Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	25 February 1984
Selected entrant	Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
Selected song	"Halay"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 37 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. The country was represented by a music group named Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra with the song “Halay” written by Ülkü Aker and composed by Selçuk Başar. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

According to the regulations the winner had to get at least 15 points. At the end of the first voting no participant was able to qualify. At the end of the second voting however Halay (which ranked the third in the first voting) got the highest point. The group was accompanied by Arif Sağ, the renowned bağlama virtuoso.

The results of the second voting for the first three is as follows;

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra performed 15th in the running order following Germany and preceding Finland. (In the final they were not accompanied by Arif sağ) At the close of the voting Halay had received 37 points placing Turkey 12th. 8 participants had voted for Halay. This was the best result Turkey ever had in Eurovision up 70 1984.) The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.^[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2] To Country Points  Spain 12  Ireland 10  Yugoslavia 8  Italy 7  Finland 6  Belgium 5  Luxembourg 4  Sweden 3  Denmark 2   Switzerland 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2] From Country Points  Yugoslavia 10  Sweden 6   Switzerland 6  United Kingdom 5  Belgium 4  Finland 3  Ireland 2  Netherlands 1

References

1. ↑ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.123-127
2. 1 2 Scoreboard

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1975 1976 to 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to 2017
Artists 1970s 1970 to 1974 Semiha Yankı 1976 to 1977 Nilüfer and Nazar Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron 1980s Ajda Pekkan Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Neco Çetin Alp and The Short Waves Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra MFÖ Klips ve Onlar Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif MFÖ Pan 1990s Kayahan İzel, Reyhan and Can Aylin Vatankoş Burak Aydos 1994 Arzu Ece Şebnem Paker Şebnem Paker and Etnik Tüzmen Tuba Önal 2000s Pınar Ayhan and The SOS Sedat Yüce Buket Bengisu and Safir Sertab Erener Athena Gülseren Sibel Tüzün Kenan Doğulu Mor ve Ötesi Hadise 2010s maNga Yüksek Sadakat Can Bonomo 2013 to 2017
Songs 1970s 1970 to 1974 "Seninle Bir Dakika" 1976 to 1977 "Sevince" Seviyorum 1980s "Petrol" "Dönme Dolap" "Hani?" "Opera" "Halay" "Diday diday day" "Halley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sufi" "Bana Bana" 1990s "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "İki Dakika" "Yaz Bitti" "Esmer Yarim" 1994 "Sev" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Dinle" "Unutamazsın" "Dön Artık" 2000s "Yorgunum Anla" "Sevgiliye Son" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Süperstar" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Deli" "Düm Tek Tek" 2010s "We Could Be the Same" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" 2013 to 2017
(Note: Entries scored out are when Turkey did not compete)