Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
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Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
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National selection | ||||
Selection process | 5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
Selection date(s) | 14 February 1981 | |||
Selected entrant | Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül | |||
Selected song | "Dönme Dolap" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Ali Kocatepe | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 18th, 9 points | |||
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. The country was represented by Ayşegül Aldinç and a trio named Modern Folk Üçlüsü with the song "Dönme Dolap" written and composed by Ali Kocatepe.
Before Eurovision[]
5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]
The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.
Draw | Artist | Song | Composer(s) | Points | Place |
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1 | Kayahan | "Dostluk" | Aydın Esen, Leyla Seber | — | 6 |
2 | İbo and Group Vize | "Nerede o eski tangolar" | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | — | 5 |
3 | Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü | "İstanbul İstanbul" | Cenk Taşkan, Ülkü Aker | — | 3 |
4 | Coşkun Demir | "Miras" | Ali Kocatepe | — | 4 |
5 | Füsun Önal | "Bigudi" | Selçuk Başar, Ayse Irman Manioğlu | 60 | 2 |
6 | Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü | "Dönme Dolap" | Ali Kocatepe | 87 | 1 |
At Eurovision[]
On the night 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.[1] Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.[2]
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.[3]
Voting[]
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References[]
- ^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
- ^ Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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