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Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Participating broadcasterTürkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)14 February 1981
Selected artist(s)Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül
Selected song"Dönme Dolap"
Selected songwriter(s)Ali Kocatepe
Finals performance
Final result18th, 9 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Dönme Dolap", written by Ali Kocatepe, and performed by the Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

5. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 14 February 1981 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Six songs competed and the winner was determined by a jury consisting of members of the public.

Final – 14 February 1981
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Points Place
1 Kayahan "Dostluk" Leyla Seber Aydın Esen — 6
2 İbo & Grup Vize (Rüya Ersavcı, Hülya Çetiner, Esra Çetiner, Gülden Caner, Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz) "Nerede O Eski Tangolar?" Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz — 5
3 Ayşegül Aldinç & Modern Folk Üçlüsü "İstanbul İstanbul" Ülkü Aker Cenk Taşkan — 3
4 Coşkun Demir "Miras" Ali Kocatepe Ali Kocatepe — 4
5 Füsun Önal "Bigudi" Ayşe Irmak Manioğlu Selçuk Başar 60 2
6 Ayşegül Aldinç & Modern Folk Üçlüsü "Dönme Dolap" Ali Kocatepe Ali Kocatepe 87 1

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Ayşegül Aldinç and Modern Folk Üçlüsü performed second in the running order following Austria and preceding Germany. At the close of the voting the song received 9 points, thus Dönme Dolap shared 18th place with Portugal. Turkish jury awarded 12 points to Germany.

Members of the Turkish jury included Süheyla Aldoğan, Hidayet Yarken, Hatice Akbaş, Lüftiye Duman, Nebiye Yazıcı, Nesrin Demirel, Sami Ersoy, Mehmet Kuteş, Mustafa Ekinci, Cengiz Doğan, and Ali Arslan.

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points  Finland
4 points
3 points  Yugoslavia
2 points
1 point  Luxembourg
Points awarded by Turkey
Score Country
12 points  Germany
10 points  Spain
8 points  United Kingdom
7 points  Belgium
6 points  Austria
5 points  Netherlands
4 points  Yugoslavia
3 points  Ireland
2 points   Switzerland
1 point  Denmark

References

  1. "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1981".
  2. "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1981 Final".
  3. "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, p.83-84
  5. Yarışmacı ülkeler ve halk jürisi, Milliyet, 4 April 1981
  6. ^ "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation
Artists
Songs
  • "Bana Bana"
  • "Beşinci Mevsim"
  • "Deli"
  • "Didai Didai Dai"
  • "Dinle"
  • "Dön Artık"
  • "Dönme Dolap"
  • "Düm Tek Tek"
  • "Esmer Yarim"
  • "Everyway That I Can"
  • "For Real"
  • "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"
  • "Halay"
  • "Halley"
  • "Hani?"
  • "İki Dakika"
  • "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"
  • "Live It Up"
  • "Love Me Back"
  • "Opera"
  • "Pet'r Oil"
  • "Rimi Rimi Ley"
  • "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne"
  • "Seninle Bir Dakika"
  • "Sev"
  • "Sevgiliye Son"
  • "Sevince"
  • "Seviyorum"
  • "Shake It Up Şekerim"
  • "Sufi"
  • "Süper Star"
  • "Unutamazsın"
  • "We Could Be the Same"
  • "Yaz Bitti"
  • "Yorgunum Anla"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete.
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "Aldri i livet"
  • "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"
  • "Dönme Dolap"
  • "Fångad i en dröm"
  • "Feggari kalokerino"
  • "Halayla"
  • "Het is een wonder"
  • "Horoscopes"
  • "Humanahum"
  • "Io senza te"
  • "Johnny Blue"
  • "Krøller eller ej"
  • "Lejla"
  • "Making Your Mind Up"
  • "Monika"
  • "Playback"
  • "Reggae OK"
  • "Samson"
  • "Wenn du da bist"
  • "Y sólo tú"
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