Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Turkey has confirmed their participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, to be held in Oslo
, Norway
. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
(TRT) will be responsible for the country's entry at the Contest. TRT announced that it will choose 8 artists internally and decide the participant in January 2010.
's 4th place in Moscow
at the 2009 Contest
major speculation of who would represent Turkey in the 2010 Contest arose. The first names announced by Turkish media were in July 2009, when it was speculated that TRT had approached Tarkan to represent Turkey at the contest in Oslo
, Norway
. Murat Boz
was also speculated at being a possible Turkish entry in May 2010. This was followed by confirmation in the Turkish newspaper Sabah
that Tarkan would represent the country in May, with agreements confirmed between him and TRT. However this was later denied by both Tarkan's management and TRT.
Further names speculated by the media included Nazan Öncel
, who may write an entry for the contest and has been contacted by TRT for such. Öncel denied any contact with the broadcaster however she did mention an interest in writing a Turkish Eurovision entry. Other names who indicated an interest in representing Turkey included Ziynet Sali
. Ajda Pekkan
, who represented Turkey at the 1980
, had been approached by TRT to enter in 2010, however she refused the offer.
Five names have been tipped by the media as being candidates: Şebnem Ferah
, Deniz Arcak, Sibel Tüzün
(who represented Turkey in 2006), Hadise
(who represented Turkey in 2009) and maNga
, winners of the "Best Turkish Act" and "Best European Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009
. maNga was speculated as being the strongest candidate for Eurovision after the MTV Europe Music Awards, however the group later denied that they had been given an invitation by TRT, but said that should they receive the invitation they would accept it. However on 19 November the Milliyet
newspaper claimed that maNga is the favourites to be the Turkish Eurovision entry in Oslo.
In December 2009 TRT announced that they would hold an email poll, in which the public could suggest names to TRT for Eurovision 2010 who TRT would further discuss with over representing the country in Oslo. The poll, open until 11 December, gave three artists which TRT would choose from: Şebnem Ferah; maNga; and Emre Aydin
, after rumours suggested that Murat Boz
had been selected. On 2 January it was revealed that Ferah had rejected a Eurovision proposal, saying that it was no longer a musical contest.
On 7 January it was announced that TRT had reached a preliminary agreement with maNga to enter Eurovision, with Aydin also declining Eurovision participation in 2010. On 12 January TRT confirmed that maNga would enter Eurovision for Turkey in May.
. The official representative, We Could Be the Same
was selected from the three submitted entries and presented by TRT on 3 March.
In the Final on 29 May, MaNga came 2nd with 170 points. They performed in the 14th slot.
As the eventual winning country of the contest, Germany, automatically qualifies for the final of the 2011 contest
due to their "Big Four" status, it was speculated that Turkey would automatically qualify for the final, but on 28 August 2010 at a Reference Group meeting in Belgrade it was decided that no such change would be made, and the number of Final participants would simply be lowered to 24 countries. The question was eventually resolved when the fifth slot was filled by Italy, returning from a 14-year hiatus, as a Big Five country.
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Draw
Country
Televote Points
Jury Points
Total
Final Points
1
12
12
24
12
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
4
0
5
5
0
5
0
0
0
0
6
5
8
13
8
7
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
11
6
0
6
3
12
0
0
0
0
13
7
2
9
5
14
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
15
1
10
11
7
16
0
0
0
0
17
2
4
6
1
18
4
0
4
0
19
3
3
6
2
20
0
7
7
4
21
10
0
10
6
22
8
6
14
10
23
0
0
0
0
24
0
0
0
0
25
0
0
0
0
Where there were two countries on the same score, the act with the higher public phone vote is judged to have been the winner. Then the votes were converted to the traditional 12, 10, 8, 7 down to 1 scoring.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...
(TRT) will be responsible for the country's entry at the Contest. TRT announced that it will choose 8 artists internally and decide the participant in January 2010.
Speculation
After HadiseHadise
Hadise Açıkgöz , is a Belgian born Turkish singer of Circassian descent. Hadise's career began in 2004 with the release of her debut single "Sweat", which peaked at 19 on the Flanders chart. Hadise continued to release more successful singles, most notably the single "Milk Chocolate Girl"...
's 4th place in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
at the 2009 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
major speculation of who would represent Turkey in the 2010 Contest arose. The first names announced by Turkish media were in July 2009, when it was speculated that TRT had approached Tarkan to represent Turkey at the contest in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Murat Boz
Murat Boz
Murat Boz was born on March 7, 1980 in Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey, currently resides in Istanbul is a Turkish pop singer.-Early life:"Murat Boz" completed his primary and secondary education in Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, then in 1995-1996 he attended a fine art oriented high school in İstanbul...
was also speculated at being a possible Turkish entry in May 2010. This was followed by confirmation in the Turkish newspaper Sabah
Sabah (newspaper)
Sabah is a popular Turkish daily newspaper, with a circulation of around 330,000 as of 2011. Its name means "morning" in the Turkish language originating from Arabic...
that Tarkan would represent the country in May, with agreements confirmed between him and TRT. However this was later denied by both Tarkan's management and TRT.
Further names speculated by the media included Nazan Öncel
Nazan Öncel
Nazan Öncel is one of Turkey's most successful and famous pop music and pop rock singers/songwriters. She writes her own songs, does the arrangements for most of them and has also written songs for many famous singers such as Tarkan and İbrahim Tatlıses.She's mostly known for her unique writing...
