Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Azerbaijan participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kiev, 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]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Azerbaijan
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 1 November 2013
Song: 5 November 2013
Selected entrantRustam Karimov
Selected song"Me and My Guitar"
Finals performance
Final result7th, 66 points
Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Internal selection

On 9 October, it was reported that the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television decided to internally select their 2013 artist with auditions held in Music School #2 named after Rashid Behbudov. 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]

The song was presented to the public on 5 November 2013.[2]

Participant biography

Rustam Karimov
Rustam Karimov
Rustam at the first rehearsal in Kiev 2013.
Background information
Birth nameRustam Karimov
Born (2003-08-18) August 18, 2003
Baku, Azerbaijan
OriginAzerbaijan
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals, piano
Years active2013-present

Rustam Karimov (Azerbaijani: Rüstəm Kərimov; born August 18, 2003) is an Azerbaijani child singer. He is known by his appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with his song "Me and my guitar".[3]

Rustam Karimov was born in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku on August 18, 2003.[4] He started singing at the age of two and soon understood that music was his talent. Rustam Karimov arranged family concerts and has become the "singing hero" during kindergarten.[4] In 2011, Rustam Karimov signed up at the Rashid Beybutov Music School to study piano.[5]

At Junior Eurovision

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

Points awarded to Azerbaijan
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Malta
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Azerbaijan

See also

References
  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.
  3. Fisher, Luke James (25 November 2013). "Array running order decided". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. "Rüstəm Kərimov Azərbaycanı Kiyevdə keçiriləcək "Uşaq Eurovision-2013" müsabiqəsində təmsil edəcək". interfax.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. "JESC 2013: Rustam's exclusive web interview". oikotimes.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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