Azerbaijan in EuroMusic Song Contest

Azerbaijan is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the sixteenth edition. İTV is responsible for the Azerbaijani participation. They won the contest twice.

History
The Azerbaijani broadcaster, İTV, decided to debuts in the contest for the sixteenth edition. Although Azerbaijan tried to debut in the previous edition, they postponed it for one edition. They finished at the fifth place. In Cologne, Azerbaijan finished at the fourth place in the grand final. In Bucharest, the eigteenth edition, the Azerbaijani broadcaster announced that the song would have some lyrics in the Azerbaijani language. This song couldn't qualify for the grand final. Azerbaijan selected again a song in the English language. When they released the song, it was very high in the list of the bookmakers. They won their semi final. In the final they received 263 points, what was enough to win the nineteenth edition.

At the winners press-conference, the Azerbaijani head of delegation said that the twentieth edition would take place in Baku. In Baku, they finished at the second place. In Sofia, they finished at the fifth place. In Glasgow, they qualified for the first time with a song in the Azerbaijani language. They finished at the 19th place. In Romania, they finished at the sixth place in the grand final. For the 24th edition, only 28 countries signed up to participate. Because of this, there was only one semi-final. The first eleven countries from the previous edition, like Azerbaijan, automatically qualified for the final. Azerbaijan finished at the third place in the grand final.

The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Azerbaijan took part and finished at the first place. As result of their victory, they hosted the next edition in Baku. They finished at the fifth place. The 27th edition took place in Warsaw, Poland. Azerbaijan received 167 points. This was enough to win the edition. It was already the third victory for the country. They hosted the 28th edition in Baku, where they finished at the fourth place. In the following two editions, they were not able to finish in the top ten.

In the 32th edition, they finished at the 13th place in the final. Elton Ibragimov was selected to perform in the semi final of the 33th edition in Malta. He failed to qualify. It was second time in the nations history that they failed to reach the final. In Dublin, the country again failed to qualify. Efendi was selected in the next edition. She qualified for the final where she finished at the fifth place.