Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 explained

Year:1989
Country:Turkey
Preselection:13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Preselection Date:11 March 1989
Entrant:Pan
Song:Bana Bana
Final Result:21st, 5 points

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. The country was represented by a music group named Pan with the song "Bana Bana" written and composed by the Timur Selçuk.

Before Eurovision

13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

The final took place on 11 March 1989 at the Ari TV studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülent Özveren and Güler Kazmaci. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.[1] [2]

Final – 11 March 1989
DrawArtistSongLyricistComposerPointsPlace
1Grup Denk (Oya Küçümen, Bora Ebeoğlu, Cezmi Başeğmez, İsmail Soyberk, Cengiz Baltepe)"Aşk-ı Memnu"Bora EbeoğluTurhan Yükseler377
2Kayahan & 3. Nesil (Demet Sağıroğlu, İskender Paydaş, Cenk Eroğlu, Fergan Mirkelam, Hakan Kurşun)"Ve Melankoli"Kayahan AçarKayahan Açar632
3MFÖ"Adı Naim"Mazhar AlansonMFÖ315
4Sertab Altın & Klips (Gür Akad, Levent Yurtseven, Emre Tukur, Aydın Karabulut)"Hasret"Aysel GürelUğur Başar573
5Jale Bekar, Gür Akad, Seden Kutlubay"Bir Fantastik Aşk"Aysel GürelGaro Mafyan1811
6Hazal Selçuk"Bir Resimde Sen"Timur SelçukTimur Selçuk573
7Arzu Ece & Sibel Tüzün"Elifin Aldı Beni"Aysel GürelSelçuk Başar2210
8Grup RC (Rüya Ersavcı, Cem Bezeyiş, Özlem Eyüpoğlu, Feyyaz Kuruş, Okan Tolga Mertel)"Hep Sıfır"Cem BezeyişCem Bezeyiş495
9Emel Müftüoğlu & Erdal Çelik"Pardon"Ayşe Irmak ManioğluAslıgül Kırıcı426
10Fatih Erkoç"Bir Sevgi Ver Bana"Atilla ŞentinAtilla Şentin016
11Grup Pan (Arzu Ece, Hazal Selçuk, Sarper Semiz, Vedat Sakman)"Bana Bana"Timur SelçukTimur Selçuk711
12Grup RC (Rüya Ersavcı, Cem Bezeyiş, Özlem Eyüpoğlu, Feyyaz Kuruş, Okan Tolga Mertel)"Çaresi Yok Sensizliğin"Cem BezeyişCem Bezeyiş713
13Neco"Fora Fora"Ali KocatepeSelmi Andak1811
14Fatih Erkoç"Bir Nostalji Bu"Aysel GürelGaro Mafyan328
15Jeyan Erpi, Cihan Okan, Belma Sera"Hayır"Zeynep Talu Melih Kibar514
16Fatih Erkoç"Öyle Bakma"Onno Tunç309

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Pan performed 5th in the running order following the Netherlands preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting Bana Bana had received only 5 points, placing Turkey 21st among 22.[3] The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.[4]

Voting

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1989.
  2. Web site: Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1989 Final.
  3. Web site: Final of Lausanne 1989 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417084905/https://eurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989/final . 17 April 2021 . live.
  4. Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005,, pp.168-172
  5. Web site: Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417095756/https://eurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989/final/results/turkey . 17 April 2021 . live.