Northern Cyprus in the Turkvision Song Contest
| Northern Cyprus | |
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| Member station | GENC Television |
| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 2 |
| First appearance | 2013 |
| Best result | 9th: 2015 |
| Worst result | 10th: 2013 |
Northern Cyprus is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.[1]
History
2013
Northern Cyprus made their debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] Auditions for the national selection took place on 13 November 2013 in Nicosia it was announced the final would be held on 20 November 2013.[2]
A total of 10 singers took part in the selection process, the winner was decided by televote and jury vote:
| Running Order | Artist | Song | Result | Points[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grup Frekans | 2 | 59 | |
| 2 | Burcin Yontucu | 9 | 46 | |
| 3 | Bahar Gokhan | 7 | 50 | |
| 4 | Halil Sakhin | 4 | 53 | |
| 5 | Galusan Gazanfer | 10 | 43 | |
| 6 | Grup Gommalar | Ayrıntılar | 1 | 59 & 12.71% of televote |
| 7 | Kemal’ Okta | Gül senin | 3 | 54 |
| 8 | Olga Matiuc | 4 | 53 | |
| 9 | Pembe Duzova | 4 | 53 | |
| 10 | Simge Barut | 8 | 49 |
In Eskişehir, Northern Cyprus performed 16th in the semi final and qualified for the final. In the final the duet performed 10th and finished 10th with a total of 175 points.
2014
On 20 July 2014 it was announced that Northern Cyprus would make their second appearance at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan in November 2014.[4] It was announced on 19 September, that Northern Cyprus would hold their selection final on 19 October 2014.[5] A total of four singers were selected to participate in the final, the result of the final were as follows:
| Artist | Title | English translation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fikri Can Kayıkçı | Ağlarsan Düşerim | If I fall you cry | |
| Güler Soybir & İlhan Alihan | |||
| İpek Amber | Sessiz Gidiş | Silent Leaving | 1 |
| Simge Barut |
The country of Northern Cyprus had initially selected İpek Amber to represent them at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014, with the song "Sessiz gidiş" (Silent leaving).[6] But it was later announced that it was highly likely they would have to withdraw due to political technicalities. The singer was to enter Tatarstan using a Northern Cypriot passport. However, due to the Cyprus dispute, the International recognition of Northern Cyprus as a self-declared state is not recognised by Russia, thus denying entry into Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia.[7]
Contestants
- Table key
| Year | Artist | Title | Language | Final | Points | Semi-final | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Gommalar[3] | "Havalaniyor"[3] | Turkish | 10 | 175 | Qualified | - |
| 2014 | Did not participate | ||||||
| 2015 | İpek Amber[8] | "Sessiz Gidiş" | Turkish | 9 | 154 | No semi-final | |
| 2016 | |||||||
References
- 1 2 Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Northern Cyprus: National Final November 20th". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 Granger, Anthony (20 November 2013). "Northern Cyprus: Grup Gommalar Are Off To Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (20 July 2014). "Turkvizyon '14: Agreement signed with a number of countries". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Northern Cyprus: National Final October 19th". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (22 October 2014). "Northern Cyprus: İpek Amber Is Off To Kazan". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (17 November 2014). "Northern Cyprus: Turkvizyon Withdrawl Looks Likely". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony. "Northern Cyprus: İpek Amber To Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.