Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country  Turkey
National selection
Selection process National Final
Selection date(s) 23 February 2001
Selected entrant Sedat Yüce
Selected song "Sevgiliye Son"
Finals performance
Final result 11th, 41 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2000 2001 2002►

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The country was represented by Sedat Yüce with the song “Sevgiliye Son” written by Nurdan Güneri and composed by Semih Güneri. The entry was chosen by a professional jury.

National Final

The professional jury announced the results on 23 February 2001 in Ankara.

Final - 18 February 2000
Artist Song
Sedat Yüce Sevgiliye Son
Ceynur Biçer Kayıp Bir Melek
Feryal BiselOysa Şimdi
Ceynur BiçerHep Aşık Olsun
Özgür YedievliYalnızım
Nurdoğan YurtsevenDelicesine
Grup GMGSen Her Şeyimsin
Semih BayraktarÇok Geç
Semih BeyraktarUyan kalbim
Işın KaracaKaderimsin

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Sedat Yüce performed 15th in the running order following France and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting Sevgiliye Son had received 41 points placing Turkey 11th. Seven participants had voted for Sevgiliye Son. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Estonia.[1]

Voting

Votes of the Turkish jury:[2]

To Country Points
 Estonia 12
 Croatia 10
 Sweden 8
 Israel 7
 Spain 6
 Greece 5
 Denmark 4
 Germany 3
 Malta 2
 France 1

Votes received by the Turkish song:[2]

From Country Points
 Greece 10
 France 7
 Germany 7
 Croatia 7
 Malta 4
 Denmark 3
 Netherlands 3

References

  1. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.247-251
  2. 2.0 2.1 Scoreboard