Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

  • Levent Çoker
  • Mehtap Alnıtemiz
Finals performanceFinal result3rd, 121 pointsTurkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The country was represented by Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnic with the song "Dinle" written by Mehtap Altıntemiz and composed by Levent Çoker. Both Şebnem Paker and Levent Çoker had represented Turkey in the contest of the preceding year.

Before Eurovision

20. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 1 March 1997 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Meltem Ersan. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. Songs #1,3,4,5 and 8 were performed by the use of backing tracks however they were still backed by the orchestra with their respective conductors. Songs #6,9 and 10 played live while songs #2 and 7 used full playback. Ümit Eroğlu was the chief conductor in this preselection. His orchestra consisted of 49 musicians.[1] [2]

Final – 1 March 1997
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Conductor Points Place
1 Burcu Güneş "Gece" Günay Çoban Müfit Bayraşa Ümit Eroğlu 0 7
2 Serdar Aydemir "Aşkıma İnan" Hakan Süersan Hakan Süersan n/a 0 7
3 Şebnem Özsaran "Dördüncü Boyut" Semih Güneri Semih Güneri Semih Güneri 1 3
4 Şebnem Paker & Group Ethnic (Ahmet Koç, Ali Koç, Ercan Irmak, Eylem Pelit, Süleyman Alnıtemiz) "Dinle" Mehtap Alnıtemiz Levent Çoker Levent Çoker 10 1
5 Sevan Deniz "Hiç Gitme" Sevan Deniz Sevan Deniz Güneş Apaydın 0 7
6 Tüzmen & Elçin Engin "Şarkı" Hale Turan Şansal Engin Ümit Eroğlu 0 7
7 Tuba Önal "Sevda Bu Dostun" Selma Çuhacı Müfit Bayraşa n/a 0 7
8 Erdal Çelik "Seninle" Erdal Çelik Erdal Çelik Mete Aydın Çelik 0 7
9 Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. (Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan, Selim Öncel) "Sen Nerede Ben Orada" Selma Çuhacı Erdinç Tunç Ümit Eroğlu 3 2
10 Ece Sandallı "Sevda" Çetin Akcan Ece Sandallı Serdar Kalafatoğlu 0 7

At Eurovision

Heading into the final of the contest, RTÉ reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 25th (last) out of the 25 entries.[3] On the night of the contest Şebnem performed 2nd in the running order, following Cyprus and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting, Dinle had received 121 points placing Turkey 3rd.[4] This was the best result Turkey had ever reached at the contest up to that time, and will remain so until their victory in 2003. 18 participants voted for Dinle. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Malta.[5]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey[6]
Score Country
12 points
10 points  Malta
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  Portugal
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Turkey[6]
Score Country
12 points  Malta
10 points  Slovenia
8 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points  United Kingdom
6 points  Ireland
5 points  Italy
4 points  Spain
3 points  Hungary
2 points  France
1 point  Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1997".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1997 Final".
  3. ^ "What are the Odds?". Radio Telefís Éireann. Archived from the original on 24 February 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.222-229
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 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
Artists
Songs
  • "Ale jestem"
  • "Antes do adeus"
  • "Bara hon älskar mig"
  • "Dentro di me"
  • "Dinle"
  • "Fiumi di parole"
  • "Goodbye"
  • "Horepse"
  • "Keelatud maa"
  • "Let Me Fly"
  • "Love Shine a Light"
  • "Mana mou"
  • "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?"
  • "Minn hinsti dans"
  • "Mysterious Woman"
  • "Niemand heeft nog tijd"
  • "One Step"
  • "Primadonna"
  • "Probudi me"
  • "San Francisco"
  • "Sentiments songes"
  • "Sin rencor"
  • "Stemmen i mit liv"
  • "Zbudi se"
  • "Zeit"