Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
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Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Hour of the Wolf" written by Sandra Bjurman, Nicolas Rebscher, Nicklas Lif and Lina Hansson. The song was performed by Elnur Hüseynov, who was internally selected by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) in March 2015 to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Hüseynov had previously represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 together with Samir Javadzadeh where they placed eighth with the song "Day After Day". The song "Hour of the Wolf" was presented to the public on 15 March.
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National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | 15 March 2015 | |||
Selected entrant | Elnur Hüseynov | |||
Selected song | "Hour of the Wolf" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 53 points) | |||
Final result | 12th, 49 points | |||
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Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 11, "Hour of the Wolf" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed tenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 53 points. In the final, Azerbaijan performed in position 24 and placed twelfth out of the 27 participating countries, scoring 49 points.