Sevince

"Sevince" (Turkish pronunciation: [seˈvindʒe]; "When I'm in love") was the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Turkish by Nilüfer & Grup Nazar. Nazar included Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz who went on to compose the Turkish entries in 1982 and 1987 and San Marino's entry in 2016.

"Sevince"
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 entry
Country
Artist(s)
With
Language
Composer(s)
Dağhan Baydur, Onno Tunç
Lyricist(s)
Hulki Aktunç
Conductor
Onno Tunç
Finals performance
Final result
18th
Final points
2
Entry chronology
◄ "Seninle Bir Dakika" (1975)
"Pet'r Oil" (1980) ►

The song is an up-tempo number about the power of love and the song talks about love and how it is good when we are loved by someone.

The song was performed twelfth on the night, following Netherlands' Harmony with "'t Is OK" and preceding Germany's Ireen Sheer with "Feuer". At the close of voting, it had received only 2 points, placing 18th in a field of 20 (equal to Finland).

In 1979, Turkey withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest because other Islamic countries had put pressure on the country to do so since the contest was held in Jerusalem, not recognized by them as the capital of Israel.

It was succeeded as Turkish representative at the 1980 contest by Ajda Pekkan with "Pet'r Oil".

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.