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.

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. 1 2 Scoreboard

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 1975 1976 to 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to 2016   Artists 1970s 1970 to 1974 Semiha Yankı 1976 to 1977 Nilüfer and Nazar 1979 1980s Ajda Pekkan Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Neco Çetin Alp and The Short Waves Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra MFÖ Klips ve Onlar Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif MFÖ Pan 1990s Kayahan İzel, Reyhan and Can Aylin Vatankoş Burak Aydos 1994 Arzu Ece Şebnem Paker Şebnem Paker and Etnik Tüzmen Tuba Önal 2000s Pınar Ayhan and The SOS Sedat Yüce Buket Bengisu and Safir Sertab Erener Athena Gülseren Sibel Tüzün Kenan Doğulu Mor ve Ötesi Hadise 2010s maNga Yüksek Sadakat Can Bonomo 2013 to 2014   Songs 1970s 1970 to 1974 "Seninle Bir Dakika" 1976 to 1977 "Sevince" 1979 1980s "Petrol" "Dönme Dolap" "Hani?" "Opera" "Halay" "Diday diday day" "Halley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sufi" "Bana Bana" 1990s "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "İki Dakika" "Yaz Bitti" "Esmer Yarim" 1994 "Sev" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Dinle" "Unutamazsın" "Dön Artık" 2000s "Yorgunum Anla" "Sevgiliye Son" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Süperstar" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Deli" "Düm Tek Tek" 2010s "We Could Be the Same" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" 2013 to 2014 (Note: Entries scored out are when Turkey did not compete)