Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	27. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali
Selection date(s)	11 February 2005
Selected entrant	Gülseren
Selected song	"Rimi Rimi Ley"
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 92 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Gülseren with the song "Rimi Rimi Ley".

Gülseren was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her parents moved to France when she was only seven. She had to face a new country, a new language and a new culture but she's been living in Paris ever since. She studied at the INALCO (French university of oriental art, literature and culture) to gain a complete understanding of the country she comes from without forgetting her roots. As she loves sharing, Gülseren teaches Turkish to children in Paris. She started to play the darbuka (Turkish drums) which she stills plays on stage at a very young age. Gülseren has appeared on several albums and in 2001 she released an album of her own.

National final

After two years of selecting an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest internally, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) decided to return to the public national final system used previously. Ten songs were short-listed by an internal committee at TRT to take part. All songs had to be written in Turkish. "Rimi Rimi Ley" (Love Will Find a Way), performed by Gülseren, was the eventual choice to represent Turkey in Kiev. The song was written by Göksan Arman and composed by Erdinç Tunç.

Draw	Song	Singer	Lyrics	Music	Points	Place
1	"Sen Benim Aşkımsın"	Elya & Grup Ariana	Ümran Akdokur, İrfan Akdokur	Ümran Akdokur	0	3
2	"Rumuz Andante"	Seçil Hüner Yapakçı	Selahattin Erhan	Selahattin Erhan	4	2
3	"Rimi Rimi Ley"	Gülseren Gomez	Göksan Arman	Erdinç Tunç	13	1
4	"Tek İsteğim"	Nursel Efe	Nursel Efe	Serkan Sönmez	0	3
5	"Yana Yana"	Barış Kömürcüoğlu	Göksan Arman	Erdinç Tunç	0	3
6	"Saydam"	Murat Türkücüoğlu	Murat Türkücüoğlu	Murat Türkücüoğlu	0	3
7	"Yeniden"	Sedat Yüce	Sedat Yüce	Sedat Yüce	0	3

At Eurovision

The spokesperson who revealed Turkey's votes for other countries was TRT and national final host Meltem Ersan Yazgan.

Voting

Points Received by Turkey (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
France Netherlands	Belgium Germany	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark	Austria	Switzerland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Macedonia	Bulgaria Romania		United Kingdom

Points awarded by Turkey

Semi final

12 points	Moldova
10 points	Macedonia
8 points	Hungary
7 points	Romania
6 points	Israel
5 points	Bulgaria
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Belarus
2 points	Norway
1 point	Poland

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Malta
7 points	Moldova
6 points	Hungary
5 points	Macedonia
4 points	Romania
3 points	Israel
2 points	Albania
1 point	United Kingdom