| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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| Country |  Azerbaijan | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Böyük Səhnə Song: Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 2 March 2014 Song: 16 March 2014 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Dilara Kazimova | |||
| Selected song | "Start a Fire" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 57 points) | |||
| Final result | 22nd, 33 points | |||
| Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Azerbaijan participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Start a Fire" written by Stefan Örn, Johan Kronlund and Alessandra Günthardt. The song was performed by Dilara Kazimova. The Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through Böyük Səhnə, a talent show organised by the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV). Following three elimination shows and a final on 2 March 2014, a five-member jury selected Dilara Kazimova as the winner. The song "Start a Fire" was internally selected and presented to the public on 16 March.
Azerbaijan was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 6 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 8, "Start a Fire" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 10 May. It was later revealed that Azerbaijan placed ninth out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points. In the final, Azerbaijan performed in position 3 and placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 33 points. This marked the first time that Azerbaijan did not place in the top ten of the Eurovision Song Contest since its first entry in 2008.