Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	17 February 1996
Selected entrant	Şebnem Paker
Selected song	"Beşinci Mevsim"
Selected songwriter(s)	Levent Çoker; Selma Çuhacı;
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 57 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

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

19. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali was the national final format developed by TRT in order to select Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

Competing entries

In order to select entries for the national final, TRT opened the submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. 96 songs were ultimately submitted, from which, 10 were selected by jury panel for the national final.

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.^[1] ^[2]


Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricists	Composer	Place
1	Semih Bayraktar	"Yoruldu Düşlerim"	Çağatay Özkan	Semih Bayraktar	—
2	Suavi	"Dön Gel Artık Bana"	Suavi Saygan	Suavi Saygan	—
3	Suat Yıldırım & Zeynep Poyraz	"Sevgiyle"	Suat Yıldırım	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	Savaş Savaşan	3
7	Pınar Karakoç & Tüzmen	"Var mısın Söyle"	Canan Tunç	Erdinç Tunç	2
8	Nursel Mucu	"Masal"	Nursel Mucu	Serkan Sönmez	—
9	Şebnem Özsaran	"Poyraz"	Aysel Gürel	Müfit Bayraşa	—
10	Tüzmen	"Bilirsin ya"	Semih Güneri	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.^[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland.^[4] The members of the Turkish jury included Nursal Tekin, Taner Dedeoğlu, Erol Evgin, Melih Kibar, Sonat Bağcan, Nejat Çarkacı, Pınar Karakoç, İlter Yeşilay, Meral Geray, Pınar Türkoğlu, Müveddet Nil Özbay, Fatma Asuman Yıldırım, Murat Karahan, Merter Beton, Murat Özcan and Arsel Aktaç.

Voting

Qualifying round

Points awarded to Turkey (qualifying round)^[5]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Spain Switzerland
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina Poland
7 points	Malta
6 points	Finland
5 points
4 points	Croatia Iceland Israel United Kingdom
3 points	Sweden
2 points
1 point	Portugal

Points awarded by Turkey (qualifying round)^[5]
Score	Country
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

Final

Points awarded to Turkey (final)^[6]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Malta
8 points	Spain
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Switzerland United Kingdom
5 points	Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland
4 points	France
3 points
2 points
1 point	Croatia

Points awarded by Turkey (final)^[6]
Score	Country
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

References

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1996".
^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1996 Final".
^ "Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.218-221
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1996".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1996 Final".

[3] "Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[4] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.218-221

[1996qualifying-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.

[1996final-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Oslo 1996". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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Songs	"Bana Bana" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Deli" "Didai Didai Dai" "Dinle" "Dön Artık" "Dönme Dolap" "Düm Tek Tek" "Esmer Yarim" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "Halay" "Halley" "Hani?" "İki Dakika" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" "Opera" "Pet'r Oil" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Sev" "Sevgiliye Son" "Sevince" ~~"Seviyorum"~~ "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Sufi" "Süper Star" "Unutamazsın" "We Could Be the Same" "Yaz Bitti" "Yorgunum Anla"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete