Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest

Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	İctimai Television (İTV)
Participation summary
Appearances	17 (13 finals)
First appearance	2008
Highest placement	1st: 2011
Host	2012
External links
Azerbaijan's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Azerbaijan has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since its debut in 2008. İctimai Television (İTV) is the Azerbaijani broadcaster. Sweden has not missed any contests.

Azerbaijan's only victory (to date) was achieved with the following song:

• Ell and Nikki — Running Scared (2011)

Participation overview

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2008	Elnur and Samir	"Day After Day"	English	8	132	6	96
2009	Aysel and Arash	"Always"	English	3	207	2	180
2010	Safura	"Drip Drop"	English	5	145	2	113
2011	Ell and Nikki	"Running Scared"	English	1	221	2	122
2012	Sabina Babayeva	"When the Music Dies"	English	4	150	Host country
2013	Farid Mammadov	"Hold Me"	English	2	234	1	139
2014	Dilara Kazimova	"Start a Fire"	English	22	33	9	57
2015	Elnur Hüseynov	"Hour of the Wolf"	English	12	49	10	53
2016	Samra	"Miracle"	English	17	117	6	185
2017	Dihaj	"Skeletons"	English	14	120	8	150
2018	Aisel	"X My Heart"	English	Failed to qualify		11	94
2019	Chingiz	"Truth"	English	8	302	5	224
2020	Efendi	"Cleopatra"	English	Contest cancelled X
2021	Efendi	"Mata Hari"	English	20	65	8	138
2022	Nadir Rustamli	"Fade to Black"	English	16	106	10	96
2023	TuralTuranX	"Tell Me More"	English	Failed to qualify		14	4
2024	Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov	"Özünlə apar"	English, Azerbaijani			14	11
2025	Mamagama	"Run with U"	English			15 ◁	7

Hostings

Azerbaijan has hosted the contest one time in Baku (2012).

Year	Location	Venue
2012	Baku	Baku Crystal Hall