Azerbaijan participated in the

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. 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. It was announced that his song would be called "Me and My Guitar".

Before Junior Eurovision

On 9 October, it was reported that the Azerbaijani broadcaster

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decided to internally select their 2013 artist with auditions held in the Rashid Behbudov Second Music School in

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. 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", and the song was presented to the public on 5 November 2013.

Artist and song information

Rustam Karimov

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with his song "Me and My Guitar". Rustam Karimov was born in the capital of

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on August 18, 2003. 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. In 2011, Rustam Karimov signed up at the Rashid Beybutov Music School to study piano.

At Junior Eurovision

During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Azerbaijan was drawn to perform 2nd, following

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and preceding

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. Azerbaijan placed 7th, scoring 66 points. In Azerbaijan, show were broadcast on

with commentary by Konul Arifziki. The Azerbaijani spokesperson revealing the result of the Azerbaijani vote was Lyaman Mirzalieva.

Voting

Notes

References

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