Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Participating broadcasterTürkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)11 March 1989
Selected artist(s)Pan
Selected song"Bana Bana"
Selected songwriter(s)Timur Selçuk
Finals performance
Final result21st, 5 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Bana Bana", written by Timur Selçuk, and performed by Pan. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 11 March 1989 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Güler Kazmaci. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.[1] [2]

Final – 11 March 1989
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Points Place
1 Grup Denk (Oya Küçümen, Bora Ebeoğlu, Cezmi Başeğmez, İsmail Soyberk, Cengiz Baltepe) "Aşk-ı Memnu" Bora Ebeoğlu Turhan Yükseler 37 7
2 Kayahan & 3. Nesil (Demet Sağıroğlu, İskender Paydaş, Cenk Eroğlu, Fergan Mirkelam, Hakan Kurşun) "Ve Melankoli" Kayahan Açar Kayahan Açar 63 2
3 MFÖ "Adı Naim" Mazhar Alanson MFÖ 3 15
4 Sertab Altın & Klips (Gür Akad, Levent Yurtseven, Emre Tukur, Aydın Karabulut) "Hasret" Aysel Gürel Uğur Başar 57 3
5 Jale Bekar, Gür Akad, Seden Kutlubay "Bir Fantastik Aşk" Aysel Gürel Garo Mafyan 18 11
6 Hazal Selçuk "Bir Resimde Sen" Timur Selçuk Timur Selçuk 57 3
7 Arzu Ece & Sibel Tüzün "Elifin Aldı Beni" Aysel Gürel Selçuk Başar 22 10
8 Grup RC (Rüya Ersavcı, Cem Bezeyiş, Özlem Eyüpoğlu, Feyyaz Kuruş, Okan Tolga Mertel) "Hep Sıfır" Cem Bezeyiş Cem Bezeyiş 49 5
9 Emel Müftüoğlu & Erdal Çelik "Pardon" Ayşe Irmak Manioğlu Aslıgül Kırıcı 42 6
10 Fatih Erkoç "Bir Sevgi Ver Bana" Atilla Şentin Atilla Şentin 0 16
11 Grup Pan (Arzu Ece, Hazal Selçuk, Sarper Semiz, Vedat Sakman) "Bana Bana" Timur Selçuk Timur Selçuk 71 1
12 Grup RC (Rüya Ersavcı, Cem Bezeyiş, Özlem Eyüpoğlu, Feyyaz Kuruş, Okan Tolga Mertel) "Çaresi Yok Sensizliğin" Cem Bezeyiş Cem Bezeyiş 7 13
13 Neco "Fora Fora" Ali Kocatepe Selmi Andak 18 11
14 Fatih Erkoç "Bir Nostalji Bu" Aysel Gürel Garo Mafyan 32 8
15 Jeyan Erpi, Cihan Okan, Belma Sera "Hayır" Zeynep Talu Melih Kibar 5 14
16 Fatih Erkoç "Öyle Bakma" Sezen Aksu Onno Tunç 30 9

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Pan performed 5th in the running order following the Netherlands preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting Bana Bana had received only 5 points, placing Turkey 21st among 22.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[4]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1989".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1989 Final".
  3. ^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.168-172
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.