Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Sibel Tüzün
Selected song	"Superstar"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (8th, 91 points)
Final result	11th, 91 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Sibel Tüzün and the song "Superstar".

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

For the first time, Turkey did not organize a national final in 2006. Instead, TRT decided to internally select Sibel Tüzün to represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens with the song "Superstar", which is written and composed by her.

TRT presented the song that Sibel will sing in a special televised press conference, and presented the video clip which involves Sibel wearing a red hat with the Turkish flag on it. The song features a combination of a disco theme with oriental elements.

At Eurovision

Because Turkey placed 13th at the 2005 contest, Sibel was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final, performed 14th, following Russia and preceding the Ukraine. She qualified to the final, placing 8th in the semi-final and scoring 91 points. In the final she performing 23rd following Sweden and preceding the Armenia Turkey placed 11th in the final, scoring 91 points (including maximum 12s from France, Germany & Netherlands). As Turkey failed to reach the top 10 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2007 Contest.

Voting

Points awarded by Turkey[1]

Semi final

12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Armenia
8 points	Macedonia
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Finland
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Russia
3 points	Albania
2 points	Lithuania
1 point	Bulgaria

Final

12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Armenia
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Finland
6 points	Macedonia
5 points	Russia
4 points	Greece
3 points	Romania
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Moldova

Points awarded to Turkey (semi-final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Bosnia and Herzegovina	France Netherlands Romania	Belgium Germany Macedonia Switzerland		Albania Denmark
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Israel		Bulgaria Norway

Points awarded to Turkey (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
France Germany Netherlands	Bosnia and Herzegovina Switzerland		Albania Belgium	Romania
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Bulgaria Macedonia	Greece United Kingdom		Israel

Notes

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