Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process27. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)11 February 2005
Selected entrantGülseren
Selected song"Rimi Rimi Ley"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Göksan Arman
  • Erdinç Tunç
Finals performance
Final result13th, 92 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005 • 2006►

Turkey participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Rimi Rimi Ley" written by Göksan Arman and Erdinç Tunç. The song was performed by Gülseren.

Before Eurovision[]

27. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[]

27. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali was the national final organised by TRM in order to select Turkey's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. Seven acts competed during the show held on 11 February 2005 at the Ari Studio in Ankara, hosted by Meltem Yazgan and Bülent Özveren with the winner being selected by an expert jury. The show was broadcast on TRT 1 and TRT International as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trt.net.tr.[1]

Competing entries[]

TRT opened a submission period for interested artists and songwriters to submit their entries between 20 August 2004 and 29 November 2004. Songs were required to be written in Turkish.[2] At the closing of the deadline, the broadcaster received 136 submissions.[2] A fifteen-member selection committee consisting of Serpil Akıllıoğlu, Süleyman Erguner, Deniz Çakmakoğlu, Ümran Sönmezer, Muhsin Yıldırım, Adnan Süer, Tülay İtler Sunar, Neşet Ruacan, Kamil Özler, Garo Mafyan, Melih Kibar, İzzet Öz, Bülend Özveren, Ali Durgut and Zafer Ası selected seven entries from the received submissions to compete in the national final.[3] The competing entries were announced on 12 January 2005 and among the competing artists was former Eurovision Song Contest entrant Sedat Yüce who represented Turkey in 2001.[4] On 18 January 2005, TRT announced that Elya & Grup Ariana would replace Mine as the performers of the song "Sen Benim Aşkımsın".[5]

Final[]

The final took place on 11 February 2005. Seven songs competed and the winner, "Rimi Rimi Ley" performed by Gülseren, was determined by the votes of a 17-member jury panel. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 1975 Turkish Eurovision entrant Semiha Yankı and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine Ruslana performed as guests.[6]

Final – 11 February 2005
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Elya and Grup Ariana "Sen Benim Aşkımsın" Ümran Akdokur, İrfan Akdokur 0 3
2 Seçil Hüner Yapakçı "Rumuz Andante" Selahattin Erhan 4 2
3 Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Göksan Arman, Erdinç Tunç 13 1
4 Nursel Efe "Tek İsteğim" Nursel Efe, Serkan Sönmez 0 3
5 Barış Kömürcüoğlu "Yana Yana" Göksan Arman, Erdinç Tunç 0 3
6 Murat Türkücüoğlu "Saydam" Murat Türkücüoğlu 0 3
7 Sedat Yüce "Yeniden" Sedat Yüce 0 3

At Eurovision[]

Turkey automatically qualified to the grand final, because it was on the top 12 last year. She performed sixth, following Norway and preceding Moldova, and came 13th with 92 points.[7]

The spokesperson who revealed Turkey's votes for other countries was TRT and national final host Meltem Ersan Yazgan.[8]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Turkey[]

Points awarded to Turkey (Final)[9]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points  Austria
6 points   Switzerland
5 points
4 points  Macedonia
3 points
2 points
1 point  United Kingdom

Points awarded by Turkey[]

References[]

  1. ^ Philips, Roel (11 February 2005). "Tonight: Turkish national final". Esctoday. Retrieved 13 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b Philips, Roel (20 August 2004). "Turkey turns back to national final concept". Esctoday. Retrieved 13 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Philips, Roel (30 November 2004). "136 songs submitted in Turkey". Esctoday. Retrieved 13 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Philips, Roel (12 January 2005). "Turkey: Sedat Yüce among the 7 finalists". Esctoday. Archived from the original on 18 February 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ Philips, Roel (18 January 2005). "Turkey: Grup Ariana replaces Mine". Esctoday. Retrieved 13 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Türkiye Finali Cuma Akşamı". TRT (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Grand Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. ^ Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Results of the Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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