On 9 October, it was reported that the Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television decided to internally select their 2013 artist with auditions held in Music School #2 named after Rashid Behbudov. 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".
The song was presented to the public on 5 November 2013.
During the allocation draw on 25 November 2013, Azerbaijan was drawn to perform 2nd, following Sweden and preceding San Marino. Azerbaijan placed 7th, scoring 66 points.