Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

  • Semih Güneri
  • Nurdan Güneri
  • Figen Çakmak
Finals performanceFinal result11th, 41 pointsTurkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2000 • 2001 • 2002►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The country was represented by Sedat Yüce with the song "Sevgiliye Son" written by Figen Çakmak, Nurdan Güneri and composed by Semih Güneri.

Before Eurovision

24. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 23 February 2001 at the TRT 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 night 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.
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