Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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| Azerbaijan | |
|---|---|
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| Member station | İctimai Television (İTV) |
| National selection events | National Final
Internal Selection
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 4 |
| First appearance | 2012 |
| Highest placement | 5th: 2021 |
| External links | |
| Azerbaijan's page at JuniorEurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeAzerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | |
Azerbaijan debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.[1] In 2008, İctimai Television (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 cancelled its debut.
After taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Azerbaijan withdrew from the contest because of unspecified reasons, however, Azerbaijan returned to the contest in 2018. İTV did not take part in the 2019 contest in Gliwice, Poland,[2] but İTV returned at the 2021 contest in Paris, France.[3] In Paris they were represented by Sona Azizova, who managed to achieve the best result for the country as of 2021, 5th place.
Participation overview[]
| Year | Entrant | Song | Language | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & | "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 | |
| Sona Azizova | "One of Those Days" | 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.[4] 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also[]
- Azerbaijan in the Bala Turkvision 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 Turkvision Song Contest – A contest for countries and regions which are of Turkic-speaking or Turkic ethnicity.
References[]
- ^ "Junior 2012: 12 countries to take part". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Herbert, Emily (1 July 2019). "Azerbaijan: Withdraws From Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.
- ^ Farren, Neil (16 August 2021). "