Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Turkey in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Turkey in the; Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
Selection process	Internal selection
Announcement date	Artist: 12 January 2010; Song: 3 March 2010
Competing entry
Song	"We Could Be the Same"
Artist	Manga
Songwriters	Evren Ozdemir; Fiona Movery Akıncı; Yağmur Sarıgül; Ferman Akgül; Özgür Can Öney; Efe Yılmaz; Cem Bahtiyar;
Placement
Semi-final result	Qualified (1st, 118 points)
Final result	2nd, 170 points
Participation chronology

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "We Could Be the Same", written by Evren Ozdemir, Fiona Movery Akıncı, and the band Manga, and performed by Manga themselves. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), internally selected its entry for the contest.^[1]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Following Hadise's fourth place in 2009 with the song "Düm Tek Tek", several artists were rumoured in Turkish media as potential Turkish representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, including singers Murat Boz, Tarkan and Ziynet Sali.^[2]^[3]^[4] Tarkan was tipped as the favourite to represent Turkey with agreements being confirmed, however this was later denied by both TRT and the artist's management.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Nazan Öncel was rumoured to be writing the Turkish Eurovision 2010 entry, however Öncel denied any contact with the broadcaster but mentioned an interest in writing a Eurovision entry for Turkey.^[9]^[10] On 22 September 2009, it was revealed that Ajda Pekkan (who represented Turkey in 1980) had been approached by TRT but declined the offer as she did not want to interfere with younger artists.^[11] Five artists were later reported by the media as candidates: Deniz Arcak, Hadise, Manga, Şebnem Ferah, and Sibel Tüzün (who represented Turkey in 2006), with Manga being the favourite after winning the "Best Turkish Act" and "Best European Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009.^[12]^[13]^[14] The band later stated that they were yet to be approached by TRT but would accept the offer should they receive one.^[15]^[16]

On 7 December 2009, TRT opened the suggestions for the public to nominate potential artists for consideration until 11 December 2009.^[17] Three artists were shortlisted following public input: Emre Aydın, Manga and Şebnem Ferah and were therefore approached by TRT.^[18] On 2 January 2010, Ferah declined the offer stating that Eurovision was no longer a musical contest.^[19] On 7 January 2010, TRT announced that they had reached a preliminary agreement with Manga to represent Turkey in Eurovision following the refusal of Aydın.^[20]^[21] Manga was confirmed as the Turkish representative on 12 January.^[22]^[23] Three songs, all written in English, were submitted by the band to the broadcaster in February 2010 and a ten-member selection committee selected "We Could Be the Same" as the song they would perform at the contest.^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]

On 3 March 2010, "We Could Be the Same" was presented to the public during a press conference that took place at the TRT Tepebaşı Studios in Istanbul, broadcast on TRT 1 as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trt.net.tr. In addition to the presentation of the song, the band performed a mini concert during the press conference.^[28]^[29] The song was written by Evren Ozdemir, Fiona Movery Akıncı, as well as Manga themselves.

At Eurovision

Turkey competed in the second semi-final of the contest on 27 May, performing in the 17th slot, and qualified for the final. Turkey came 1st with 118 points: the public awarded Turkey 2nd place with 119 points and the jury awarded also 2nd place with 93 points.^[30]^[31] In the Final on 29 May, Manga came 2nd with 170 points. They performed in the 14th slot.^[32] The public awarded Turkey 2nd place with 177 points and the jury awarded 8th place with 119 points.^[31]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey

Points awarded to Turkey (Semi-final 2)^[33]
Score	Country
12 points	Azerbaijan Bulgaria
10 points	Denmark Sweden Ukraine
8 points	Croatia Ireland Lithuania Switzerland United Kingdom
7 points	Netherlands Romania
6 points	Georgia
5 points
4 points
3 points	Slovenia
2 points
1 point	Norway

Points awarded to Turkey (Final)^[34]
Score	Country
12 points	Azerbaijan Croatia France
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Germany Macedonia United Kingdom
8 points	Albania Netherlands Romania Ukraine
7 points
6 points	Belgium Denmark Estonia
5 points	Georgia Sweden
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Belarus Finland Serbia Spain Switzerland
2 points	Norway Slovenia
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Turkey

Points awarded by Turkey (Semi-final 2)^[33]
Score	Country
12 points	Azerbaijan
10 points	Georgia
8 points	Romania
7 points	Bulgaria
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Armenia
3 points	Ukraine
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Turkey (Final)^[34]
Score	Country
12 points	Azerbaijan
10 points	Germany
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Albania
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Georgia
4 points	Russia
3 points	Greece
2 points	Romania
1 point	Ukraine

Detailed voting results

Televoting results from Turkey (Semi-Final 2)^[35]
Draw	Country	Votes	Rank	Points
01	Lithuania	376	12
02	Armenia	3,071	3	8
03	Israel	403	9	2
04	Denmark	434	8	3
05	Switzerland	148	16
06	Sweden	483	7	4
07	Azerbaijan	13,352	1	12
08	Ukraine	829	5	6
09	Netherlands	389	10	1
10	Romania	1,040	4	7
11	Slovenia	167	15
12	Ireland	293	13
13	Bulgaria	560	6	5
14	Cyprus	384	11
15	Croatia	272	14
16	Georgia	3,422	2	10
17	Turkey

