Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	9 March 1991
Selected entrant	İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer
Selected song	"İki Dakika"
Selected songwriter(s)	Şevket Uğurluer; Aysel Gürel;
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 44 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991. The country was represented by a trio composed of İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer with the song "İki Dakika" written by Aysel Gürel and composed by Şevket Uğurluel.

Before Eurovision[]

15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

The final took place on 9 March 1991 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren. Fourteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.

Final – 9 March 1991
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	İzel, Reyhan and Can	"İki Dakika"	Aysel Gürel, Şevket Uğurluer	68	1
2	Cenk Sökmen	"Öyle bir dünya"	Aysel Gürel, Selçuk Başar	26	10
3	Şebnem Özsaran	"Yalnışlığım"	Müfit Bayraşa, Kadriye Bayraşa, Sadun Ersönmez	37	6
4	Grup 4x1	"Hey sen"	Serap Turgay, Özkan Turgay	36	7
5	Fatih Erkoç	"Üzüleceksin"	Kamil Özler	4	13
6	Arzu Ece and Klips	"Sessiz geceler"	Aysel Gürel, Uğur Başar	60	2
7	Melis Sökmen and Ercüment Vural	"Son defa"	Aysel Gürel, Uğur Başar	51	5
8	Rüya Ersavcı and Grup Turkish Delight	"Turkish Delight"	Hulki Aktunç, Dağhan Baydur	54	3
9	Sonat Bağcan	"Dün gibi"	Bahadır Şahin, Can Atilla	9	11
10	Fatih Erkoç	"Gülbeyaz sokağı"	Fatih Erkoç	27	9
11	Grup Festival	"Festival"	Aysel Gürel, Selçuk Başar	54	3
12	Cemil Sağyaşar	"Gel"	Cemil Sağyaşar	8	12
13	Cenk Sökmen	"Belki bir gün"	Bertan Öngören	2	14
14	Adnan Göyken	"Hamburger"	Adnan Göyken	28	8

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest the trio performed 10th in the running order following France and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points placing Turkey 12th.^[1] 7 participants had voted for İki Dakika. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.^[2]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Denmark Italy
7 points	France Israel Malta
6 points
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points
3 points
2 points	Spain
1 point

Points awarded by Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Italy
8 points	Spain
7 points	Malta
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Norway

References[]

^ "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.188-193
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[1] "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[2] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.188-193

[1991detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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