Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Participating broadcaster	Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	9. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	1 March 1985
Selected artist(s)	MFÖ
Selected song	"Didai didai dai"
Selected songwriter(s)	Mazhar Alanson; Fuat Güner; Özkan Uğur;
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 36 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Didai didai dai", written by Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, and Özkan Uğur, and performed by themselves under their stage name MFÖ. The Turkish participating broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

9. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali

Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) held the national final on 1 March 1985 at the Istanbul Atatürk Kültür Merkezi in Istanbul, hosted by Başak Doğru and Orhan Boran. Nine songs competed and the winner was determined by an expert jury.^[1] ^[2]

Final – 1 March 1985
Draw	Artist	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Place
1	Neco & Nükhet Duru	"Bir Sevgi Yeter"	Ayşe Irmak Manioğlu	Selmi Andak	—
2	MFÖ	"Aşık Oldum"	Mazhar Alanson	Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Uğur	1
3	Neco & Nükhet Duru	"Boşver"	Nükhet Duru	Uğur Başar	—
4	Pınar Seyhun	"Bakışlar"	Pınar Seyhun, Tamer Aykaç	Coşkun Ömer Göksel	—
5	Sezen Aksu & Özdemir Erdoğan	"Küçük Bir Aşk Masalı"	Sezen Aksu, Hıncal Uluç	Ali Kocatepe	—
6	Feza Tok	"Özlem"	Beyza Tok	Beyza Tok	—
7	Neco & Nükhet Duru	"Sev"	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	2
8	Nil Burak	"Güneş Bir Kere Doğdu"	Aysel Gürel	Selmi Andak	3
9	Neco & Nükhet Duru	"Yıllardan Sonra"	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz	—

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Mahzar Fuat Özkan performed 7th in the running order following France and preceding Belgium. The name of the trio was announced as MFÖ (abbreviated for Mahzar Fuat Özkan) and the name of the song as "Didai didai dai". The song was also arranged for the big orchestra by Garo Mafyan. At the close of the voting Didai Didai Dai had received 36 points placing Turkey 14th.^[3] 8 participants had voted for Didai Didai Dai. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Spain.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Switzerland
10 points
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Ireland
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Spain
2 points	Finland Germany
1 point	Belgium Norway

Points awarded by Turkey^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Spain
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Italy
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Finland
2 points	Portugal
1 point	France

References

^ "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1985".
^ "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1985 Final".
^ "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.131-134
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1] "TURKISH NATIONAL FINAL 1985".

[2] "Turkey: Şarkı Yarışması 1985 Final".

[3] "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[4] Michael Kuyucu: Türkiye'nin Serüveni Eurovision, İstanbul, 2005, ISBN 975-8823-93-0, pp.131-134

[1985detailed-5] "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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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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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Adelaide Al Bano and Romina Power Roger Bens Takis Biniaris Bobbysocks! Maria Christian Izhar Cohen Kikki Danielsson Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini Hot Eyes Linda Lepomme Sonja Lumme Gary Lux Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts MFÖ Paloma San Basilio Vikki Lia Vissi Wind
Songs	"Bra vibrationer" "Children, Kinder, Enfants" "Didai didai dai" "Eläköön elämä" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "La fiesta terminó" "Für alle" "Kinder dieser Welt" "La det swinge" "Laat me nu gaan" "Love Is..." "Magic Oh Magic" "Miazoume" "Olé, Olé" "Penso em ti, eu sei" "Piano, piano" "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" "To katalava arga" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"