Azerbaijan has confirmed that it will be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2025. This will be the first time since 2021 that national broadcaster İTV will compete at the Contest.
Submissions to represent Azerbaijan already open
In a post released on their Instagram page, İTV confirmed Azerbaijan will be competing in Tbilisi in December. The broadcaster also confirmed that submissions to represent Azerbaijan were already open.
To enter, interested singers between 9 and 14 must record two different songs – one in Azerbaijani and the other in another language. These should be recorded as a video and sent to the official İTV WhatsApp number.
After the submissions close, a professional panel made up of 6 people will evaluate the submissions, with the winner going to Tbilisi later this year. In the press release, the broadcaster insisted that only one singer will represent Azerbaijan in Georgia, meaning groups will not be allowed to apply.
Azerbaijan’s Junior Eurovision journey
Azerbaijan joined the Junior Eurovision family in 2012, with Omar and Suada singing “Girls and Boys (Dünya Sənindir)” in Amsterdam. At the close of voting, Azerbaijan finished 11th in a field of 12, earning 49 points. Azerbaijan has since participated three more times in 2013, 2018 and 2021 respectively.
The country’s most recent participation came in 2021, when Sona Azizova performed her song “One of Those Days” at La Seine Musicale in Paris. Sona gave Azerbaijan its best placing in its history of participating the in the Contest. When voting had finished, Azerbaijan finished in 5th place with 151 points. Of these points, 109 came from professional juries whilst 42 points were attributed from the online public vote.
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News Source: İTV
Photo Credit: Andres Putting / EBU
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