Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

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Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process6. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)7 March 1982
Selected entrant
Selected song"Hani?"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz
  • Faik Tuğsuz
Finals performance
Final result15th, 20 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1981 1982 1983►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. The country was represented by Neco with the song "Hani?" written by Faik Tuğsuz and composed by Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

Before Eurovision[]

6. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

The final took place on 7 March 1982 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Canan Kumbasar. Six songs were to compete but "Müzikle yasam" performed by Senay withdrew from the competition. Instead five songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[1]

Final – 7 March 1982
Draw Artist Song Composer(s) Points Place
1 Cantekin and Nilgün Onatkut "Zannetme ki" Cantekin Arefeoğlu
2 Neco "Bir yasam öyküsü" Fikret Şeneş, Selçuk Başar
3 Neco "Hani?" Faik Tuğsuz, Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz 12 1
4 Neco "Rönesans" Özdemir Kaptan, Selçuk Başar 10 2
5 Neco "Gramofon" Aysel Gürel, Selmi Andak 9 3

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the contest Neco performed 5th in the running order following United Kingdom and preceding Finland. At the close of the voting Hani had received 20 points placing Turkey 15th.[2] 6 participants had voted for Hani. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.[3]

Members of the Turkish jury included Mine Ant, Jale Özkasım, Fariz Acar, Hakan Şerafettinoğlu, Haluk Günuğur, Taner Acar, Muammer Tosun, Sezer Öktem, Gülsen Nas, Dilek Abışgil, and Belma Eşiyok.[4]

Voting[]

References[]

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1982".
  2. ^ "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.109-1114
  4. ^ "Eurovision Türkiye jürisi belli oldu, Nuri Çolakoğlu and Emren Vardar, Milliyet, 18 April 1982
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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