Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980. The country was represented by Ajda Pekkan with the song “Pet'r Oil” written by Şanar Yurdatapan and composed by Atilla Özdemiroğlu.

Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: 4. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finalil
Selection date(s)	February 24, 1980
Selected entrant	Ajda Pekkan
Selected song	"Pet'r Oil"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 23 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

4. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 24 February 1980 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. All songs were performed by Ajda Pekkan and the winning song was determined by an expert jury in two rounds. In the first round, the lowest-scoring song was eliminated. In the second round, "Pet'r oil" was selected as the winning song.

First Round – 24 February 1980
Draw	Song (English translation)	Composer(s)	Points	Place
1	"Olsam" (If I am)	Serif Yüzbaşıoğlu, Adnan Yumuk	9	2
2	"Pet'r oil" (Petrol)	Şanar Yurdatapan, Atilla Özdemiroğlu	11	1
3	"Bir dünya ver bana" (Give me a world)	Cenk Taşkan, Fikret Şeneş	2	3

Second Round – 24 February 1980
Draw	Song	Points	Place
1	"Olsam"	10	2
2	"Pet'r oil"	12	1

Voting

Points awarded by Turkey

12 points	Netherlands
10 points	Germany
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Spain
6 points	Italy
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Portugal
3 points	France
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Luxembourg

Points Received by Turkey

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Morocco		Italy
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Austria

References