Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Always" written by Arash Labaf, Robert Uhlmann, Marcus Englöf, Johan Bejerholm, Alex Papaconstantinou, Anderz Wrethov and Elin Wrethov. The song was performed by AySel and Arash, which were internally selected by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV) to represent the nation at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. AySel and Arash's selection as the Azerbaijani Eurovision entrants were announced separately on 17 January and 12 February 2009, respectively, while the song "Always" was presented to the public on 3 March 2009.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country | Azerbaijan | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 17 January 2009 Song: 3 March 2009 | |||
| Selected entrant | AySel and Arash | |||
| Selected song | "Always" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (2nd, 180 points) | |||
| Final result | 3rd, 207 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 14 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 12, "Always" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed second out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 180 points. In the final, Azerbaijan performed in position 11 and placed third out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 207 points.