Azerbaijan was accused of trying to buy votes from jurors and members of the public taking part in the telephone poll during last year's event in Malmo, with Lithuanian students alleged to have been paid to dial in.
Azerbaijan finished runners up last year with its entrant, Farid Mammadov, scoring a surprise 234 points. The former Soviet republic finished second to Denmark's Emmelie de Forest, with 281 points.
Great Britain, which last won in 1997 with Katrina and the Waves' Love Shine A Light, finished 19th on 23 points for Believe in Me, sung byBonnie Tyler. It was marginally up on the 25th place (12 points) secured by Britain's entrant, Englebert Humperdinck in 2012.
