Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Participating broadcaster | İctimai Television (İTV) |
Participation summary | |
Appearances | 4 |
First appearance | 2012 |
Last appearance | 2021 |
Highest placement | 5th: 2021 |
External links | |
Azerbaijan's page at JuniorEurovision.tv | |
For the most recent participation see Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 |
The participation of Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the tenth edition of the
History
Pre-participation
İctimai Television initially intended make a debut for Azerbaijan in the
Participation
In September 2012, İctimai Television officially confirmed that they would participate for the first time at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[7] The broadcaster determined its debut representative via a national final in Baku on 9 October 2012. The event resulted in the selection Omar & Suada as a duet act for the country, with the song "Girls and Boys" internally selected by the broadcaster and released on 16 October 2012.[8][9] The song was initially released fully in the English language, which went against the then-rules of the contest which stated that 75% of the track had to be performed in the native language of the country. The EBU gave İTV a two-day window to change the lyrics without disqualification.[9] At the contest, Azerbaijan finished in 11th place out of 12 with 49 points.[10]
Azerbaijan participated for a second time in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in
On 18 July 2018, Ivan Eismont, the Director General of
In August 2021, İTV expressed their ambitions to return to the 2021 contest in
Withdrawal
After rumours that Azerbaijan would withdraw from the 2022 contest due to its hosting in Armenia, in January 2022, a member of the Azerbaijani delegation Eldar Rasulov stated that the country should continue to participate no matter where the contest is held.[29] İTV later stated in August 2022 that they were still undecided around potential participation at the 2022 contest in Yerevan, Armenia, but the country did not appear on the final list of participants, marking yet another withdrawal of Azerbaijan from the contest. It was later reported that Azerbaijan's absence from the 2022 contest was not for political reasons with host country Armenia, but a lack of requests from candidates in the 2022 edition of The Voice Kids Azerbaijan.[30][31] İctimai opted not to participate at the 2023 contest in Nice, France either.[32]
Participation overview
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
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2012 | Omar and Suada | "Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)" | Azerbaijani, English | 11 | 49 |
2013 | Rustam Karimov
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"Me and My Guitar" | Azerbaijani, English | 7 | 66 |
2018 | Fidan Huseynova
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"I Wanna Be Like You" | Azerbaijani, English | 16 | 47 |
2021 | Sona Azizova
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" One of Those Days "
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Azerbaijani, English | 5 | 151 |
Commentators and spokespersons
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The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[33] The Azerbaijani broadcaster, İTV, send their own commentary team to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Azerbaijani language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Azerbaijan. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2012.
Year | Commentator | Spokesperson | Ref. |
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2007 | Unknown | Did not participate | |
2008 | |||
2009 | |||
2010–2011 | No broadcast | ||
2012 | Konul Arifkizi | Leila Hajili | |
2013 | Lyaman Mirzalieva | ||
2014–2017 | No broadcast | Did not participate | |
2018 | Shafiga Efendiyeva | Valeh Huseynbeyli | |
2019–2020 | No broadcast | Did not participate | |
2021 | Murad Arif and Shafiga Efendiyeva | Suleyman | |
2022–2023 | No broadcast | Did not participate |
See also
- Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Dance Contest– Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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