Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country	Turkey
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Kenan Doğulu
Selected song	"Shake It Up Şekerim"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (3rd, 198 points)
Final result	4th, 163 points
Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Kenan Doğulu at Helsinki (2007)

Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Kenan Doğulu. Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) chose him in December 2006, as the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, which took place in Helsinki in May 2007.

Doğulu submitted three songs to TRT as promised. The members of the selection committee, together with the singer and composer Doğulu decided for "Shake It Up Şekerim", a cheerful uptempo song. Doğulu said that he made several songs, including 7-8 which he loved a lot: "It was very difficult to shorten the list to three songs. We have chosen a cheerful up-tempo song. May it bring us luck".

After some changes to the song, it was made public on the March 9, 2007. Doğulu toured several countries in order to drum up support for his Eurovision entry including some countries who are known for not voting for Turkey that often. These countries include Russia, Cyprus, Estonia and some others.

The song finished in 4th position in the contest, scoring 163 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Turkey

Points Awarded to Turkey (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Albania  Belgium  France  Germany  Netherlands  United Kingdom	Austria  Bulgaria  Moldova   Switzerland	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Denmark  Macedonia  Romania	Andorra  Finland  Russia  Sweden	Hungary  Norway
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Belarus  Montenegro	Armenia  Spain	Ukraine

Points awarded to Turkey (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Belgium  France  Germany  Netherlands  United Kingdom	Albania  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Denmark  Macedonia   Switzerland		Bulgaria  Norway  Romania  Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Finland	Iceland	Georgia  Russia	Hungary  Moldova  Montenegro  Ukraine

Points awarded by Turkey

Semi final 12 points  Bulgaria 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Moldova 7 points  Malta 6 points  Macedonia 5 points  Belarus 4 points  Albania 3 points  Slovenia 2 points  Andorra 1 point  Hungary

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

See also

• Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2007