Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

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 artist(s)	Rustam Karimov
Selected song	"Me and My Guitar"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 66 points
Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Azerbaijan participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv, 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.^[1] It was announced that his song would be called "Me and My Guitar".^[1]

Before Junior Eurovision

On 9 October, it was reported that the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television decided to internally select their 2013 artist with auditions held in the Rashid Behbudov Second Music School in Baku. 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",^[1] and the song was presented to the public on 5 November 2013.^[2]

At Junior Eurovision

During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Azerbaijan was drawn to perform 2nd, following Sweden and preceding Armenia.^[3] 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.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Azerbaijan^[4]
Score	Country
12 points^[a]
10 points	Georgia Ukraine
8 points
7 points	Russia Sweden
6 points	Malta
5 points
4 points	Kids Jury
3 points	Moldova Netherlands
2 points	Macedonia San Marino
1 point

Points awarded by Azerbaijan^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Russia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Georgia
7 points	Malta
6 points	Belarus
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Moldova
2 points	San Marino
1 point	Macedonia

Notes

^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Fisher, Luke James (1 November 2013). "Meet Rustam and his guitar". EBU. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ Fisher, Luke James (5 November 2013). "Watch Rustam's Song". EBU. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b Fisher, Luke James (25 November 2013). "Array running order decided". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[5] All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

[Azerbaijan1-1] Fisher, Luke James (1 November 2013). "Meet Rustam and his guitar". EBU. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[2] Fisher, Luke James (5 November 2013). "Watch Rustam's Song". EBU. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[Aze_2013-3] Fisher, Luke James (25 November 2013). "Array running order decided". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[2013detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2013". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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