Azerbaijan in the Turkvision Song Contest
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| Member station | Azad Azerbaijan TV |
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 3 |
| First appearance | 2013 |
| Last appearance | 2015 |
| Best result | 1st: 2013 |
| Worst result | 9th: 2014 |
 For the most recent participation seeAzerbaijan in the Turkvision Song Contest 2015 |
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The participation of Azerbaijan in the Turkvision Song Contest first began in Eskişehir, Turkey, at the inaugural edition of the Turkvision Song Contest in 2013. Azad Azerbaijan TV (ATV) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2013. Kamran Bilalov was the first representative for Azerbaijan at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Dağlar", which qualified from the semifinals, and finished won the contest, achieving two-hundred and ten points in the grand final. Azerbaijan continued to participate in the contest, and sent Elvin Ordubadli as their representative in the Turkvision Song Contest 2014, with the song "Divlerin Yalqizliği", which finished in ninth place, achieving one-hundred and seventy-seven points in the grand final.
Turkvision is an annual song contest which was created by TÜRKSOY in cooperation with the Turkish music channel TMB TV. Based on the similar format of the Eurovision Song Contest, Turkvision focuses primarily on participating Turkic countries and regions. The participating countries and regions have to take part in the Semi Final. A juror from each nation awards between 1 and 10 points for every entry, except their own. An amount of 12 to 15 nations qualify for the Grand Final where the jury determines the winner. TÜRKSOY has stated that televoting is going to be introduced in the future. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest in which the winning country proceeds to host the following year's event, hosting of the Turkvision Song Contest takes place in the country or region that is also hosting the Turkish Capital of Culture.
Azerbaijan made their debut in the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey. The Azeri broadcaster Azad Azerbaijan TV organised the entry selection, which took place on 16 November 2013. The Azeri broadcaster ATV organised a four show national selection called "Turkvision Milli Seçim Turu", a total of 50 singers auditioned in the three casting shows on 19 October, 26 October and 2 November 2013. 10 singers were selected by a jury to go through to the final on 23 November. 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 Turkvision Song Contest, Farid Hasanov won the selection.
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