Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	National Final (19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali)
Selection date(s)	17 February 1996
Selected artist(s)	Şebnem Paker
Selected song	"Beşinci mevsim"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 57 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey participated in Eurovision Song Contest 1996. Turkey was represented by Şebnem Paker with the song "Beşinci Mevsim" written by Selma Çuhacı and composed by Levent Çoker.

Before Eurovision

19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

96 songs were submitted to TRT and 10 were selected for the national final.

The final took place on 17 February 1996 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.

Final – 17 February 1996
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place
1	Semih Bayraktar	"Yoruldu düşlerim"	Çağatay Özkan, Semih Bayraktar	—
2	Suavi Andaç	"Dön gel artık bana"	Suavi Saygan	—
3	Suat Yıldırım & Zeynep Poyraz	"Sevgiyle"	Suat Yildirim, Zeynep Poyraz	—
4	Coşkun Demir	"Hep bir yarın var"	Selma Çuhacı, Mine Mucur	—
5	Şebnem Paker	"Beşinci mevsim"	Selma Çuhacı, Levent Çoker	1
6	Sedat Yüce	"Vazgeç"	Savaş Savaşan	3
7	Pınar Karakoç & Tüzmen	"Var mısın söyle"	Canan Tunç, Erdinç Tunç	2
8	Nursel Mucu	"Masal"	Serkan Sönmez	—
9	Şebnem Özsaran	"Poyraz"	Aysel Gürel, Müfit Bayraşa	—
10	Tüzmen	"Bilirsin ya"	Semih Güneri	—

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Şebnem Paker performed 1st in the running order preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 57 points placing Turkey 12th. 10 participants had voted for Beşinci mevsim. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland.

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey

Points awarded to Turkey (pre-qualifying round)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Spain Switzerland	Bosnia and Herzegovina Poland	Malta	Finland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Croatia Greece Iceland Macedonia	Sweden		Portugal

Points awarded to Turkey (final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Malta	Spain	Netherlands	Switzerland United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland	France			Croatia

Points awarded by Turkey (Pre-qualifying round)

12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Ireland
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Malta
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Israel
4 points	Spain
3 points	France
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Portugal

Points awarded by Turkey (Final)

12 points	Ireland
10 points	Malta
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Poland
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Austria
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Norway
1 point	Netherlands

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1996