Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	12 March 1999
Selected entrant	Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik
Selected song	"Dön Artık"
Selected songwriter(s)	Erdinç Tunç; Canan Tunç;
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 21 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with Tuba Önal and Mistik with the song "Dön Artık".

Before Eurovision[]

22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

The final took place on 12 March 1999 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Gülşah Banda. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. Only the top three songs were announced.^[1]

Final – 12 March 1999
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place
1	Sedat Yüce	"Bırak Beni"	Savaş Savaşan	—
2	Tuba Önal and Mistik	"Dön Artık"	Erdinç Tunç, Canan Tunç	1
3	Meltem Büyükuğurgör	"Vazgeçme"	Hakan Süersan	—
4	Volkan Eröz	"Kolay Mı Bırakmak?"	Özgür Yedievli	—
5	Kaan Yalçın	"Neredesin"	Can Atilla, Emel Atilla	3
6	Sibel Mirkelam	"Selam Sana Toprak Ana"	Nino Varon, Figen Çakman	—
7	Birsen Tezer	"Haydi El Ele"	Semra Öztan	—
8	Neslihan Demirtaş	"Döne Döne"	Mehmet Kartalkanat	—
9	Feryal Başel	"Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda"	İhsan Kösoğlu	2
10	Group M-B	"Her Nefeste"	Menent Savaş, Berk Özbek	—

At Eurovision[]

Önal performed his song 7th on the night of the contest, following Slovenia and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting it had received 21 points, placing 16th in a field of 23.^[2]

Voting[]

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

Points awarded by Turkey^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Israel
2 points	France
1 point	Ireland

References[]

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1999".
^ "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1999".

[2] "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[1999detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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