Turkey in the Turkvision Song Contest

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Member station Kral TV
Participation summary
Appearances3 (3 finals)
First appearance 2013
Last appearance 2015
Highest placement3rd: 2015

Turkey is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest. [1]

Contents

History

2013

Turkey made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey. [1] Manevra were internally selected by TRT TV representatives to represent Turkey, [2] their song was revealed on 16 December 2014 as "Sen, Ben, Biz". [3] In the semi-final in Eskişehir, Turkey performed 23rd and qualified for the final, in the final they performed 1st and came in 6th place with 187 points tied with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2014

On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Turkey would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014. [4] On 3 September 2014, TMB TV made a call for submissions for singers to take part in the contest in Kazan. [5] On 22 October 2014 it was announced that Funda Kılıç would represent Turkey, [6] on 12 November 2014 it was announced that Funda would sing "Hoppa". [7]

In Kazan, Funda performed 15th in the semi-final, before Bosnia and Herzegovina and after Yakutia, Turkey came 2nd with a total of 199 points. In the final Turkey performed 1st, they finished last in 15th place with 128 points.

Participation overview

Table key
2
Second place
3
Third place
◁
Last place
YearEntrantSongLanguageFinalPointsSemiPoints
Manevra "Sen, Ben, Biz" Turkish
6
187
Undisclosed
Funda Kılıç  [ tr ]"Hoppa"Turkish [lower-alpha 1]
15 ◁
128
2
199
Görkem Durmaz "Hirçin Sular"Turkish
3
175
No semi-final
Ertan & İsrafil  [ no ]"Ne Yaptıysam Olmadı"Turkish
12
179
No semi-final

Hostings

YearLocationVenuePresentersRef.
2013 Eskişehir Anadolu Üniversitesi BESYO Spor Salonu Vatan Sasmaz (semi-final),
Ece Vahapoğlu and Engin Hepileri (final)
2015 Istanbul Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Gösteri Merkezi Vatan Sasmaz and Oylum Talu
2020 IstanbulOnlineEsra Balamir and Refik Sarıöz
[8]

Jury members

YearJuror
2014 Sinan Akçıl [9]
2020 Selim Gülgören  [ tr ] [10]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Contains phrases in English.

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References

  1. 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Manevra To Turkvision". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Manevra To Sing "Sen, Ben , Biz"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Turkvision Selection Applications Open Now". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Funda to represent Turkey at Turkvision 2014". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Turkey: Funda To Sing "Hoppa"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Granger, Anthony (2020-10-17). "Turkvision Song Contest 2020 Officially Launched". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  9. ↑ Granger, Anthony (2014-11-17). "Turkey Sinan Akçıl Is The Turkish Jury Member". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  10. ↑ Granger, Anthony (2020-12-19). "Turkey: Selim Gülgören Juror for Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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