The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the 1994 contest with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. It was the sixth time that Ireland had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1971, 1981, 1988, 1993 and 1994. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the contest was held at the Point Theatre, with the final on 13 May 1995. The live show was presented by Mary Kennedy.
Tarkan Tevetoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with the successful sales of his albums, he has been a prominent figure of the Turkish pop music, being known in Turkey, Europe and Western Asia.
Melih Kibar was a Turkish composer.
Çiğdem Talu was a Turkish pop music lyricist. The writer Ercüment Ekrem Talu was her grandfather.
Mor ve ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin, Kerem Kabadayı (drums), Burak Güven (bass) and Kerem Özyeğen. Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer. The band achieved mainstream success with the release of the album Dünya Yalan Söylüyor. In 2008, the band represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade with the song "Deli" (Insane).
Ohannes Tunçboyacı, better known as Onno Tunç, was a leading Armenian-Turkish musician, working mainly as a composer, arranger and a music producer. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double bass, contributing to the albums of several musicians. He was one of the prominent names of Turkish pop music in the 1980s and 1990s with his arrangements. He was the elder brother of musician Arto Tunçboyacıyan.
"Nostalgija" ("Nostalgia") was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Croatian by Magazin and Lidija.
Hanna Dresner-Tzakh, better known by her stage name Ilanit, is a female Israeli singer who became one of the most popular singers in Israel from the late 1960s to the 1980s, both as a soloist and in the duo Ilan & Ilanit. Ilanit also represented Israel twice in the Eurovision Song Contest. In a career spanning over 4 decades, Ilanit recorded and produced over 600 songs and more than 30 best-selling albums.
"Vuelve conmigo" is a song recorded by Spanish singer Anabel Conde, written by José María Purón. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Dublin.
Spain entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Dublin, Ireland. Their entry was Anabel Conde with the song "Vuelve conmigo". Televisión Española (TVE) used an internal selection to select Conde among 32 sent demos.
"Esmer yarim" was the Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Ireland. It was composed and sung by Burak Aydos.
Marija Naumova is a Latvian singer. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has recorded several albums, with songs in Latvian, French, English, Russian and Portuguese. In 2002, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with her song "I Wanna".
The One Australia Party was a minor Australian political party that was registered on 19 December 1995 and deregistered on 31 May 1999. It contested the 1996 federal election without success. Many of its candidates were drawn from the defunct Confederate Action Party. The deregistered One Australia Party has no connection to the Australia One Party established by Ricardo Bosi in 2019.
Arzu Ece is a Turkish singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1989 and 1995.
Turkey was represented by Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Brussels on 9 May 1987. Taner and her backing group won the rights to represent Turkey on the 21 February 1987.
Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu, commonly known as Şenay, was a Turkish singer-songwriter.
Because of low points received in 1993, Turkey was unable to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. Next year in Eurovision Song Contest 1995. Turkey was represented by Arzu Ece with the song "Sev" written by Zeynep Talu and composed by Melih Kibar.
Güliz Ayla is a Turkish singer and songwriter. She released her eponymous debut album in September 2015.
Ayşe Mine is a Turkish singer and actress.
"Sev"
