Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Turkey | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | 5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date(s) | 14 February 1981 | |||
| Selected entrant | Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül | |||
| Selected song | "Dönme Dolap" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Ali Kocatepe | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 9 points | |||
| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. The country was represented by Ayşegül Aldinç and a trio named Modern Folk Üçlüsü with the song "Dönme Dolap" written and composed by Ali Kocatepe.
Before Eurovision
5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.[1] [2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayahan | "Dostluk" | Leyla Seber | Aydın Esen | — | 6 |
| 2 | İbo & Grup Vize (Rüya Ersavcı, Hülya Çetiner, Esra Çetiner, Gülden Caner, Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz) | "Nerede O Eski Tangolar?" | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | — | 5 |
| 3 | Ayşegül Aldinç & Modern Folk Üçlüsü | "İstanbul İstanbul" | Ülkü Aker | Cenk Taşkan | — | 3 |
| 4 | Coşkun Demir | "Miras" | Ali Kocatepe | Ali Kocatepe | — | 4 |
| 5 | Füsun Önal | "Bigudi" | Ayşe Irmak Manioğlu | Selçuk Başar | 60 | 2 |
| 6 | Ayşegül Aldinç & Modern Folk Üçlüsü | "Dönme Dolap" | Ali Kocatepe | Ali Kocatepe | 87 | 1 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed second in the running order following Austria and preceding Germany. At the close of the voting the song received 9 points, thus Dönme Dolap shared 18th place with Portugal.[3] Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.[4]
Members of the Turkish jury included Süheyla Aldoğan, Hidayet Yarken, Hatice Akbaş, Lüftiye Duman, Nebiye Yazıcı, Nesrin Demirel, Sami Ersoy, Mehmet Kuteş, Mustafa Ekinci, Cengiz Doğan, and Ali Arslan.[5]
Voting
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References
- ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1981".
- ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1981 Final".
- ^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
- ^ Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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21. Peron- Çetin Alp
- Athena
- Pınar Ayhan
- Burak Aydos
- Ayşegül
- Buket Bengisu and Group Safir
- Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
- Can Bonomo
- İzel Çeliköz
- Kenan Doğulu
- Arzu Ece
- Sertab Erener
Maria Rita Epik- Grup Etnik
- Gülseren
- Hadise
- Reyhan Karaca
- Kayahan
- Klips ve Onlar
- Lokomotif
- Manga
- MFÖ
- Grup Mistik
- Modern Folk Trio
- Mor ve Ötesi
- Nazar
- Neco
- Nilüfer
- Tuba Önal
- Şebnem Paker
- Pan
- Ajda Pekkan
- The Short Waves
- The S.O.S.
- Seyyal Taner
- Tüzmen
- Sibel Tüzün
- Can Uğurluer
- Aylin Vatankoş
- Semiha Yankı
- Sedat Yüce
- Yüksek Sadakat
- "Bana Bana"
- "Beşinci Mevsim"
- "Deli"
- "Didai Didai Dai"
- "Dinle"
- "Dön Artık"
- "Dönme Dolap"
- "Düm Tek Tek"
- "Esmer Yarim"
- "Everyway That I Can"
- "For Real"
- "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"
- "Halay"
- "Halley"
- "Hani?"
- "İki Dakika"
- "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"
- "Live It Up"
- "Love Me Back"
- "Opera"
- "Pet'r Oil"
- "Rimi Rimi Ley"
- "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
- "Seninle Bir Dakika"
- "Sev"
- "Sevgiliye Son"
- "Sevince"
"Seviyorum"- "Shake It Up Şekerim"
- "Sufi"
- "Süper Star"
- "Unutamazsın"
- "We Could Be the Same"
- "Yaz Bitti"
- "Yorgunum Anla"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete
