Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	Şarkı Yarışması
Selection date(s)	Semi-final:; 18 December 1977; Final:; 5 February 1978
Selected entrant	Nilüfer and Nazar
Selected song	"Sevince"
Selected songwriter(s)	Dağhan Baydur; Onno Tunç; Hulki Aktunç;
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 2 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time in 1978. The country was represented by Nilüfer and Nazar with the song "Sevince" written by Hulki Aktunç and composed by Dağhan Baydur and Onno Tunç. The entry was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması. It came 18th in the Eurovision 1978.

Before Eurovision[]

Şarkı Yarışması[]

The Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması. The national final featured a semi-final on 18 December 1977 and a final on 5 February 1978. 232 songs were submitted to TRT and 12 were selected by a selection committee for the national final.

Semi-final[]

The semi-final took place on 18 December 1977 at the Orkut TV Studios in Ankara. The top five entries determined by an expert jury proceeded to the final.^[1]

Semi-final – 18 December 1977
Draw	Artist	Song	Composer(s)	Result
1	Serpil Barlas and 2. Baskı	"Yaşamana bak"	Levent Altındağ, Behiç Altındağ	Finalist
2	Cengiz Orçun	"Barıs"	Cengiz Orçun	Eliminated
3	Grup Sekstet	"Insanız biz"	Atilla Özdemiroğlu, Şanar Yurdatapan	Finalist
4	Aydın Tansel	"Hiç şansım yok"	Aydın Tansel	Eliminated
5	Anadolu Majör	"Dostluğa davet"	Ali Kocatepe	Finalist
6	Grup Karma	"Imkansız"	Galip Boransu, Dilek Ertek	Finalist
7	Rezzan Yücel	"Bu gece"	Melih Kibar, Çiğdem Talu	Eliminated
8	Ayça Oktay	"Küçük kız"	Baha Boduroğlu	Eliminated
9	Nilüfer and Nazar	"Sevince"	Hülki Aktunç, Dağhan Baydur, Onno Tunç	Finalist
10	Nükhet Duru	"Anılar"	Cenk Taşkan, Mehmet Teoman	Eliminated
11	Ali Rıza Binboğa	"Baharım sensin"	Ali Rıza Binboğa	Eliminated
12	Cahit Oben	"Dosta mektup"	Cahit Oben	Eliminated

Final[]

The final took place on 9 February 1975 at the Orkut TV Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. The five entries that qualified from the preceding semi-final competed, and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^[2]

Final – 5 February 1978
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Anadolu Maj��r	"Dostluğa davet"	16	3
2	Nilüfer and Nazar	"Sevince"	20	1
3	Grup Karma	"Imkansız"	12	4
4	Grup Sekstet	"Insanız biz"	19	2
5	Serpil Barlas and 2. Baskı	"Yaşamana bak"	7	5

At Eurovision[]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	Norway United Kingdom

Points awarded by Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Germany
7 points	Spain
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Monaco
4 points	France
3 points	Austria
2 points	Luxembourg
1 point	Italy

References[]

^ "TURKISH SEMI-FINAL 1978".
^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1978".
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH SEMI-FINAL 1978".

[2] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1978".

[1978detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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