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Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country  Azerbaijan
National selection
Selection process Internal selection
Selection date(s) Artist: 1 November 2013
Song: 5 November 2013
Selected entrant Rustam Karimov
Selected song "Me and My Guitar"
Finals performance
Final result 7th, 66 points
Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2012 2013
Rustam Karimov
JESC 2013 (Azerbaijan) Rustam Karimov at rehearsal 1.jpg
Rustam at the first rehearsal in Kiev 2013.
Background information
Birth name Rustam Karimov
Born (2003-08-18) August 18, 2003 (age 13)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Origin Azerbaijan
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 2013-present

Azerbaijan participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine. The Azerbaijani entry was selected through an internal selection. On 1 November 2013 it was revealed that Rustam Karimov would represent Azerbaijan in the contest. It was announced that his song would be called "Me and My Guitar".

On 9 October, it was reported that the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television decided to internally select their 2013 artist with auditions held in Music School #2 named after Rashid Behbudov. On 1 November 2013, İctimai revealed that 10-year-old Rustam Karimov would represent Azerbaijan. The title of the song was revealed to be "Me and My Guitar".

The song was presented to the public on 5 November 2013.

Rustam Karimov (Azerbaijani: Rüstəm Kərimov; born August 18, 2003) is an Azerbaijani child singer. He is known by his appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with his song "Me and my guitar".

Rustam Karimov was born in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku on August 18, 2003. He started singing at the age of two and soon understood that music was his talent. Rustam Karimov arranged family concerts and has become the "singing hero" during kindergarten. In 2011, Rustam Karimov signed up at the Rashid Beybutov Music School to study piano.

During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Azerbaijan was drawn to perform 2nd, following Sweden and preceding San Marino. Azerbaijan placed 7th, scoring 66 points.

In Azerbaijan, show were broadcast on İctimai Television with commentary by Konul Arifziki. The Azerbaijani spokesperson revealing the result of the Azerbaijani vote was Lyaman Mirzalieva.


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