Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Azerbaijan | |
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| Member station | ITV |
| National selection events | TBA |
| Appearances | 1 |
| First appearance | 2008 |
| Best result | 8th |
| Worst result | 8th |
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| Eurovision.az | |
| Azerbaijan's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Azerbaijan made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, as ITV became an active member of the EBU before the contest was scheduled to take place. ITV have been broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest in previous years, purchasing broadcasting rights from EBU.
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 were denied active EBU membership on June 18, as they were considered too connected to the Azerbaijani government.[1]
On July 5, however, another Azerbaijani broadcaster - the public channel ITV - became a full EBU member [2] and on October 15 were given permission to take part by the EBU. [3]
In 2006, Azerbaijani mass-media complained that the official website of Eurovision song contest showed the first Armenian representative André's place of birth as Nagorno-Karabakh, despite the latter being de jure part of Azerbaijan. As a result, the place of birth section was removed from the singer's profile.[4]
Azerbaijan is the last country in the Caucasus to participate: Armenia was the first one, in 2006, followed by Georgia in 2007. Azerbaijan qualified for the final from the first semi-final and came 8th with 132 points.
| Year | Artist | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 2008 | Elnur & Samir | Day After Day | 8 | 132 | 6 | 96 |
[edit] Voting history
Azerbaijan has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey |
12 |
| 2 |  Ukraine |
10 |
| 3 |  Russia |
8 |
| 4 |  Israel |
7 |
| 5 |  Greece |
6 |
Azerbaijan has received most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary |
12 |
| = | Turkey |
12 |
| 2 |  Czech Republic |
10 |
| = | Russia |
10 |
| = | Ukraine |
10 |
| 3 |  FYR Macedonia |
8 |
| 4 |  Andorra |
7 |
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7 |
| = |  Georgia |
7 |
| = |  Lithuania |
7 |
| = |  Poland |
7 |
| 5 |  Latvia |
4 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Azerbaijan not joining after all", ESCToday.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
- ^ News Eurovision Finland 2007 Новости Евровидения 2007 Финляндия
- ^ Eurovision Song Contest | Belgrade (Serbia) 2008 - Articles
- ^ (Russian) Abulfaz Garayev: Eurovision Governing Body Fixed Error on Website
[edit] External links
- Eurovision Azərbaycan
- Esctoday.com news about Azerbaijan
- ESCKaz news about Azerbaijan
- Azeri plans for Eurovision
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