Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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 Azerbaijan
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Artist: 5 December 2016 Song: 11 March 2017 |
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| Selected entrant | Dihaj | |||
| Selected song | "Skeletons" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | 8th, 150 points | |||
| Final result | 14th, 120 points | |||
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Azerbaijan will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Skeletons" written by Isa Melikov and Sandra Bjurman. The song was performed by Diana Hajiyeva (Dihaj), who was internally selected by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) to represent the nation at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine. Dihaj's selection as the Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant was announced on 5 December 2016, while the song "Skeletons" was presented to the public on 11 March 2017.
Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 8, "Skeletons" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May.
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Azerbaijan had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 2008. Azerbaijan had 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 their lowest placing in the contest to this point, placing 22nd in the final with the song "Start a Fire" performed by Dilara Kazimova. In 2016, Azerbaijan placed seventeenth with the song "Miracle" performed by Samra.
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