Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Truth" written by Borislav Milanov, Trey Campbell, Joacim Persson, Pablo Dinero and Hostess. The song was performed by Chingiz, who was internally selected by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) in March 2019 to represent the nation at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Songwriter Trey Campbell represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as part of the group Equinox with the song "Bones" where they placed fourteenth in the grand final of the competition. The song "Truth" was presented to the public on 8 March 2019.
Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
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Country | Azerbaijan | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | 8 March 2019 | |||
Selected entrant | Chingiz | |||
Selected song | "Truth" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (5th, 224 points) | |||
Final result | 8th, 302 points | |||
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2019. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 18, "Truth" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed fifth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 224 points. In the final, Azerbaijan performed in position 20 and placed eighth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 302 points.