, who may write an entry for the contest and has been contacted by TRT for such. Öncel denied any contact with the broadcaster however she did mention an interest in writing a Turkish Eurovision entry. Other names who indicated an interest in representing Turkey included Ziynet Sali
Ziynet Sali
Ziynet Sali is a British-Turkish Cypriot singer famous in Cyprus and Turkey.-Biography:Ziynet was born in Cyprus on April 29, 1975 to Turkish Cypriot parents. Her father had been living in the United Kingdom since 1963 and had met her mother once he returned to his native Cyprus whilst he was on...
. Ajda Pekkan
Ajda Pekkan
Ayşe Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish pop singer and actress. Through a career spanning five decades thus far, Pekkan has released more than 20 albums and, with Sezen Aksu, is the most commercially successful female Turkish music artist with the sales of over 30 million copies worldwide. She is nicknamed...
, who represented Turkey at the 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the nation represented...
, had been approached by TRT to enter in 2010, however she refused the offer.
Five names have been tipped by the media as being candidates: Şebnem Ferah
Sebnem Ferah
Şebnem Ferah is a Turkish singer and song-writer. She was the head vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career...
, Deniz Arcak, Sibel Tüzün
Sibel Tüzün
Sibel Tüzün is a Turkish pop/rock/jazz singer.- Life and career :Sibel began her musical education at the TRT Istanbul Children's Choir...
(who represented Turkey in 2006), Hadise
Hadise
Hadise Açıkgöz , is a Belgian born Turkish singer of Circassian descent. Hadise's career began in 2004 with the release of her debut single "Sweat", which peaked at 19 on the Flanders chart. Hadise continued to release more successful singles, most notably the single "Milk Chocolate Girl"...
(who represented Turkey in 2009) and maNga
MaNga
Manga is a Turkish nu metal band whose music is mainly a fusion of Anatolian melodies with electronic elements. In 2009, they won both the Best Turkish Act award from MTV Turkey and consequently the Best European Act award from MTV Networks Europe in MTV Europe Music Awards 2009...
, winners of the "Best Turkish Act" and "Best European Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009
MTV Europe Music Awards 2009
The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World and in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The award show was presented by Katy Perry. Nominations were officially announced on September 21, 2009. This is the fourth time that the MTV Europe Music Awards were hosted in...
. maNga was speculated as being the strongest candidate for Eurovision after the MTV Europe Music Awards, however the group later denied that they had been given an invitation by TRT, but said that should they receive the invitation they would accept it. However on 19 November the Milliyet
Milliyet
Milliyet is a major Turkish daily newspaper founded in 1950.-History:Milliyet came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950...
newspaper claimed that maNga is the favourites to be the Turkish Eurovision entry in Oslo.
In December 2009 TRT announced that they would hold an email poll, in which the public could suggest names to TRT for Eurovision 2010 who TRT would further discuss with over representing the country in Oslo. The poll, open until 11 December, gave three artists which TRT would choose from: Şebnem Ferah; maNga; and Emre Aydin
Emre Aydin
Emre Aydın is a Turkish rock singer-songwriter. He has been referred to as emreaydın on his official site to establish a trademark. The singer won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 in the "Europe's Favourite Act" category. He is also the former lead singer for the Turkish rock band 6...
, after rumours suggested that Murat Boz
Murat Boz
Murat Boz was born on March 7, 1980 in Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey, currently resides in Istanbul is a Turkish pop singer.-Early life:"Murat Boz" completed his primary and secondary education in Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, then in 1995-1996 he attended a fine art oriented high school in İstanbul...
had been selected. On 2 January it was revealed that Ferah had rejected a Eurovision proposal, saying that it was no longer a musical contest.
On 7 January it was announced that TRT had reached a preliminary agreement with maNga to enter Eurovision, with Aydin also declining Eurovision participation in 2010. On 12 January TRT confirmed that maNga would enter Eurovision for Turkey in May.
Selection process
Throughout January it was reported that maNga had entered an intense period in preparation for Eurovision, perfecting songs for submission to TRT. In February 2010 maNga submitted three songs to TRT, who will choose the competing Eurovision song. All songs are in EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The official representative, We Could Be the Same
We Could Be the Same
"We Could Be the Same" is a song by Turkish band maNga that was performed as the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway, and which came in second place.-Selection:...
was selected from the three submitted entries and presented by TRT on 3 March.
At Eurovision
Turkey competed in the second semi-final of the contest on 27 May, performing in the 17th slot, and qualified for the final.In the Final on 29 May, MaNga came 2nd with 170 points. They performed in the 14th slot.
As the eventual winning country of the contest, Germany, automatically qualifies for the final of the 2011 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...
due to their "Big Four" status, it was speculated that Turkey would automatically qualify for the final, but on 28 August 2010 at a Reference Group meeting in Belgrade it was decided that no such change would be made, and the number of Final participants would simply be lowered to 24 countries. The question was eventually resolved when the fifth slot was filled by Italy, returning from a 14-year hiatus, as a Big Five country.
Results of the Individual Jury and Televote Results in the Final
The Turkish televoting and jury results for the final were as followshttp://eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/some-jury-votes-revealed/:Where there were two countries on the same score, the act with the higher public phone vote is judged to have been the winner. Then the votes were converted to the traditional 12, 10, 8, 7 down to 1 scoring.