Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by the song "Düm Tek Tek" performed by Hadise.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: October 2008
Song: 1 January 2009
Selected entrantHadise
Selected song"Düm Tek Tek"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (2nd, 172 points)
Final result4th, 177 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

TRT announced an open call for ideas for Turkey's representative for 2009. Instead of choosing the act solely through an internal process, the people of Turkey could submit their ideas about who should represent them in Moscow.[1] After weeks of public input, it was revealed that either Hadise or Şebnem Ferah would be representing Turkey. TRT stated that it was considering Ferah as it thought her rock music would be better in the competition, but it also felt that Hadise was a likeable artist and would appeal to the European countries.[2]

In late October it was announced that Hadise had been chosen by TRT to represent Turkey in the 2009 contest in Moscow.[3][4][5] It has been revealed that she will have total control of the entry for the contest, choosing the lyricist, composer, arranger and language of the song.[6] Hadise has revealed that she will be personally working on the lyrics, as well as possibly collaborating with songwriters in Belgium. She will be spending a lot of time flying between Belgium and Turkey as she prepares for Eurovision, as well as hosting the Belgian version of the talent show 'The X Factor'.[7]

Hadise presented three songs to TRT, who then selected the final song, being "Düm Tek Tek".[8] The selection was revealed live during a New Year's Eve special on TRT.[9] As such, Turkey was one of the first countries in Eurovision to have had its song and performer selected, and only the second to do so before the end of 2008 (after Albania).

At Eurovision

Turkey competed in one of the two semi-finals after Mor ve Ötesi came 7th in the 2008 contest. In the semi-final 1 she performed 9th, following Switzerland and preceding Israel Turkey was ranked second, with 172 points and qualifying for the final. In the final, country performed 18th following Germany and preceding the Albania ended 4th with 177 points.

Split results
  • In the Final Turkey came 4th with 177 points: the public awarded Turkey 3rd place with 203 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 114 points.

Points awarded by Turkey[10]
Split voting results from Turkey (final)
Draw Country Jury points Televoting points Scoreboard (Points)
01  Lithuania
02  Israel
03  France
04  Sweden 3
05  Croatia 2
06  Portugal
07  Iceland 5 2
08  Greece 1
09  Armenia 10 6
10  Russia 8 4
11  Azerbaijan 12 12 12
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 8 8
13  Moldova 6 6 7
14  Malta
15  Estonia
16  Denmark
17  Germany 5 1
18  Turkey
19  Albania 10 4 10
20  Norway 7 3
21  Ukraine 1 2
22  Romania 7 3 5
23  United Kingdom
24  Finland
25  Spain
Points awarded to Turkey (Semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Turkey (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Yalcinkaya, Hakan (18 September 2008). "Turkey: TRT calls for ideas for the next Eurovision entrant". ESCToday. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  2. Yalcinkaya, Hakan (18 October 2008). "Turkey: TRT closer to a decision". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  3. Yalcinkaya, Haka (22 October 2008). "Hadise for Turkey 2009". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  4. Fisher, Luke (22 October 2008). "Hadise to sing in Moscow!". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  5. "Hadise to Moscow 2009". Eurovision-Turkey. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  6. Yalcinkaya, Hakan (24 October 2008). "Turkey: Hadise entirely in charge of Eurovision entry". ESCToday. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  7. Viniker, Barry (24 November 2008). "Hadise to use Belgian songwriters?". ESCToday. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  8. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12646
  9. Yalcinkaya, Hakan (16 December 2008). "Turkey: Eurovision entry launches on 31 December". ESCToday. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  10. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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