Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Iki Dakika, Eurovision entry
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Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "İki Dakika", composed by Şevket Uğurluer, with lyrics by Aysel Gürel, and performed by Can Uğurluer, İzel Çeliköz and Reyhan Karaca. The Turkish participating broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.
Turkey| Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) | |||
| Country | Turkey | |||
| Selection process | 15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
| Selection date | 9 March 1991 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "İki Dakika" | |||
| Artist | Can Uğurluer, İzel Çeliköz and Reyhan Karaca | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 44 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Before Eurovision
15. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) held the national final on 9 March 1991 at its studios in Ankara, hosted by Bülend Özveren. Fourteen songs competed and the winner was determined by the votes of eight regional juries.
| R/O | Artist | Song | Lyricist | Composer | Points | Place |
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| 1 | İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer | "İki Dakika" | Aysel Gürel | Şevket Uğurluer | 68 | 1 |
| 2 | Cenk Sökmen | "Öyle Bir Dünya" | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar | 26 | 10 |
| 3 | Şebnem Özsaran | "Yalnızlığım" | Müfit Bayraşa | Sadun Ersönmez | 37 | 6 |
| 4 | Grup 4x1 | "Hey Sen" | Serap Turgay | Özkan Turgay | 36 | 7 |
| 5 | Fatih Erkoç | "Üzüleceksin" | Kamil Özler | Kamil Özler | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Arzu Ece & Gür Akad | "Sessiz Geceler" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | 60 | 2 |
| 7 | Melis Sökmen & Ercüment Vural | "Son Defa" | Aysel Gürel | Uğur Başar | 51 | 5 |
| 8 | Rüya Ersavcı & Grup Turkish Delight | "Turkish Delight" | Hulki Aktunç | Dağhan Baydur | 54 | 3 |
| 9 | Sonat Bağcan | "Dün Gibi" | Bahadır Şahin | Can Atilla | 9 | 11 |
| 10 | Fatih Erkoç | "Gülbeyaz Sokağı" | Fatih Erkoç | Fatih Erkoç | 27 | 9 |
| 11 | Grup Festival | "Festival" | Aysel Gürel | Selçuk Başar | 54 | 3 |
| 12 | Cemil Sağyaşar | "Gel" | Cemil Sağyaşar | Cemil Sağyaşar | 8 | 12 |
| 13 | Cenk Sökmen | "Belki Bir Gün" | Bertan Öngören | Bertan Öngören | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Adnan Göyken | "Hamburger" | Adnan Göyken | Adnan Göyken | 28 | 8 |
| R/O | Song | Ankara |
Istanbul |
İzmir |
Antalya |
Mersin |
Diyarbakır |
Trabzon |
Erzurum |
Total |
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| 1 | "İki dakika" | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 68 |
| 2 | "Öyle bir dünya" | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | |
| 3 | "Yalnızlığım" | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 37 | |
| 4 | "Hey sen" | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 36 | ||
| 5 | "Üzüleceksin" | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | "Sessiz geceler" | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 60 |
| 7 | "Son defa" | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | "Turkish Delight" | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 54 | |
| 9 | "Dün gibi" | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | "Gülbeyaz sokağı" | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 27 | ||
| 11 | "Festival" | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 54 |
| 12 | "Gel" | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | "Belki bir gün" | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 14 | "Hamburger" | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest the trio performed 10th in the running order following France and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points placing Turkey 12th.[1] 7 participants had voted for İki Dakika. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.[2][3]
Voting
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