Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Country  Turkey
National selection
Selection process National Final
Selection date(s) 7 March 1982
Selected entrant Neco
Selected song "Hani?"
Finals performance
Final result 15th, 20 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1981 1982 1983►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. The country was represented by Neco with the song “Hani?” written by Faik Tuğsuz and composed by Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

The professional jury announced the results on 7 March 1982 in Ankara.

Final - / March 1982
Place Artist Song Points
1 Neco Hani 12
2 Neco Rönesans 10
3 Neco Gramofon] 9
NA Cantekin Zannetme ki NA

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Neco performed 5th in the running order following United Kingdom and preceding Finland. At the close of the voting Hani had received 20 points placing Turkey 15th. 6 participants had voted for Hani. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2]

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

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2]

From Country Points
 Luxembourg 8
 Norway 3
  Switzerland 3
 Austria 3
 Netherlands 2
 Finland 1

References

  1. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.109-1114
  2. 2.0 2.1 Scoreboard