Below we present the pure facts of the voting history between the two nations or Azerbaijan and Armenia.
There are many potential reasons for the voting patterns and if you want to understand more about the relationship between the two at Eurovision, this wikipedia article is quite substantial.
But in pure factual form, here is how the two countries have voted for each other:
Azerbaijan
Points given to Armenia
Azerbaijan has had 17 chances, including semi finals and the Grand Final, to give points to Armenia since 2008.
Azerbaijan has given Armenia 0 points in that time.
Jury voting
Since jury results were provided in 2014, Azerbaijan jurors have had 45 chances to vote for Armenia in semi finals and the Grand Final.
100% of the time, every single juror has placed Armenia last.
Televote
From 2014 onward the people of Azerbaijan have had nine chances to vote for Armenia in semi finals and the Grand Final.
On eight occasions (89%) they have placed Armenia last. The only time they elevated an Armenian entry was in the semi final of 2016. Iveta Mukuchyan's 'LoveWave' finished 14th out of the 17 entries on the night.
Armenia
Points given to Azerbaijan
Armenia has had 19 chances, including semi finals and the Grand Final, to give points to Azerbaijan since 2008.
Armenia has given Azerbaijan 3 points in that time:
2008: Armenia gave 2 points (9th) to Elnur & Samir's song 'Day After Day'. The vote that year was 100% televote.
2009: Armenia gave 1 point (10th) to AySel and Arash's song 'Always'. It was a 50/50 split in voting, with the televote's 8th place to Azerbaijan, enough to get it into the points.
Jurors
Since jury results were provided in 2014, Armenian jurors have had 50 chances to vote for Armenia in semi finals and the Grand Final.
98% of the time, every juror has placed Azerbaijan last.
The one juror who didn't put them last was Erik Karapetyan. In the 2016 Grand Final he placed Samra's 'Miracle' in 19th position out of 25. This was after he had placed the song last in the semi final.
Televote
From 2014 onwards the people of Azerbaijan have had 10 chances to vote for Armenia in semi finals and the Grand Final.
On seven occasions (70%) they have placed Azerbaijan last. The three times they deviated were:
2019 Grand Final: Chingiz and his song 'Truth' finished 18th out 26 entries in the Armenian televote
2019 Semi Final: Chingiz again did well, finishing 11th out of 17 entries with the public
2017 Semi Final: Dihaj and her song 'Skeletons' finished 16th out of 17 entries in Armenia
So these are the pure facts of the voting history between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
We will let you draw your own conclusions!
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