Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Participating broadcasterTürkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)17 February 1996
Selected artist(s)Şebnem Paker
Selected song"Beşinci Mevsim"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result12th, 57 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "Beşinci Mevsim", composed by Levent Çoker, with lyrics by Selma Çuhacı, and performed by Şebnem Paker. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

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19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

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Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) developed 19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

Competing entries

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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

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TRT held the national final on 17 February 1996 at its television 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

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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

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Qualifying round

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Final

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References

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  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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