Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Azerbaijan debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Day After Day" written by Govhar Hasanzadeh and Zahra Badalbeyli. The song was performed by Elnur and Samir. The Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia was selected through Land of Fire 2008, organised by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV). The final took place on 2 February 2008 and a fifteen-member jury selected Elnur Hüseynov as the winner. The song "Day After Day", performed in a duet with Samir Javadzadeh, was internally selected and announced on 8 February.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country | Azerbaijan | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Land of Fire 2008 Song: Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 2 February 2008 Song: 8 February 2008 | |||
| Selected entrant | Elnur and Samir | |||
| Selected song | "Day After Day" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 96 points) | |||
| Final result | 8th, 132 points | |||
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Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing during the show in position 7, "Day After Day" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 May. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed sixth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 96 points. In the final, Azerbaijan performed in position 20 and placed eighth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 132 points.