Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	18 February 2000
Selected artist(s)	Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S.
Selected song	"Yorgunum Anla"
Selected songwriter(s)	Sühan Ayhan; Pınar Ayhan; Orkun Yazgan;
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 59 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Yorgunum Anla", composed by Sühan Ayhan, with lyrics by Pınar Ayhan and Orkun Yazgan, and performed by Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final. Although the song was originally in Turkish, it was sung partially in English in Eurovision.

Before Eurovision

23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 18 February 2000 at the Ari television studios in Ankara, hosted by Yasemin Pamukçu and Ömer Önder. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^[1] ^[2]

Final – 18 February 2000
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Place
1	Sibel Mirkelam	"Duy Beni"	Selim Korkmaz	Selim Korkmaz	—
2	Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. (Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan, Selim Öncel)	"Yorgunum Anla"	Pınar Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan	Sühan Ayhan	1
3	Işın Karaca	"Bir Kırık Sevda"	Günay Çoban	Aslıgül Ayas	2
4	Semra Sarpkaya	"Aşkımız Bir Masal"	Müge Baysal	Tolga Gürdil	—
5	Feryal Başel	"Son Defa"	İhsan Köseoğlu	İhsan Köseoğlu	—
6	Semih Bayraktar	"Bu Aşk Yasak Bana"	Semih Bayraktar	Semih Bayraktar	—
7	Ayça Dönmez	"Bak Rüzgarlara"	Bahadır Şahin	Can Atilla	—
8	Feryal Başel	"Sana"	Ebru Ekşi Köseoğlu	İhsan Köseoğlu	—
9	Semih Bayraktar & Grup Avrasya	"Aşık Oldum"	Devrim Aydın	Umut Erdoğan	—
10	Zeliha Sunal	"Yarım Kalan Senfoni"	Müge Baysal	Tolga Gürdil	—

At Eurovision

On the evening of the contest Pınar Ayhan and Grup S.O.S. performed 22nd in the running order following Latvia and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting "Yorgunum Anla" had received 59 points, placing Turkey 10th out of 24 competing countries.^[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	France Netherlands
10 points	Germany
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Austria Macedonia Switzerland
4 points	Finland
3 points	Belgium
2 points
1 point	Denmark Norway Sweden

Points awarded by Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Sweden
10 points	Norway
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Ireland
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Malta
4 points	Austria
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Estonia
1 point	Denmark

References

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2000".
^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2000 Final".
^ "Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.242-244
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 2000".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 2000 Final".

[3] "Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[4] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.242-244

[2000detailed-5] "Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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Note: Entries scored out signify where Turkey did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
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