Eurovision 2008 - Turkey

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History (1956 to 2007):

Turkey's previous appearances: 2 9year(s) out of 52
Years participated: 1975; 1978; 1980-1993; 1995-
Best result: 1st (2003)

Turkey's long-awaited victory in 2003 proved that persistence can finally pay off. Nearly thirty years after its first appearance in 1975, and with just three previous top ten finishes to show for its efforts (9th in 1986, 3rd in 1997 and 10th in 2000), Turkey finally made it. In one of the closest results ever, the winning song, Sertab Erener's 'Every way that I can', squeaked home with just 2 points more than Belgium, and 3 more than Russia. Cannily, Turkey managed to present a song that was unmistakably Turkish, while making the decision to perform in English - as Sertab herself has admitted, this was almost certainly a factor in securing its narrow victory. The elaborate and impressive dance routine didn't do any harm at all, either. As the previous year's winners, Turkey naturally found themselves qualified directly to the 2004 Final, where punk band Athena finished in an impressive 4th place with 195 points - on this run of form, maybe we could be forgiven for expecting another Turkish victory sooner rather than later.

The last three years, however, have seen Turkey narrowly miss out on top ten placings. In 2005, with Gülseren's 'Rim rimi ley' - a decent song, accompanied by a spectacular show - gained a respectable 92 points, including the maximum 'douze' from both France and the Netherlands, but could only finish 13th. In 2006, Sibel Tüzün's strong performance of ''Süper star' was enough to lift Turkey out of the Semi Final, but a tantalising 91 points and 11th place in the Final - just 2 points behind 10th-placed Ireland - meant that Turkey just missed out on qualifying directly for the Final in 2007.
Kenan Doğulu representedTurkey in Helsinki with the self-penned 'Shake it up shekerim'. On the plus side, the song's catchy and contemporary, and sounds like something you'd find on the latest Justin Timberlake album; on the minus side, it was very repetitive .

This year's entry:






My opinion & prediction:

This the first year Turkey sends rock to Eurovision, it’s a song that I think Europe won’t understand, neither catchy, but nice.

My prediction for the Semi Final: 2th to 5th
My prediction for the final: Definite qualifier; 2th to 5th, possible winner


Lyrycs of the song:

Aranıyor sahibi ruhumun,
Tam yerine mi düştüm?
Direniyor faili tutkunun,
Kızmış ve küçülmüş.


Aranıyor sahibi ruhumun,
Tam yerine mi düştüm?
Direniyor, direniyor, direniyor…


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Aranıyor sahibi ruhumun,
Tam yerine mi düştüm?
Direniyor faili tutkunun,
Kızmış ve küçülmüş.


Aranıyor sahibi ruhumun,
Tam yerine mi düştüm?
Direniyor, direniyor, direniyor…


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Bir yarım akıllı, bir yarım deli
Dört yanım akıllı, bir yanım deli
Herkes akıllı, bir ben deli
Bir ben deli, bir ben deli…


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