Azerbaijan had the privilege to win our beloved contest for the first time the Eurovision history. The romantic duet by Nigar Jamal and Eldar Qasimov titled ‘Running Scared’ is however quite debatable. Azerbaijan won the contest with 221 points among 43 countries. Read more
In 2008 popular rock band Mor ve Ötesi represented Turkey with the song ‘Deli’ (Crazy). The boys earned a respectable 7th place with a total of 138 points. This was one of the good results for Turkey. Read more
Canadian Natasha St-Pier was one of the top favourites to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001. She finished 4th, but still today, nearly 20 years later, many fans love her entry. Read more
Former Eurovision winner Sertab Erener released her new album “Ben Yaşarım” last night. In an hour long broadcast, she talked about the album, and played one of the songs from it. The album, all in Turkish, contains 14 songs, of which one is written by another former participant Can Bonomo. Read more
Re-living her Eurovision victory, Turkish 2003 winner express her desire to see the country back at the Eurovision Song Contest. For her, it’s the perfect opportunity to share and promote the local culture. Turkey withdrew after the 2012 contest. Read more
Samira Efendi, a.k.a. Efendi, was supposed to fly the flag of the land of fire this year if Eurovision had not been cancelled due to COVID-19. Today, we are discussing her entry Cleopatra for what would have been Rotterdam 2020. Read more
Alicja Szemplińska would have represented her country at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The song “Empires” is a ballad of the kind which some loves and others unfortunately are able to remember. Read more
Yesterday saw the 45th anniversary of Turkey’s debut at the Eurovision Song Contest. A group of OGAE Turkey members celebrated it by singing their country’s debut song “Seninle Bir Dakika” from their homes. Read more
Young Samira Efendi has been internally selected to compete for Azerbaijan on the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in May. Azerbaijani broadcaster Ictimai TV presented her today. Read more
Tonight, we saw the last elimination in Ukraine ahead of next week’s final. At the end of the show, Tvorchi, Khayat and David Axelrod joined Krutь, Jerry Heil and Go-A in the grand final line up. Read more
The excitement was back tonight in Göteborg for the second heat of Sweden’s national Melodifestivalen 2020 selection. With two direct qualifiers and two heading to the second chance, these four are still in the running to represent the country at Eurovision in Rotterdam, the Netherlands Read more
Turkish fans have been so frustrated by TRT and the government for being silent on Turkey’s Eurovision participation, so much so that questions have been raised in the Turkish Parliament, Read more
Tonight’s Söngvakeppnin final gave victory to Hatari. This came after a close selection where it was hard to predict the result and thus who would be off to Tel Aviv, Israel in May. Read more
Slovenia has chosen Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl as their 25th representatives at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. From ten contenders, they were crowned the winner of EMA and given the honor of representing Slovenia in Tel Aviv this May. Read more
Finally, a musical marathon of four days has come to an end in Italy San Remo with all its glitter, nostalgia and humor. As a result of this marathon, Mahmood earned the coveted trophy and the honorable right to represent Italy in Tel Aviv with his song Soldi. He will also represent his country at… Read more
Turkish fans are all geared up by the fact that their very own Serhat once again will appear on the Eurovision stage for San Marino. In the absense of Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest, he is their hope this year. Read more
The first ever Turkish representative, from the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, has finally released a new single. The song is arranged by another former participant, Ahmet Koc who took part in 1997. Read more
They have been out of the game since Can Bonomo’s highly appreciated entry “Love Me Back” from 2012. He left the Turkish fans proud with a respectable 7th place. Unfortunately Turkey has not participated since then, but the fans are still there. Read more