Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 15 March 2015 | |||
| Selected entrant | Elnur Hüseynov | |||
| Selected song | "Hour of the Wolf" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 53 points) | |||
| Final result | 12th, 49 points | |||
| Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Hour of the Wolf", written by Sandra Bjurman, Nicolas Rebscher, Nicklas Lif and Lina Hansson. The song was performed by Elnur Hüseynov, who was selected by Azeri broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) in March 2015 to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Hüseynov had previously represented Azerbaijan in its debut at the 2008 contest, where he performed the song "Day After Day" together with Samir Javadzadeh and placed eighth. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, "Hour of the Wolf" placed tenth out of the 17 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Azerbaijan's eighth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Hour of the Wolf" finished in twelfth place, receiving 49 points.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Azerbaijan had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times since its first entry in 2008. Azerbaijan has won the contest on one occasion in 2011 with the song "Running Scared" performed by Ell/Nikki. Since their debut in 2008, Azerbaijan has had a string of successful results, qualifying to the final and placing in the top ten each year until 2014, including a third-place result in 2009 with the song "Always" performed by AySel and Arash and a second-place result in 2013 with the song "Hold Me" performed by Farid Mammadov. However, in 2014, Azerbaijan achieved its lowest placing in the contest thus far, placing 22nd in the final with the song "Start a Fire" performed by Dilara Kazimova.
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