Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

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Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Country|  Turkey
National selection
Selection process| 15\. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)| 9 March 1991
Selected entrant| İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer
Selected song| "İki Dakika"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Şevket Uğurluer
* Aysel Gürel

Finals performance
Final result| 12th, 44 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991. The country was represented by a trio composed of İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca and Can Uğurluer with the song "İki Dakika" written by Aysel Gürel and composed by Şevket Uğurluer.

## Before Eurovision[edit]

### 15\. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali[edit]

The final took place on 9 March 1991 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Fourteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.[1] [2]

Final – 9 March 1991  Draw  | Artist  | Song  | Lyricist  | Composer  | Points  | Place

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1  | İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer  | "İki Dakika"  | Aysel Gürel | Şevket Uğurluer  | 68  | 1
2  | Cenk Sökmen  | "Öyle Bir Dünya"  | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar  | 26  | 10
3  | Şebnem Özsaran  | "Yalnızlığım"  | Müfit Bayraşa  | Sadun Ersönmez  | 37  | 6
4  | Grup 4x1 (Çiğdem Tunç, Mehmet Ali Erbil, Erdal Çelik, Candan Erçetin)  | "Hey Sen"  | Serap Turgay  | Özkan Turgay  | 36  | 7
5  | Fatih Erkoç | "Üzüleceksin"  | Kamil Özler  | Kamil Özler  | 4  | 13
6  | Arzu Ece & Gür Akad  | "Sessiz Geceler"  | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar  | 60  | 2
7  | Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural  | "Son Defa"  | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar  | 51  | 5
8  | Rüya Ersavcı & Grup Turkish Delight (Beverly Pollington, Karen Seeberg, Tom Magdish, Ari Barokas, Jerfi Benveniste)  | "Turkish Delight"  | Hulki Aktunç  | Dağhan Baydur  | 54  | 3
9  | Sonat Bağcan  | "Dün Gibi"  | Bahadır Şahin  | Can Atilla | 9  | 11
10  | Fatih Erkoç | "Gülbeyaz Sokağı"  | Fatih Erkoç | Fatih Erkoç | 27  | 9
11  | Grup Festival (Melis Sökmen, Ercüment Vural, Meltem Parlak, Ayşegül Ersan, Çelik Erişçi)  | "Festival"  | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar  | 54  | 3
12  | Cemil Sağyaşar  | "Gel"  | Cemil Sağyaşar  | Cemil Sağyaşar  | 8  | 12
13  | Cenk Sökmen  | "Belki Bir Gün"  | Bertan Öngören  | Bertan Öngören  | 2  | 14
14  | Adnan Göyken  | "Hamburger"  | Adnan Göyken  | Adnan Göyken  | 28  | 8
Detailed Regional Jury Votes

Draw  | Song  | Ankara | Istanbul | İzmir | Antalya | Mersin | Diyarbakır | Trabzon | Erzurum | Total
1  | "İki dakika" | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 68
2  | "Öyle bir dünya" | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |  | 26
3  | "Yalnızlığım" | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 |  | 5 | 3 | 37
4  | "Hey sen" |  |  | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 36
5  | "Üzüleceksin" |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4
6  | "Sessiz geceler" | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 60
7  | "Son defa" | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 51
8  | "Turkish Delight" | 10 |  | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 54
9  | "Dün gibi" | 6 | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1 | 9
10  | "Gülbeyaz sokağı" | 7 | 10 | 3 |  | 3 |  | 2 | 2 | 27
11  | "Festival" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 54
12  | "Gel" |  | 2 |  | 1 |  | 4 | 1 |  | 8
13  | "Belki bir gün" | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
14  | "Hamburger" |  |  | 4 | 2 |  | 10 |  | 12 | 28

## At Eurovision[edit]

On the night of the contest the trio performed 10th in the running order following France and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points placing Turkey 12th.[3] 7 participants had voted for İki Dakika. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.[4]

### Voting[edit]

Points awarded to Turkey[5] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |
10 points  |
8 points  |

* Denmark
* Italy

7 points  |

* France
* Israel
* Malta

6 points  |
5 points  |  United Kingdom
4 points  |
3 points  |
2 points  |  Spain
1 point  |
Points awarded by Turkey[5] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Israel
10 points  |  Italy
8 points  |  Spain
7 points  |  Malta
6 points  |  Sweden
5 points  |  Portugal
4 points  |  Ireland
3 points  |  Luxembourg
2 points  |  Switzerland
1 point  |  Norway

## References[edit]

1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1991".
2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1991 Final".
3. ^ "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
4. ^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.188-193
5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Artists|

* ~~21\. Peron~~
* Çetin Alp
* Athena
* Pınar Ayhan
* Burak Aydos
* Ayşegül
* Buket Bengisu and Group Safir
* Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra
* Can Bonomo
* İzel Çeliköz
* Kenan Doğulu
* Arzu Ece
* Sertab Erener
* ~~Maria Rita Epik~~
* Grup Etnik
* Gülseren
* Hadise
* Reyhan Karaca
* Kayahan
* Klips ve Onlar
* Lokomotif
* Manga
* MFÖ
* Grup Mistik
* Modern Folk Trio
* Mor ve Ötesi
* Nazar
* Neco
* Nilüfer
* Tuba Önal
* Şebnem Paker
* Pan
* Ajda Pekkan
* The Short Waves
* The S.O.S.
* Seyyal Taner
* Tüzmen
* Sibel Tüzün
* Can Uğurluer
* Aylin Vatankoş
* Semiha Yankı
* Sedat Yüce
* Yüksek Sadakat

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

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Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Artists|

* Amina
* Atlantis 2000
* Baby Doll
* Sarah Bray
* Carola
* Clouseau
* Sergio Dalma
* Duo Datz
* Peppino di Capri
* Dulce
* Thomas Forstner
* Anders Frandsen
* Paul Giordimaina and Georgina
* Kim Jackson
* Samantha Janus
* Just 4 Fun
* Kaija
* Elena Patroklou
* Sandra Simó
* Stefán and Eyfi
* Can Uğurluer, İzel Çeliköz and Reyhan Karaca
* Sophia Vossou

Songs|

* "Anixi"
* "Bailar pegados"
* "Un baiser volé"
* "Brazil"
* "Canzone per te"
* "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison"
* "Comme è ddoce 'o mare"
* "Could It Be"
* "Could It Be That I'm in Love"
* "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben"
* "Draumur um Nínu"
* "Fångad av en stormvind"
* "Geef het op"
* "Hullu yö"
* "İki Dakika"
* "Kan"
* "Lige der hvor hjertet slår"
* "Lusitana paixão"
* "A Message to Your Heart"
* "Mrs. Thompson"
* "S.O.S."
* "Venedig im Regen"

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