For Real (Athena song)

"For Real"
"For Real"
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 entry
Country	Turkey
Artist(s)	Hakan Özoğuz,; Gökhan Özoğuz,; Burak Gürpinar,; Ozan Musluoğlu
As	Athena
Language	English
Composer(s)	Gökhan Özoğuz, Hakan Özoğuz
Lyricist(s)	Gökhan Özoğuz, Hakan Özoğuz
Finals performance
Final result	4th
Final points	195
Entry chronology
	◄ "Everyway That I Can" (2003)
	"Rimi Rimi Ley" (2005) ►

"For Real" was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by the band Athena. The song is in the ska punk genre.

In the final, it was performed 22nd on the night of the contest, following Cyprus' Lisa Andreas with "Stronger Every Minute" and preceding Romania's Sanda with "I Admit". At the close of voting, it had received 195 points, placing 4th in a field of 24. 195 points was the highest points for Turkey in their Eurovision History. These points got Turkey directly in the contest following year without need to perform in the qualifications.^{[citation needed]}

The song was succeeded as Turkish representative by Gülseren with "Rimi Rimi Ley".

Charts[]

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Germany (German Singles Chart)^[1]	56
Greece (Greek Singles Charts)^[2]	18
Turkey (Turkish Singles Chart)^[3]	1

References[]

^ German Singles Chart
^ Greek Singles Charts Top 50 Singles
^ Turkish Top 20 Chart Archived March 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

"For Real" at the Diggiloo Thrush
The Eurovision Song Contest (2004) at IMDb

External links[]

Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Official Page

Preceded by Everyway That I Can	Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004	Succeeded by Rimi Rimi Ley

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[1] German Singles Chart

[2] Greek Singles Charts Top 50 Singles

[3] Turkish Top 20 Chart Archived March 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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