Detailed voting results from Turkey (Final)^[35]^[36]
Draw	Country	Results					Points
		Jury	Televoting			Combined
		Jury	Votes	Rank	Points	Combined
01	Azerbaijan	12	58,474	1	12	24	12
02	Spain		2,122	14
03	Norway	1	594	22		1
04	Moldova	5	2,455	11		5
05	Cyprus		900	20
06	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	4,627	6	5	13	8
07	Belgium		1,794	15
08	Serbia		1,219	18
09	Belarus		756	21
10	Ireland		2,455	11
11	Greece		4,716	5	6	6	3
12	United Kingdom		521	23
13	Georgia	2	6,393	4	7	9	5
14	Turkey
15	Albania	10	2,779	10	1	11	7
16	Iceland		1,377	17
17	Ukraine	4	3,377	9	2	6	1
18	France		4,225	7	4	4
19	Romania	3	3,882	8	3	6	2
20	Russia	7	2,218	13		7	4
21	Armenia		11,154	2	10	10	6
22	Germany	6	10,787	3	8	14	10
23	Portugal		266	24
24	Israel		1,111	19
25	Denmark		1,731	16

References

^ TRT Karar Veriyor (in Turkish)
^ Avci, Özlem (19 August 2009). "Ve Tarkan Eurovision'da". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ Anadioti, Eva (21 November 2009). "Murat or Tarkan for Oslo?". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
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^ Siim, Jarmo (7 September 2009). "Nazan Öncel to write Turkish entry?". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
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[1] TRT Karar Veriyor (in Turkish)

[2] Avci, Özlem (19 August 2009). "Ve Tarkan Eurovision'da". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[3] Anadioti, Eva (21 November 2009). "Murat or Tarkan for Oslo?". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[4] "Ziynet Sali interested for Eurovision 2010". Oikotimes. 14 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[5] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (19 August 2009). "Tarkan to represent Turkey at Eurovision 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[6] Siim, Jarmo (20 August 2009). "TRT: Tarkan not to represent Turkey in Oslo". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[7] Costa, Nelson (21 August 2009). "Tarkan's manager denies Eurovision participation". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[8] "TRT also denies Tarkan's participation". Oikotimes. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[9] Siim, Jarmo (7 September 2009). "Nazan Öncel to write Turkish entry?". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[10] Coroneri, Alenka (6 September 2009). "Nazan Öncel wants to bid for Eurovision 2010". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[11] "Ajda Pekkan (1980) refused TRT proposal for Eurovision 2010". Oikotimes. 22 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[12] Coroneri, Alenka (29 September 2009). "Local press claims 3 names, TRT still denies". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[13] Al Kaziri, Ghassan (8 November 2009). "Manga, a strong candidate for Oslo?". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[14] "Eurovision'un favorisi maNga". Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[15] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (8 November 2009). "Manga would represent Turkey". ESCToday. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[16] Coroneri, Alenka (19 November 2009). "There is no Eurovision proposal, says Manga band". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[17] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (7 December 2009). "Turkey: TRT launch email poll to choose Eurovision representative". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[18] Hakan, Yalcinkaya (12 January 2010). "Turkey: Three artists in the running for Oslo". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[19] Hondal, Victor (2 January 2010). "Sebnem Ferah rejects Eurovision proposal". Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[20] Siim, Jarmo (7 January 2010). "Turkish megaband maNga to Eurovision?". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[21] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (7 January 2010). "TRT and Manga reach preliminary agreement". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[22] Victor, Hondal (12 January 2010). "maNga to represent Turkey in Oslo". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[23] Siim, Jarmo (12 January 2010). "It's official: maNga for Turkey!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 January 2010.

[24] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (17 January 2010). "MaNga will choose the possible songs next week". ESCToday. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[25] Siim, Jarmo (18 January 2010). "maNga: We'll do our best for Turkey!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[26] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (13 January 2010). "MaNga's song will be in English". ESCToday. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[27] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (11 February 2010). "TRT will select Turkish song tomorrow". ESCToday. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[28] Yalcinkaya, Hakan (23 February 2010). "Turkish song launched on March 3rd". ESCToday. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[29] Siim, Jarmo (23 February 2010). "maNga introduces Turkish song on 3rd of March". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[30] "Second Semi-Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[splitresults-31] Bakker, Sietse (28 June 2010). "EBU reveals split voting outcome, surprising results". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[32] "Grand Final of Oslo 2010". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[2010semi2-33] "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Oslo 2010". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[2010final-34] "Results of the Grand Final of Oslo 2010". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[:0-35] Uluçay, Serkan (5 June 2010). "Turkish jury and televoting details are revealed". EuroVisionary. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[36] urovisiontimes (4 June 2010). "Some jury votes revealed!". The Eurovision Times. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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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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