Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Participating broadcasterTürkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)14 February 1981
Selected artist(s)Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül
Selected song"Dönme Dolap"
Selected songwriter(s)Ali Kocatepe
Finals performance
Final result18th, 9 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Dönme Dolap", written by Ali Kocatepe, and performed by the Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 14 February 1981 at its 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]

Final – 14 February 1981
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 evening 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

References

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1981".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1981 Final".
  3. ^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
  5. ^ Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.