Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Turkey was represented by Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Brussels on 9 May 1987. Taner and her backing group won the rights to represent Turkey on the 21 February 1987.
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | 11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
Selection date(s) | 21 February 1987 | |||
Selected entrant | Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif | |||
Selected song | "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 22nd, 0 points | |||
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
11. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
The final took place on 21 February 1987 at the TRT Studios in Ankara, hosted by television presenter and Turkish commentator Bülend Özveren. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a sixteen-member jury.[1]
Other participants included past and future Turkish representative MFÖ (1985, 1988), Arzu Ece (1989, 1995), Kayahan (1990) and Nilüfer Yumlu (1978).
Final – 21 February 1987 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
1 | Seden Kutlubay, Vedat Sakman & Grup Piramit | "Hayat pencerenin dışında" | Nezih Topuzlu, Selmi Andak | 0 | 3 |
2 | Denk | "Paydos" | Bora Ebeoğlu, Melih Kibar | 2 | 2 |
3 | Arzu, Rüya, Fatih & Harun | "Keloğlan" | Özdemir Kaptan, Selçuk Başar | 0 | 3 |
4 | Kayahan, Nilüfer Yumlu, Emel-Erdal, Yeşim & Ayşe | "Güneşli bir resim çiz bana" | Kayahan Açar | 0 | 3 |
5 | Fatih Erkoç | "Dünya barışı için" | Fatih Erkoç | 0 | 3 |
6 | Aşkın Nur Yengi, Harun Kolçak & Grup Periyod | "Güzel şeyler söyle" | Aysel Gürel, Onno Tunç | 0 | 3 |
7 | Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan | "No problem" | Mazhar Alanson, Özkan Uğur | 0 | 3 |
8 | Ahmet Özhan | "Gülümse biraz" | Cansın Erol, Dr. Selahattin İçli | 0 | 3 |
9 | Arzu Ece & Cihan Okan | "Bir gün bize yetmez" | Zeynep Talu, Atilla Özdemiroğlu | 0 | 3 |
10 | Seyyal Taner & Grup Lokomotif | "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | 14 | 1 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest, Turkey performed 10th following Spain and preceding Greece. At the close of voting Turkey had received no points (or, as Eurovision fans refer to the phenomenon, nul points) placing Turkey last out of 22 entries. At the time this was the worst last placing for a country as it was the largest contest. This was also the third time Turkey came last in the contest and the second time they had received zero points. This is the final contest to date in which Turkey finished las6.
Points awarded by Turkey
12 points | ![]() |
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8 points | ![]() |
7 points | ![]() |
6 points | ![]() |
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3 points | ![]() |
2 points | ![]() |
1 point | ![]() |
References
External links
- (in French) Turkish National Final 1987