Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 explained

Year:2000
Broadcaster:Turkish: [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu]]|i=no (TRT)
Country:Turkey
Preselection:Turkish: 23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Preselection Date:18 February 2000
Entrant:Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S.
Song:Turkish: Yorgunum Anla|i=no
Final Result:10th, 59 points

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Turkish: Yorgunum Anla|i=no", composed by Sühan Ayhan, with lyrics by Pınar Ayhan and Orkun Yazgan, and performed by Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Turkish: [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu]]|i=no (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. Although the song was originally in Turkish, it was sung partially in English in Eurovision.

Before Eurovision

Turkish: 23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Turkish: [[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu]]|i=no (TRT) held the national final on 18 February 2000 at the Ari television 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
DrawArtistSongLyricistComposerPlace
1Sibel Mirkelam"Duy Beni"Selim KorkmazSelim Korkmaz
2Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. (Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan, Selim Öncel) "Yorgunum Anla"Pınar Ayhan, Orkun YazganSühan Ayhan1
3Işın Karaca"Bir Kırık Sevda"Günay ÇobanAslıgül Ayas2
4Semra Sarpkaya"Aşkımız Bir Masal"Müge BaysalTolga Gürdil
5Feryal Başel"Son Defa"İhsan Köseoğluİhsan Köseoğlu
6Semih Bayraktar"Bu Aşk Yasak Bana"Semih BayraktarSemih Bayraktar
7Ayça Dönmez"Bak Rüzgarlara"Bahadır ŞahinCan Atilla
8Feryal Başel"Sana"Ebru Ekşi Köseoğluİhsan Köseoğlu
9Semih Bayraktar & Grup Avrasya"Aşık Oldum"Devrim AydınUmut Erdoğan
10Zeliha Sunal"Yarım Kalan Senfoni"Müge BaysalTolga Gürdil

At Eurovision

On the evening 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 "Turkish: Yorgunum Anla|i=no" had received 59 points, placing Turkey 10th out of 24 competing countries.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.[4]

Voting

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2000.
  2. Web site: Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2000 Final.
  3. Web site: Final of Stockholm 2000 . European Broadcasting Union . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410194017/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000/final . 10 April 2021 . live.
  4. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005,, pp.242-244
  5. Web site: Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000 . European Broadcasting Union . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410201524/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-2000/final/results/turkey . 10 April 2021 . live.