Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009


Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 by the song "Düm Tek Tek" performed by Hadise.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

TRT announced an open call for ideas for Turkey's representative for 2009. Instead of choosing the act solely through an internal process, the people of Turkey could submit their ideas about who should represent them in Moscow. After weeks of public input, it was revealed that either Hadise or Şebnem Ferah would be representing Turkey. TRT stated that it was considering Ferah as it thought her rock music would be better in the competition, but it also felt that Hadise was a likeable artist and would appeal to the European countries.
In late October it was announced that Hadise had been chosen by TRT to represent Turkey in the 2009 contest in Moscow. It has been revealed that she will have total control of the entry for the contest, choosing the lyricist, composer, arranger and language of the song. Hadise has revealed that she will be personally working on the lyrics, as well as possibly collaborating with songwriters in Belgium. She will be spending a lot of time flying between Belgium and Turkey as she prepares for Eurovision, as well as hosting the Belgian version of the talent show 'The X Factor'.
Hadise presented three songs to TRT, who then selected the final song, being "Düm Tek Tek". The selection was revealed live during a New Year's Eve special on TRT. As such, Turkey was one of the first countries in Eurovision to have had its song and performer selected, and only the second to do so before the end of 2008.

At Eurovision

Turkey competed in one of the two semi-finals after Mor ve Ötesi came 7th in the 2008 contest. In the semi-final 1 she performed 9th, following Switzerland and preceding Israel Turkey was ranked second, with 172 points and qualifying for the final. In the final, country performed 18th following Germany and preceding the Albania ended 4th with 177 points.

Split results

Semi-final 1

Final

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