Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 17 times, debuting in the 4th edition, with their best position being 5th, achieving this in OESC #20 contest.

OESC #04
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.

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

OESC #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.

OESC #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.

OESC #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.

OESC #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.

Contestants

 * XX on Semi Finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be due to the fact that the country ended up in the top five in previous contest or one of the country in top five in previous edition withdraws.
 * XX on Finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt to qualify to the final.

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