Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	12 March 1999
Selected artist(s)	Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik
Selected song	"Dön Artık"
Selected songwriter(s)	Erdinç Tunç; Canan Tunç;
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 21 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Dön Artık", composed by Erdinç Tunç, with lyrics by Canan Tunç, and performed by Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

22. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 12 March 1999 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Ömer Önder and Gülşah Banda. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury. Only the top three songs were announced.^[1] ^[2]

Final – 12 March 1999
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Place
1	Sedat Yüce	"Bırak Beni"	Savaş Savaşan	Savaş Savaşan	—
2	Tuba Önal & Grup Mistik (Aysun Sökmen, Bike Baran, Gülden Özgediz, Tuncay Arığ, Uğur Erdoğan)	"Dön Artık"	Canan Tunç	Erdinç Tunç	1
3	Meltem Büyükuğurgör	"Vazgeçme"	Hakan Süersan	Hakan Süersan	—
4	Volkan Eröz	"Kolay Mı Bırakmak?"	Özgür Yedievli	Özgür Yedievli	—
5	Kaan Yalçın	"Neredesin?"	Emel Atilla	Can Atilla	3
6	Sibel Mirkelam	"Selam Sana Toprak Ana"	Figen Çakmak	Nino Varon	—
7	Birsen Tezer	"Haydi El Ele"	Semra Öztan	Semra Öztan	—
8	Neslihan Demirtaş	"Döne Döne"	Mehmet Kartalkanat	Mehmet Kartalkanat	—
9	Feryal Başel	"Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda"	İhsan Köseoğlu	İhsan Köseoğlu	2
10	Group M-B (Menent Savaş, Berk Özbek)	"Her Nefeste"	Günay Çoban	Mertol Şalt	—

At Eurovision

Önal performed his song 7th on the night of the contest, following Slovenia and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting it had received 21 points, placing 16th in a field of 23.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	France
4 points	Norway
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Turkey^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Croatia
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Israel
2 points	France
1 point	Ireland

References

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1999".
^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1999 Final".
^ "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1999".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1999 Final".

[3] "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[1999detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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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

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Countries	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Aistė Rui Bandeira Vanessa Chinitor Dino and Béatrice Doris Dragović Eden Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl Lydia Marlain Marlayne The Mullans Nayah Charlotte Nilsson Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik Precious Evelin Samuel and Camille Selma Bobbie Singer Sürpriz Darja Švajger Mietek Szcześniak Times Three Van Eijk
Songs	"All Out of Luck" "Believe 'n Peace" "Como tudo começou" "Diamond of Night" "Dön Artık" "For a Thousand Years" "Happy Birthday" "Je veux donner ma voix" "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" "Like the Wind" "Living My Life Without You" "Marija Magdalena" "No quiero escuchar" "One Good Reason" "Przytul mnie mocno" "Putnici" "Reflection" "Say It Again" "Strazdas" "Take Me to Your Heaven" "Tha'nai erotas" "This Time I Mean It" "When You Need Me"