Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Nilüfer & Nazar | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Selected song | "Sevince" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
| |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 18th, 2 points | |||
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
|
Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time in . The entry was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması. It came 18th in the Eurovision 1978.
Before Eurovision
Şarkı Yarışması
The Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was chosen during a national final called Şarkı Yarışması. The national final featured a semi-final on 18 December 1977 and a final on 5 February 1978. 232 songs were submitted to TRT and 12 were selected by a selection committee for the national final.
Semi-final
The semi-final took place on 18 December 1977 at the Orkut TV Studios in Ankara. The top five entries determined by an expert jury proceeded to the final.[1] [2]
Draw | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Serpil Barlas & 2. Baskı (Behiç Altındağ, Levent Altındağ, Burçin Karataş, Nilüfer Kutun, Arzu Özkaraman) | "Yaşamana Bak" | Zeren Uluer | Levent Altındağ, Behiç Altındağ | Finalist |
2 | Cengiz Orçun | "Barış" | Cengiz Orçun | Cengiz Orçun | Eliminated |
3 | Grup Sekstet (Esmeray, Kerem Yılmazer, Ertan Anapa, Funda Anapa, İskender Doğan, Melike Demirağ) | "İnsanız Biz" | Şanar Yurdatapan | Atilla Özdemiroğlu
|
Finalist |
4 | Aydın Tansel | "Hiç Şansım Yok" | Aydın Tansel | Aydın Tansel | Eliminated |
5 | Anadolu Majör (Nükhet Duru & Modern Folk Üçlüsü) | "Dostluğa Davet" | Ali Kocatepe | Ali Kocatepe | Finalist |
6 | Grup Karma (Galip Boransu, Özkan Uğur, Cengiz Teoman) | "İmkansız" | Dilek Ertek | Galip Boransu | Finalist |
7 | Rezzan Yücel | "Bu Gece" | Çiğdem Talu | Melih Kibar | Eliminated |
8 | Ayça Oktay & Elma Şekerleri (Tülin Çayıroğlu, Şebnem Çayıroğlu, Aslı Gelenbe, Taner Karataş) | "Küçük Kız" | Oktay Yurdatapan | Baha Boduroğlu | Eliminated |
9 | Nilüfer & Nazar
|
"Sevince" | Hulki Aktunç | Dağhan Baydur, Onno Tunç | Finalist |
10 | Nükhet Duru | "Anılar" | Mehmet Teoman | Cenk Taşkan | Eliminated |
11 | Ali Rıza Binboğa | "Baharım Sensin" | Ali Rıza Binboğa | Ali Rıza Binboğa | Eliminated |
12 | Cahit Oben | "Dosta Mektup" | Cahit Oben | Cahit Oben | Eliminated |
Final
The final took place on 9 February 1978 at the Orkut TV Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. The five entries that qualified from the preceding semi-final competed, and the winner was determined by an expert jury.[3] [4]
Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anadolu Majör | "Dostluğa Davet" | 16 | 3 |
2 | Nilüfer & Nazar
|
"Sevince" | 20 | 1 |
3 | Grup Karma | "İmkansız" | 12 | 4 |
4 | Grup Sekstet | "İnsanız Biz" | 19 | 2 |
5 | Serpil Barlas & 2. Baskı | "Yaşamana Bak" | 7 | 5 |
At Eurovision
Voting
|
|
References
- ^ "TURKISH SEMI-FINAL 1978".
- ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1978 Semi-Final".
- ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1978".
- ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1978 Final".
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.