Azerbaijan in the Türkvizyon Song Contest

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Member station Azad Azerbaijan TV
Appearances
Appearances 3
First appearance 2013
Best result 1st: 2013
Worst result 9th: 2014

Azerbaijan has participated in the Türkvizyon Song Contest twice since its début in 2013. The Azeri broadcaster, Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV), has been the organizer of the Azeri entry since its début in the contest.[1][2] In 2013, Azerbaijan's first entry at Türkvizyon, Farid Hasanov, won the inaugural contest making them the most successful country so far.[3] In the 2014 contest Azerbaijan was first eliminated in the semifinal, but the day afterwards a voting irregularity was confirmed and Azerbaijan made it to the final. In the final the country placed 9th.

History

2013

Azerbaijan made their debut in the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] The Azeri broadcaster Azad Azerbaijan TV organised the entry selection, which took place on 16 November 2013.[2] The Azeri broadcaster ATV organised a four show national selection called "Türkvizyon Milli Seçim Turu", a total of 50 singers auditioned in the three casting shows on 19 October, 26 October and 2 November 2013.[4] 10 singers were selected by a jury to go through to the final on 23 November.[5] A jury made up of Vado Karoven, Govhar Hasanzada, Nigar Jamal, Mubariz Tagıyev, Eldar Mansurov and Ahmet Koch selected the artist that would represent Azerbaijan at the first Turkvizyon Song Contest, Farid Hasanov won the selection.[6]

Running Order Artist Song Result
1 Nürəli Cavadov 2
2 Aysel Nərimanova 2
3 Rauf Babayev Yasandi Bitdi 2
4 Ağamehdi Mirzəyev 2
5 Lalə Allahverdiyeva Dinle 2
6 Adil Baxışlı 2
7 Kamran Bilalov 2
8 Vlada Axundova Hazirmsin 2
9 Şəhriyar Ramazanzadə 2
10 Fərid Həsənov Sensiz 1

At the contest in Turkey it emerged that the song that Farid had won the national selection with would not be the song that he would sing at the contest, "Sensiz" was replaced by "Yasa". Azerbaijan qualified for the final and went on to win the contest with a total of 210 points.[3]

2014

It was announced in May 2014 that Azerbaijan would participate in the 2014 contest, ATV changed the selection process to use Azerbaycan'ın Sesi (The Voice of Azerbaijan).[7] The selection process began in July 2014 with the final taking place on 21 September, Alvin Ordubadli was selected by a jury to represent Azerbaijan in Kazan.[8] It was announced after Elvin won the national selection that he would sing "Divlərin yalnızlığı" at the contest.[9]

Azerbaijan were drawn to perform 21st out of the 25 countries, when the result of the semi final were originally announced Azerbaijan did not qualify for the final, they had finished 14th 2 points away from a place in the final. It emerged after the show that the points had been incorrectly calculated for Turkmenistan who had previously been announced as a qualifier, after adjusting the results it was decided that the top.15 countries in the semi final would participate in the final.[10][11] Azerbaijan came 9th in the final with a total of 177 points.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title English translation Final Points Semi-final Points
2013 Farid Hasanov[6] Azerbaijani "Yaşa" (Yaşa)[2] Live 1 210 Qualified —
2014 Elvin Ordubadlı[12] Azerbaijani Divlerin Yalqizliği The Loneliness of Giants 9 177 14 166
2015 Mehman Tagiyev Azerbaijani İstanbul - 7 155 No semi-final
2016

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenters
2016 Azerbaijan Baku TBA TBA

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony (10 November 2013). "Azerbaijan: Final November 16th". Eurovoix. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (21 December 2013). "Türkvizyon: Azerbaijan wins!". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Azerbaijan: Türkvizyon Selection Process Starts Tonight". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Azerbaijan: 10 Türkvizyon Finalists Announced". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (23 November 2013). "Farid Hasanov is off to Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Azerbaijan: Türkvizyon Selection Gets Underway". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Elvin Ordubadlı Türkvizyon'da Azerbaycan'ı temsil edecek". Turesc.net. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Azerbaijan: Elvin To Sing "Divlərin yalnızlığı"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Exclusive: Voting Fraud At Turkvizyon 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Turkvizyon 2014: 15 entries qualified for the final". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Granger, Anthony (21 September 2014). "Azerbaijan: Elvin Ordubadli Is Off To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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