Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Azerbaijan participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Kyiv, 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 process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 1 November 2013 Song: 5 November 2013
Selected entrant	Rustam Karimov
Selected song	"Me and My Guitar"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 66 points
Azerbaijan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Junior Eurovision

On 9 October, it was reported that the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television decided to internally select their 2013 artist with auditions held in the Rashid Behbudov Second Music School in Baku. 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] and the song was presented to the public on 5 November 2013.^[2]

Artist and song information

Rustam Karimov

Rustam Karimov
Rustam at the first rehearsal in Kyiv 2013.
Background information
Birth name	Rustam Karimov
Born	(2003-08-18) August 18, 2003 (age 20) Baku, Azerbaijan
Origin	Azerbaijan
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano
Years active	2013-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 Armenia.^[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]

Voting

Points awarded to Azerbaijan^[6] Score Country 12 points^[a] 10 points   Georgia   Ukraine 8 points 7 points   Russia   Sweden 6 points   Malta 5 points 4 points  Kids Jury 3 points   Moldova   Netherlands 2 points   Macedonia   San Marino 1 point

Points awarded by Azerbaijan^[6] Score Country 12 points   Russia 10 points   Ukraine 8 points   Georgia 7 points   Malta 6 points   Belarus 5 points   Netherlands 4 points   Sweden 3 points   Moldova 2 points   San Marino 1 point   Macedonia

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

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.
6. "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2013". European Broadcasting Union. from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.