Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The country was represented by Pınar Ayhan and her group Grup S.O.S. with the song “Yorgunum Anla” written by Pınar Ayhan herself together with Sühan Ayhan and Orkun Yazgan. The entry was chosen by a professional jury. Although the song was originally in Turkish, during the contest it was sung partially in English.

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection processNational Final (23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali)
Selection date(s)18 February 2000
Selected entrantPınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S.
Selected song"Yorgunum Anla"
Finals performance
Final result10th, 59 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1999 2000 2001►

Before Eurovision

23. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 18 February 2000 at the Ari TV Studios in Ankara, hosted by Yasemin Pamukçu and Ömer Önder. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.

Final – 18 February 2000
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place
1 Mirkelam & Sibel"Duy Beni" Selim Korkmaz
2 Pınar Ayhan & Grup S.O.S. "Yorgunum Anla" Pınar Ayhan, Sühan Ayhan, Orkun Yazgan 1
3 Işın Karaca"Bir Kırık Sevda" Günay Çoban, Aslıgül Ayas 2
4 Semra Sarpkaya"Aşkımız bir masal" Nurhan Gürdil, Tolga Gürdil
5 Feryal Başel"Son Defa" İhsan Köseoğlu
6 Semih Bayraktar"Bu Aşk Yasak Bana" Semih Bayraktar
7 Ayça Dönmez"Bak Rüzgarlara" Bahadır Şahin, Can Atilla
8 Feryal Başel"Sana" 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 night 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 (including maximum 12s from France and the Netherlands), placing Turkey 10th out of 24 competing countries. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.[1]

Points awarded by Turkey

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

Points awarded to Turkey

Points awarded to Turkey
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References

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