Ictimai, the Azerbaijani national broadcaster, has confirmed to ESCToday that Azerbaijan will be competing at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria.
Thus Azerbaijan joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
Ictimai is yet to determine the mechanism it will use to select the 2026 Azerbaijani Eurovision act and entry. More details will be disclosed in due time.
Azerbaijan in Eurovision
Azerbaijan debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 and has won the competition once, namely in 2012 with Eldar & Nikki‘s ‘Running Scared’. The following year the country welcomed the Eurovision bandwagon for the very first time in its majestic capital Baku.
The Caucasian nation has partaken in Europe’s favorite television show 17 times, having competed in the event every year since its debut in 2008.
In 2025 Mamagama represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland with their entry ‘ Run With U’.
