Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Azerbaijan participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Azerbaijani entry was selected through an internal selection. On 18 September 2018 it was revealed that Fidan Huseynova would represent Azerbaijan in the contest.[1][2]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Azerbaijan
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 18 September 2018
Song: 16 October 2018
Selected entrantFidan Huseynova
Selected song"I Wanna Be Like You"
Selected songwriter(s)Ayten Ismikhanova
Elvira Michieva
Isa Melikov
Finals performance
Final result16th, 47 points
Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2013 • 2018

Background

Azerbaijan debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2012.[3] In 2008, İTV announced that Azerbaijan would take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Limassol, but then withdrew before the contest, because there were too few candidates for the national selection and consequently canceled its debut.

After taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Azerbaijan withdrew from the contest because of unspecified reasons and on 25 July 2018, it was announced that Azerbaijan will return to the contest in 2018.

Artist and song information

Fidan Huseynova
Fidan Huseynova
Background information
Birth nameFidan Hüseynova
Born (2005-11-24) 24 November 2005[4]
Moscow, Russia
OriginAzerbaijan
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2014-present

Fidan Huseynova (born 24 November 2005 in Moscow) is a Russian-born Azerbaijani child singer. She represented Azerbaijan at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "I Wanna Be Like You".

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Azerbaijan was drawn to perform seventh on 25 November 2018, following Netherlands and preceding Belarus.

Voting

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Azerbaijan
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  • Azerbaijan received 30 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Azerbaijan
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