Turkey – A large stage in the Eurovillage on the promenade in baku will play host to concerts this week. As well as Jedward hopefully performing on Thursday, Turkey’s Can Bonomo is also expected to make an appearance. He was seen rehearsing on the stage this lunchtime, check out the video footage here.
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Eurovision 2012: More Second Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 19, 2012 by hulluna in Croatia, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Georgia, Slovenia, Sweden, TurkeyEurovision 2012 – A further five acts have this morning completed their second rehearsals. Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, Georgia and Turkey have all now had several run throughs each, and we’ve got a feel for what it may look and sound like in the semi finals. Check out their second rehearsal videos now.
Turkey – Can Bonomo, the repersentative for Turkey in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Baku has just revealed his song. Entitled “Love Me Back” it was presented on several Turkish TV channels and also worldwide via Eurovision.tv. Can Bonomo will compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 24th May. Watch [...]
Turkey – Can Bonomo was completely unknown to most of his fellow countrymen before TRT announced that he would represent Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Since the singer’s nomination has created quite the flurry in the press and on Internet forums. Unfortunately not because he is a complete newcomer with relatively little [...]
Turkey – The national broadcaster TRT today announced that Turkish representative, Can Bonomo, will present three different songs to them, and they will make the ultimate decision as to which song will go to Baku. It has not been decided yet in which language Bonomo will sing. The final choice will be revealed by [...]
Turkey – It’s official! Can Bonomo will represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan. So once again, every single rumor in Turkish media and on Eurovision sites (including ours) was wrong again. Apparently there were also negotiations with Atiye Deniz but after lengthy discussions between the directors of the channel Can [...]
Turkey – Last week Turkish national broadcaster TRT published a list of 5 names that were potentially represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. According to the newspaper Milliyet, Atiye is now the strongest candidate to represent Turkey. Sources close to the station would have revealed that there is a 80% chance that [...]
Eurovision 2011 Related Releases
Posted: January 2, 2012 by isabelabueno in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, TurkeyEurovision – 2011’s last months brought lots and lots of new Eurovision related releases, including five albums from the Düsseldorf-sent contestants. Each one of them has its own style, similar to their entries or not. However, they are all interesting and easy-listening. Here are short reviews for the five albums released within November/December that are [...]
Turkey – After all the rumours about the Turkish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, the Turkish national broadcaster TRT revealed in an official press release 5 candidates who they are still in negotiations with. Strangely, one of the singers on the list has publicly declared their disinterest in participation at the upcoming Eurovision [...]
[UPD] Erol Köse: “Kiraç to Represent Turkey in Eurovision”
Posted: December 29, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in TurkeyTurkey – The ex-president of Turkish national broadcaster TRT, Erol Köse, claims in a recent tweet that the rock musician will represent Turkey in Baku. Kiraç, aka Ali Tufan Kıraç (born 17 June 1972 in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey), is known as a composer and performing artist. He has released over 10 albums and has contributed to [...]
Turkey – The Turkish newspaper “Expres Haber” reports on its twitter account that Hadise, the Turkish representative of 2009 will represent the country again in 2012. According to the tweet, the announcement will be made this Monday. This information is conflicting with a report of Turkish newspaper Bugün which claimed that Deniz Çakmakoğlu, the [...]
Turkey – Deniz Çakmakoğlu, the Turkish broadcaster TRT’s director of entertainment has told Turkish newspaper Bugün that the representative of Turkey at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be made public on January 15. Negotiations are still under way, he confirmed. Hande Yener who has already expressed her interest and Atiye Deniz who according [...]
Turkey – According to a poll by Turkish television channel KRAL TV, Atiye Deniz is the top favourite of the Turkish public to represent the country at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in neighbouring Azerbaijan. With 31% of the more than 50.000 votes, she grapped first place. Murat Boz, who has already announced via [...]
Hande Yener Wants to Represent Turkey, Murat Boz Does Not
Posted: November 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in TurkeyTurkey – The rumor mill in Turkey gets moving again! Popular singer Hande Yener told a radio station that she is very interested in representing her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. As Turkish newspaper Sabah reports, she was stopping at the radio station to promote her new album Tesekkurler. During [...]
Rumors: Atiye Deniz, Hande Yener or Murat Boz for Turkey?
Posted: November 20, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in TurkeyTurkey – As EscXtra.com reports, several Turkish media speculate about a short list the Turkish national broadcaster TRT is supposed to have made for their selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The names on the short list include well-known pop singers Atiye Deniz, Hande Yener and Murat Boz. Rumors last year also speculated about [...]
