Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Participating broadcasterTürkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)21 February 1987
Selected artist(s)Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif
Selected song"Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
Selected songwriter(s)Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 0 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1986 1987 1988►

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne", written by Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz, and performed by Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

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11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

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Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 21 February 1987 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by television presenter and Turkish commentator Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury.[1] [2]

Other participants included past and future Turkish representative MFÖ (1985 and 1988), Arzu Ece (1989 –as part of the Grup Pan– and 1995) and Kayahan (1990).

Final – 21 February 1987
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Conductor Points Place
1 Seden Kutlubay, Vedat Sakman & Grup Piramit (Hakan Girit, Cem Bezeyiş, Feyyaz Kuruş, Çınar Apay) "Hayat Pencerenin Dışında" Nezih Topuzlu Selmi Andak Uğur Dikmen 0 3
2 Grup Denk (Oya Küçümen, Bora Ebeoğlu, Zeynep Draman, Zeynep Alev Aydeniz) "Paydos" Bora Ebeoğlu Melih Kibar Melih Kibar 2 2
3 Grup FM (Arzu Ece, Rüya Ersavcı, Fatih Erkoç, Harun Kolçak) "Keloğlan" Selçuk Başar Selçuk Başar Selçuk Başar 0 3
4 Kayahan, Emel Müftüoğlu, Erdal Çelik, Yeşim Vatan, Ayşe Özşahin "Güneşli Bir Resim Çiz Bana" Kayahan Açar Kayahan Açar Ümit Eroğlu 0 3
5 Fatih Erkoç "Dünya Barışı İçin" Fatih Erkoç Fatih Erkoç Garo Mafyan 0 3
6 Aşkın Nur Yengi, Harun Kolçak & Grup Periyod "Güzel Şeyler Söyle" Aysel Gürel Onno Tunç Garo Mafyan 0 3
7 MFÖ "No Problem" Mazhar Alanson Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Uğur Turhan Yükseler 0 3
8 Ahmet Özhan "Gülümse Biraz" Cansın Erol Selahattin İçli Turhan Yükseler 0 3
9 Arzu Ece & Cihan Okan "Bir Gün Bize Yetmez" Kayahan Açar Attila Özdemiroğlu Turhan Yükseler 0 3
10 Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Garo Mafyan 14 1

At Eurovision

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On the night of the contest, Turkey performed 10th following Spain and preceding Greece. At the close of voting Turkey had received no points (or, as Eurovision fans refer to the phenomenon, nul points) placing Turkey last out of 22 entries.[3] At the time this was the worst last placing for a country as it was the largest contest. This was also the third time Turkey came last in the contest and the second time they had received zero points. This is the final contest to date in which Turkey finished last.

Voting

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Turkey did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987.[4]

Points awarded by Turkey[4]
Score Country
12 points  Yugoslavia
10 points  Ireland
8 points  Italy
7 points  Netherlands
6 points  Germany
5 points   Switzerland
4 points  Belgium
3 points  United Kingdom
2 points  Sweden
1 point  Denmark

References

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  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1987".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1987 Final".
  3. ^ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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