Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Turkey entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Yaz Bitti" by Aylin Vatankoş after it won the Turkish national final. The song was composed by Aldoğan Şimşekyay and Aylin Uçanlar.

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Country Turkey
National selection
Selection process16. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)21 March 1992
Selected entrantAylin Vatankoş
Selected song"Yaz Bitti"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Aldoğan Şimşekyay
  • Aylin Uçanlar
Finals performance
Final result19th, 17 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision edit

16. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali edit

The Turkish broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), held a national final to select the Turkish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden.

The final took place on 21 March 1992 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by Nevin Agiç and Bülend Özveren. Thirteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.[1] [2]

Final – 21 March 1992
Draw Artist Song Lyricist Composer Points Place
1 Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural "Dön Geri" Nurhan Gürdil Tolga Gürdil 62 3
2 Candan Erçetin & Sinan Erkoç "Ben Seni İsterim" Metin Özülkü Mehmet Sezer 26 8
3 Ayşe Gencer "Şimdi Nerdesin?" Kamil Özler Kamil Özler 0 13
4 Savaş Bağcan, Sonat Bağcan & Seda Bağcan "Sen misin?" Savaş Bağcan Savaş Bağcan 7 12
5 Aylin Vatankoş "Yaz Bitti" Aylin Uçanlar Aldoğan Şimşekyay 81 1
6 Grup Piramit (Özlem Eyüboğlu, Arzu Kopuz, Ayhan Uyanık, Okan Tolga Mertel, Cem Bezeyiş) "Yüzde Yüz" Cem Bezeyiş Cem Bezeyiş 25 9
7 Grup Bis (Aslı Omağ, Tuğrul Arsever) "Son Defa" Zeynep Talu Figen Çakmak 28 7
8 Deniz Şafak Yaprak "İnanmam ki" Semra Öztan Semra Öztan 59 4
9 Şebnem Özsaran "Nerdesin?" Müfit Bayraşa Müfit Bayraşa 35 6
10 Grup 13.30 (Levent Candaş, Yeşim Vatan, Toygarhan Atuner, Aylin Candaş, Volkan Başaran, Sim Şafak) "Dans Et" Meltem Taşkıran Turhan Yükseler 69 2
11 Sinan Erkoç "Bu Gece" Ebru Uzel Mine Mucur 21 10
12 İbo "Ölüm" Karacaoğlan Mehmet Talat Kurter 13 11
13 Cihan Okan "Çağırsam Gelir misin?" Meltem Bal Aslıgül Ayas 38 5
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song Ankara Istanbul İzmir Antalya Mersin Diyarbakır Trabzon Erzurum Total
1 "Dön Geri" 7 7 1 8 12 8 7 12 62
2 "Ben Seni İsterim" 3 1 2 4 2 7 2 5 26
3 "Şimdi Nerdesin?" 0
4 "Sen misin?" 2 5 7
5 "Yaz Bitti" 12 8 12 12 5 10 12 10 81
6 "Yüzde Yüz" 1 2 3 2 3 6 1 7 25
7 "Son Defa" 8 8 6 1 5 28
8 "İnanmam ki" 6 12 7 7 10 3 8 6 59
9 "Nerdesin?" 5 10 5 3 7 4 1 35
10 "Dans Et" 10 5 6 10 8 12 10 8 69
11 "Bu Gece" 4 4 5 4 1 3 21
12 "Ölüm" 6 2 3 2 13
13 "Çağırsam Gelir misin?" 4 3 10 1 6 4 6 4 38

At Eurovision edit

Vatankoş performed 4th on the night of the contest, following Israel and preceding Greece. "Yaz Bitti" came 19th in the contest with 17 points.[3]

Voting edit

References edit

  1. ^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1992".
  2. ^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1992 Final".
  3. ^ "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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