Official Preview Videos of Estonia, Turkey And Greece Released
Posted: March 10, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, Greece, TurkeyEurovision 2011 – Today the official Eurovision site’s YouTube channel has uploaded the official preview videos of the Greek, Estonian and Turkish entries. Unfortunately Estonia and Turkey did not put a lot of effort in their videos as they are simply performances from the national finals. Greece’s video is also a performance of the song, [...]
Turkey: Yüksek Sadakat Will Sing “Live It Up” at Eurovision
Posted: February 25, 2011 by Sekhmet Morgan in TurkeyTurkey – The Turkish national broadcaster TRT has present the song Yüksek Sadakat will sing in Düsseldorf during a news bulletin. The song is called “Live It Up”. The Istanbul based rock band “Yüksek Sadakat” is quite popular in Turkey since 2005. Apparently TRT wants to repeat MaNgas success in Oslo by sending another rock [...]
Turkey – The internally selected Turkish representatives Yuksek Sadakat will reveal their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 during a news bulletin of the Turkish national broadcaster TRT tonight after 18:00 CET. All that is known about the song is that it will be an up-tempo (probably rock) song in English. The Istanbul based [...]
Turkey – Via facebook, the internally selected Turkish representatives Yuksek Sadakat have announced that their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be revealed during a news bulletin of Turkish national broadcaster TRT this Friday. All that is known about the song is that it will be an up-tempo (probably rock) song in English. [...]
Turkey – At a press conference in Istanbul the internally selected Turkish Eurovision representatives “Yüksek Sadakat” have announced more details about their participation. They confirmed that their song will definately be in English. Next week they will submit 3 songs to the Turkish national broadcaster TRT, where an internal jury will choose the song for [...]
Turkey – Yüksek Sadakat were announced to be Turkey’s 2011 Eurovision representatives on New Year’s eve. A great number of Eurovision fans are not happy with that choice and there are already facebook-groups that call for TRT to change its decision. There are rumors saying that TRT even had an emergency meeting about this. While [...]
Turkey – The Turkish national broadcaster TRT surprised everyone today by announcing that the Istanbul based band “Yüksek Sadakat” will represent Turkey in Düsseldorf next May. The rock-band is quite popular in Turkey since 2005. Apparently TRT wants to repeat MaNgas success in Oslo by sending another rock act. The band consists of Kenan Vural, [...]
Turkey – After Azeri national television Ictimai TV and several other Azeri media reported about a month ago that Atiye Deniz would represent Turkey in Düsseldorf, several local Turkish media now report the same. Furthermore Atiye is managed by the same people who are behind Hadise, who represented Turkey in 2009. Obviously TRT has not [...]
Eurovision recap (18)
Posted: November 29, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia, Germany, Malta, TurkeyThis time with news from Germany, Malta, FYR Macedonia and Turkey Turkey – eurovision.tv reports tonight, that the Turkish public broadcaster TRT will decide on their Eurovision entrant in January, putting an end to countless specultations. According to rumors Atiye Deniz or Tarkan have already been asked to represent Turkey in Düsseldorf. TRT will stick [...]
Turkey - This Sunday Azeri news media reported that Turkey would be represented by 21-year old Atiye Deniz. They obviously mixed up an unofficial poll (that Atiye Deniz won) about who should represent Turkey in Eurovision with an actual decision by Turkish broadcaster TRT. Now eurovisiondream.com reports that Tarkan will represent Turkey in Düsseldorf. According [...]
Turkey – Azeri national television Ictimai TV and several other Azeri media report tonight, that Turkish broadcaster TRT has taken a decision concerning its representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf: 21-year-old Atiye Deniz will represent the Turkish republic in Germany next May. The news has not been confirmed officially yet. It is [...]
Turkey – Success is not all a Eurovision fan needs! The proof for that is a new online petition by Turkish Eurovision website eurovisiondream.com demanding a national final. Even tough Turkish fans were spoiled in recent years, they want the selection process to change. For the last 7 years the Turkish broadcaster had selected the [...]
Score analysis 5: Places 01-05
Posted: June 20, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Germany, Turkey05. Azerbaijan – Safura – Drip Drop Safura was the big favourite this year to win the competition and there is no doubt that the Azeri delegation excepted nothing less than to take home the crown. All the money spent for choreography, video and promotion “only” resulted in a 5th place. 2010 saw Azerbaijan’s 3rd [...]
Some of the votes of the National Juries of this year’s Eurovision are starting to pour in. We now have the information for Romania, Turkey and Portugal. They seem to indicate that winner Lena from Germany got more points from the televoters and Tom Dice’s great place for Belgium relied mostly on jury votes, but [...]
