Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country  Turkey
National selection
Selection process National Final
Selection date(s) 14 February 1981
Selected entrant Ayşegül Aldinç and
Modern Folk Üçlüsü
Selected song "Dönme Dolap"
Finals performance
Final result 18th/19th/, 9 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1980 1981 1982►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. The country was represented by Ayşegül Aldinç and a trio named Modern Folk Üçlüsü with the song “Dönme Dolap” written and composed by Ali Kocatepe. The entry was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması. It shared the 18th-19th place with Portugal within 20 participants with 9 points in Dublin.

National Final

The final took place on 14 February 1981 at the studios of TRT, Bülend Özveren was hosting the event. 6 songs were submitted and the winning song was picked by people's jury.

Final - 14 February 1981
Artist Song Points Place
Kayahan Dostluk N/A 6
İbo and Group Vize Nerede o Eski Tangolar N/A 5
Füsun Önal Bigudi 60 2
Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü İstanbul İstanbul N/A 3
Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü Dönme Dolap 87 1
Coşkun Demir Miras NA 4

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed 2nd in the running order following Austria and precedeing Germany. At the close of the voting the song received 1 point from Luxembourg, 3 points from Jugoslavia and 5 poinys from Finland. Thus Dönme Dolap shared the 18th-19th place with Portugal. Norway was the last. Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2]

To Country Points
 Germany 12
 Spain 10
 United Kingdom 8
 Belgium 7
 Austria 6
 Netherlands 5
 Yugoslavia 4
 Ireland 3
  Switzerland 2
 Denmark 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2]

From Country Points
 Finland 5
3
 Luxembourg 1

References

  1. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
  2. 2.0 2.1 Scoreboard