Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Kenan Doğulu
Selected song	"Shake It Up Şekerim"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (3rd, 198 points)
Final result	4th, 163 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Kenan Doğulu at Helsinki (2007)

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Kenan Doğulu. Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) chose him in December 2006, as the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, which took place in Helsinki in May 2007.

Doğulu submitted three songs to TRT as promised. The members of the selection committee, together with the singer and composer Doğulu decided for "Shake It Up Şekerim", a cheerful uptempo song. Doğulu said that he made several songs, including 7-8 which he loved a lot: "It was very difficult to shorten the list to three songs. We have chosen a cheerful up-tempo song. May it bring us luck".

After some changes to the song, it was made public on the March 9, 2007. Doğulu toured several countries in order to drum up support for his Eurovision entry including some countries who are known for not voting for Turkey that often. These countries include Russia, Cyprus, Estonia and some others.

The song finished in 4th position in the contest, scoring 163 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey

Points awarded by Turkey

Semi final 12 points  Bulgaria 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Moldova 7 points  Malta 6 points  Macedonia 5 points  Belarus 4 points  Albania 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Andorra 1 point  Hungary

Final 12 points  Armenia 10 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 points  Russia 7 points  Moldova 6 points  Bulgaria 5 points  Georgia 4 points  Greece 3 points  Ukraine 2 points  Romania 1 point  Macedonia

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1975 1976 to 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to 2017
Artists 1970s 1970 to 1974 Semiha Yankı 1976 to 1977 Nilüfer and Nazar Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron 1980s Ajda Pekkan Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Neco Çetin Alp and The Short Waves Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra MFÖ Klips ve Onlar Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif MFÖ Pan 1990s Kayahan İzel, Reyhan and Can Aylin Vatankoş Burak Aydos 1994 Arzu Ece Şebnem Paker Şebnem Paker and Etnik Tüzmen Tuba Önal 2000s Pınar Ayhan and The SOS Sedat Yüce Buket Bengisu and Safir Sertab Erener Athena Gülseren Sibel Tüzün Kenan Doğulu Mor ve Ötesi Hadise 2010s maNga Yüksek Sadakat Can Bonomo 2013 to 2017
Songs 1970s 1970 to 1974 "Seninle Bir Dakika" 1976 to 1977 "Sevince" Seviyorum 1980s "Petrol" "Dönme Dolap" "Hani?" "Opera" "Halay" "Diday diday day" "Halley" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sufi" "Bana Bana" 1990s "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "İki Dakika" "Yaz Bitti" "Esmer Yarim" 1994 "Sev" "Beşinci Mevsim" "Dinle" "Unutamazsın" "Dön Artık" 2000s "Yorgunum Anla" "Sevgiliye Son" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Everyway That I Can" "For Real" "Rimi Rimi Ley" "Süperstar" "Shake It Up Şekerim" "Deli" "Düm Tek Tek" 2010s "We Could Be the Same" "Live It Up" "Love Me Back" 2013 to 2017
(Note: Entries scored out are when Turkey did not compete)