Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

  • Sühan Ayhan
  • Pınar Ayhan
  • Orkun Yazgan
Finals performanceFinal result10th, 59 pointsTurkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1999 2000 2001►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The country was represented by Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. with the song "Yorgunum Anla" written by Pınar Ayhan herself together with Sühan Ayhan and Orkun Yazgan. The entry was chosen by a professional jury. Although the song was originally in Turkish, during the contest it was sung partially in English.

Before Eurovision

23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 18 February 2000 at the Ari TV Studios in Ankara, hosted by Yasemin Pamukçu and Ömer Önder. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[1] [2]

Final – 18 February 2000
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Place
1 Sibel Mirkelam "Duy Beni" Selim Korkmaz Selim Korkmaz
2 Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. (Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan, Selim Öncel) "Yorgunum Anla" Pınar Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan Sühan Ayhan 1
3 Işın Karaca "Bir Kırık Sevda" Günay Çoban Aslıgül Ayas 2
4 Semra Sarpkaya "Aşkımız Bir Masal" Müge Baysal Tolga Gürdil
5 Feryal Başel "Son Defa" İhsan Köseoğlu İhsan Köseoğlu
6 Semih Bayraktar "Bu Aşk Yasak Bana" Semih Bayraktar Semih Bayraktar
7 Ayça Dönmez "Bak Rüzgarlara" Bahadır Şahin Can Atilla
8 Feryal Başel "Sana" Ebru Ekşi Köseoğlu İhsan Köseoğlu
9 Semih Bayraktar & Grup Avrasya "Aşık Oldum" Devrim Aydın Umut Erdoğan
10 Zeliha Sunal "Yarım Kalan Senfoni" Müge Baysal Tolga Gürdil

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. performed 22nd in the running order following Latvia and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting "Yorgunum Anla" had received 59 points, placing Turkey 10th out of 24 competing countries.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey[5]
Score Country
12 points
10 points  Germany
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points  Finland
3 points  Belgium
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Turkey[5]
Score Country
12 points  Sweden
10 points  Norway
8 points  Croatia
7 points  Ireland
6 points  United Kingdom
5 points  Malta
4 points  Austria
3 points  Netherlands
2 points  Estonia
1 point  Denmark

References

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2000".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2000 Final".
  3. ^ "Final of Stockholm 2000". 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.242-244
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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