip Drop | 5 | 145 | 2 | 113 | |
2011 | Ell & Nikki | Running Scared | 1 | 221 | 2 | 122 | |
2012 | Sabina Babayeva | When The Music Dies | 4 | 150 | Host of 2012 | ||
2013 | Farid Mammadov | Hold Me | 2 | 234 | 1 | 139 | |
2014 | Dilara Kazimova | Start a Fire | 22 | 33 | 9 | 57 | |
2015 | Elnur Hüseynov | Hour of the Wolf | 12 | 49 | 10 | 53 | |
2016 | Samra | Miracle | 17 | 117 | 6 | 185 | |
2017 | DiHaj | Skeletons | 14 | 120 | 8 | 150 | |
2018 | Aisel | X My Heart | -- | -- | 11 | 94 | |
2019 | Chingiz | Truth | 8 | 302 | 5 | 234 | |
2020 | Efendi | Cleopatra | Contest cancelled | ||||
2021 | Mata Hari | 20 | 65 | 8 | 138 | ||
2022 | Nadir Rüstemli | Fade to Black | 16 | 106 | 10 | 96 | |
2023 | TuralTuranX | Tell Me More | -- | -- | 14 | 4 | |
2024 | Fahree ft. Ilkin Dovlatov | Özünlə Apar | English, Azerbaijani |
Trivia[]
- The country is one of six to have participated in every contest since their debut, the others being Albania, Australia, Latvia, Moldova, and Spain.