Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Azerbaijan debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.[1] In 2008, İTV announced that Azerbaijan would take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Limassol, but then withdrew before the contest, because there were too few candidates for the national selection and consequently canceled its debut.
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| Member station | İctimai Television (İTV) |
| National selection events | National Final
Internal Selection
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 3 |
| First appearance | 2012 |
| Last appearance | 2018 |
| Best result | 7th: 2013 |
| External links | |
| Azerbaijan's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | |
After taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Azerbaijan withdrew from the contest because of unspecified reasons and on 25 July 2018, it was announced that Azerbaijan will return to the contest in 2018. Their worst result till date has been achieved by Fidan Huseynova with her song "I Wanna Be Like You" in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. İTV announced on 1 July 2019 that they will not take part in the 2019 contest in Gliwice, Poland.[2]
Participation
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
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| Suada Alakbarova and Omar Sultanov | "Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)" | Azerbaijani, English | 11 | 49 | |
| Rustam Karimov | "Me and My Guitar" | Azerbaijani, English | 7 | 66 | |
| Fidan Huseynova | "I Wanna Be Like You" | Azerbaijani, English | 16 | 47 |
Photo gallery
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Rustam Karimov in Kiev (2013)
Commentators and spokespersons
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.[3] 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 | No broadcast | Did not participate |
See also
- Azerbaijan in the Bala Türkvizyon Song Contest – Junior version of the Turkvision Song Contest.
- 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.
- Azerbaijan in the Türkvizyon Song Contest – A contest for countries and regions which are of Turkic-speaking or Turkic ethnicity.
References
- "Junior 2012: 12 countries to take part". European Broadcasting Union. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- "Azerbaijan: Withdraws From Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. 1 July 2019.
- Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- "Azerbaijan: Junior Eurovision 2018 Commentator & Spokesperson Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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