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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

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Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Participating broadcasterTürkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process20. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)1 March 1997
Selected artist(s)Şebnem Paker
Selected song"Dinle"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result3rd, 121 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Dinle", composed by Levent Çoker, with lyrics by Mehtap Alnıtemiz, and performed by Şebnem Paker. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. Both Şebnem Paker and Levent Çoker had represented Turkey in 1996.

Before Eurovision

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20. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

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Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 1 March 1997 at its television studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Meltem Ersan. Ten songs competed, and the winner was determined by an expert jury. Songs #1, 3, 4, 5 and 8 were performed by the use of backing tracks; however, they were still backed by the orchestra with their respective conductors. Songs #6, 9 and 10 were played live, while songs #2 and 7 used full playback. Ümit Eroğlu was the chief conductor in this preselection. His orchestra consisted of 49 musicians.[1] [2]

Final – 1 March 1997
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Conductor Points Place
1 Burcu Güneş "Gece" Günay Çoban Müfit Bayraşa Ümit Eroğlu 0 7
2 Serdar Aydemir "Aşkıma İnan" Hakan Süersan Hakan Süersan n/a 0 7
3 Şebnem Özsaran "Dördüncü Boyut" Semih Güneri Semih Güneri Semih Güneri 1 3
4 Şebnem Paker & Group Ethnic (Ahmet Koç, Ali Koç, Ercan Irmak, Eylem Pelit, Süleyman Alnıtemiz) "Dinle" Mehtap Alnıtemiz Levent Çoker Levent Çoker 10 1
5 Sevan Deniz "Hiç Gitme" Sevan Deniz Sevan Deniz Güneş Apaydın 0 7
6 Tüzmen & Elçin Engin "Şarkı" Hale Turan Şansal Engin Ümit Eroğlu 0 7
7 Tuba Önal "Sevda Bu Dostun" Selma Çuhacı Müfit Bayraşa n/a 0 7
8 Erdal Çelik "Seninle" Erdal Çelik Erdal Çelik Mete Aydın Çelik 0 7
9 Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. (Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan, Selim Öncel) "Sen Nerede Ben Orada" Selma Çuhacı Erdinç Tunç Ümit Eroğlu 3 2
10 Ece Sandallı "Sevda" Çetin Akcan Ece Sandallı Serdar Kalafatoğlu 0 7

At Eurovision

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Heading into the final of the contest, RTÉ reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 25th (last) out of the 25 entries.[3] On the night of the contest Şebnem performed 2nd in the running order, following Cyprus and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting, Dinle had received 121 points placing Turkey 3rd.[4] This was the best result Turkey had ever reached at the contest up to that time, and will remain so until their victory in 2003. 18 participants voted for Dinle. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Malta.[5]

Voting

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References

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  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1997".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1997 Final".
  3. ^ "What are the Odds?". Radio Telefís Éireann. Archived from the original on 24 February 1999. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.222-229
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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