Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 33 times, debuting in the 4th edition, with their best position being 1st, achieving this in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 28.

Own Eurovision Song Contest 4
Azerbaijan made its debut on the 4th edition of OESC with the song "Crush on You" performed by Nikki Jamal at Košice, Slovakia. At the same edition, it placed 6th in the finals, its best final ranking until the 20th edition.

Azerbaijan didn't participate in OESC editions 07, 09, 14 and 16 due to lack of interest.

Own Eurovision Song Contest 20
In the special Eurovision edition of OESC, Azerbaijan sent 2010 ESC representant Safura and sang "Drip Drop" at Timișoara, Romania. It broke Azerbaijan's best final ranking after 12 editions, placing 5th in the final.

Own Eurovision Song Contest 21
Azerbaijan sent Emin with the song "Amor". Its music video features Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo. Unfortunately, Emin wasn't able to advance to the finals after battling with tough contenders from Iceland, Germany and Liechtenstein among other countries that qualified.

Own Eurovision Song Contest 22
Azerbaijan sent half-Azerbaijani citizen T-moor Rodriguez with the song "Out in Space" in pursuit of qualification in the finals but only placed 15th in its semi-final.

Own Eurovision Song Contest 23
Azerbaijan made a mini-National Selection. "Keep On, Keepin' On" by Ilgara Kazimova was chosen by the public. It also features DJ producer Aligee.

Own Eurovision Song Contest 45
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After a long string of poor results, ITV announced that their Head of Delegation was to be fired, and a new Head of Delegation was appointed. After this, details of the Azeri internal selection were announced, which stated that Azeri composers and singers can submit entries to the broadcaster as long as they are:
 * Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan; or for composers, a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan or any other TÜRKSOY member state (Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan)
 * The songs must be in the Azeri language, however parts of the song are allowed to be sung in English, Russian or Turkish

Contestants
Table key
 * Winner
 * Second place
 * Third place
 * Automatically qualified to the final
 * Did not qualify for the final or disqualified
 * Last place
 * Did not compete

Notes
 * 1.The country won a wildcard, being out of the top ten, the song was voted by the other countries to advanced to the Grand Final.

Voting history (#04-#10)
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Marcel Bezençon Awards
Best female singer