Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

  • Levent Çoker
  • Selma Çuhacı
Finals performanceFinal result12th, 57 pointsTurkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1995 1996 1997►

Turkey participated in Eurovision Song Contest 1996. Turkey was represented by Şebnem Paker with the song "Beşinci Mevsim" written by Selma Çuhacı and composed by Levent Çoker.

Before Eurovision

19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali was the national final format developed by TRT in order to select Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

Competing entries

In order to select entries for the national final, TRT opened the submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. 96 songs were ultimately submitted, from which, 10 were selected by jury panel for the national final.

Final

The final took place on 17 February 1996 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[1] [2]

Draw Artist Song Lyricists Composer Place
1 Semih Bayraktar "Yoruldu Düşlerim" Çağatay Özkan Semih Bayraktar
2 Suavi "Dön Gel Artık Bana" Suavi Saygan Suavi Saygan
3 Suat Yıldırım & Zeynep Poyraz "Sevgiyle" Suat Yıldırım Zeynep Poyraz
4 Coşkun Demir "Hep Bir Yarın Var" Selma Çuhacı Mine Mucur
5 Şebnem Paker "Beşinci Mevsim" Selma Çuhacı Levent Çoker 1
6 Sedat Yüce "Vazgeç" Savaş Savaşan Savaş Savaşan 3
7 Pınar Karakoç & Tüzmen "Var mısın Söyle" Canan Tunç Erdinç Tunç 2
8 Nursel Mucu "Masal" Nursel Mucu Serkan Sönmez
9 Şebnem Özsaran "Poyraz" Aysel Gürel Müfit Bayraşa
10 Tüzmen "Bilirsin ya" Semih Güneri Semih Güneri

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Şebnem Paker performed 1st in the running order preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 57 points placing Turkey 12th.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland.[4] The members of the Turkish jury included Nursal Tekin, Taner Dedeoğlu, Erol Evgin, Melih Kibar, Sonat Bağcan, Nejat Çarkacı, Pınar Karakoç, İlter Yeşilay, Meral Geray, Pınar Türkoğlu, Müveddet Nil Özbay, Fatma Asuman Yıldırım, Murat Karahan, Merter Beton, Murat Özcan and Arsel Aktaç.

Voting

Qualifying round

Points awarded to Turkey (qualifying round)[5]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points  Malta
6 points  Finland
5 points
4 points
3 points  Sweden
2 points
1 point  Portugal
Points awarded by Turkey (qualifying round)[5]
Score Country
12 points  United Kingdom
10 points  Ireland
8 points  Sweden
7 points  Malta
6 points   Switzerland
5 points  Israel
4 points  Spain
3 points  France
2 points  Belgium
1 point  Portugal

Final

Points awarded to Turkey (final)[6]
Score Country
12 points
10 points  Malta
8 points  Spain
7 points  Netherlands
6 points
5 points
4 points  France
3 points
2 points
1 point  Croatia
Points awarded by Turkey (final)[6]
Score Country
12 points  Ireland
10 points  Malta
8 points  Croatia
7 points  Poland
6 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points  Portugal
4 points  Austria
3 points  United Kingdom
2 points  Norway
1 point  Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1996".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1996 Final".
  3. ^ "Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.218-221
  5. ^ a b Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "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
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Countries
Final
Qualification
Artists
Final
Qualification
Songs
Final
  • "¡Ay, qué deseo!"
  • "Beşinci Mevsim"
  • "Chcę znać swój grzech..."
  • "Dan najlepših sanj"
  • "Diwanit bugale"
  • "De eerste keer"
  • "Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
  • "I evighet"
  • "In a Woman's Heart"
  • "Kaelakee hääl"
  • "Kým nás máš"
  • "Liefde is een kaartspel"
  • "O meu coração não tem cor"
  • "Mon cœur l'aime"
  • "Mono gia mas"
  • "Niin kaunis on taivas"
  • "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
  • "Sjúbídú"
  • "Sveta ljubav"
  • "Den vilda"
  • "The Voice"
  • "Weil's dr guat got"
  • "Za našu ljubav"
Qualification
  • "Fortuna"
  • "Kun med dig"
  • "Planet of Blue"
  • "Rugă pentru pacea lumii"
  • "Samo ti"
  • "Shalom Olam"
  • "Ya eto ya"