Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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Turkey in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Participating broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
Selection process 24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date 23 February 2001
Competing entry
Song «Sevgiliye Son«
Artist Sedat Yüce
Songwriters
  • Semih Güneri
  • Nurdan Güneri
  • Figen Çakmak
Placement
Final result 11th, 41 points
Participation chronology
◄2000 • 2001 • 2002►

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song «Sevgiliye Son«, composed by Semih Güneri, with lyrics by Figen Çakmak and Nurdan Güneri, and performed by Sedat Yüce. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 23 February 2001 at its television studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Meltem Ersan. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[1] [2]

Final – 23 February 2001

Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place
1 Özgür Yedievli «Yalnızım» Özgür Yedievli —
2 Feryal Başel «Oysa Şimdi» İhsan Köseoğlu 3
3 Nurdoğan Yurtseven «Delicesine» Nurdoğan Yurtseven —
4 Grup GMG «Sen Her Şeyimsin» Canan Çitoğlu, Erdinç Tunç —
5 Ceynur Biçer «Kayıp Bir Melek» Tolga Gürdil 2
6 Semih Bayraktar «Çok Geç» Semih Bayraktar —
7 Sedat Yüce «Sevgiliye Son» Figen Çakmak, Nurdan Güneri, Semih Güneri 1
8 Işın Karaca «Kaderimsin» Canan Çitoğlu, Erdinç Tunç —
9 Semih Bayraktar «Uyan kalbim» Semih Bayraktar —
10 Ceynur Biçer «Hep Aşk Olsun» Tolga Gürdil —

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Sedat Yüce performed 15th in the running order following France and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting «Sevgiliye Son» had received 41 points placing Turkey 11th.[3][4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey[5]

Score Country
12 points
10 points Greece
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points Malta
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Turkey[5]

Score Country
12 points Estonia
10 points Croatia
8 points Sweden
7 points Israel
6 points Spain
5 points Greece
4 points Denmark
3 points Germany
2 points Malta
1 point France

References

  1. ^ «TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2001».
  2. ^ «Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2001 Final».
  3. ^ «Final of Copenhagen 2001». European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye’nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.247-251
  5. ^ a b «Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001». European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation
Artists
Songs
  • «Bana Bana«
  • «Beşinci Mevsim«
  • «Deli«
  • «Didai Didai Dai»
  • «Dinle«
  • «Dön Artık«
  • «Dönme Dolap«
  • «Düm Tek Tek«
  • «Esmer Yarim«
  • «Everyway That I Can«
  • «For Real»
  • «Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim«
  • «Halay«
  • «Halley»
  • «Hani?«
  • «İki Dakika«
  • «Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde«
  • «Live It Up»
  • «Love Me Back»
  • «Opera»
  • «Pet’r Oil«
  • «Rimi Rimi Ley»
  • «Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne«
  • «Seninle Bir Dakika«
  • «Sev«
  • «Sevgiliye Son«
  • «Sevince«
  • «Seviyorum«
  • «Shake It Up Şekerim«
  • «Sufi»
  • «Süper Star«
  • «Unutamazsın«
  • «We Could Be the Same«
  • «Yaz Bitti«
  • «Yorgunum Anla«
Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete.

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Countries
Artists
Songs
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