Azerbaijan has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 13 times since making its debut in 2008, after İctimai Televiziya (İTV) became an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
İTV had broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in previous years, purchasing broadcasting rights from the EBU. Azerbaijan was the last country in the Caucasus to debut in the contest and the first to win.
Azerbaijan won the contest in 2011, with Ell & Nikki and the song “Running Scared” setting the record for the lowest average score for a winning song under the 12 points voting system, with 5.26 points per country.
The country achieved five consecutive top-five results in the contest between 2009 and 2013, finishing third (2009) and fifth (2010) before their 2011 win and fourth (2012) and second (2013) following their win.
In 2018, Azerbaijan failed to advance from the semi-finals for the first time.
