This weeks indulgence is packed with goodies! Turkey hosts our National Triple Play, so we’re guaranteed a party! Plus a past contest winner provides the new music and we reward another lucky listener for choosing their fan favourite. Not to mention, a round up of Eurovision news…
Turkey has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1975. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Turkey has only failed to qualify for the final once, in 2011. Turkey won the contest once in 2003, and hosted the 2004 contest in Istanbul.
This Weeks Highlights
Hadise Açıkgöz is a Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer, and television personality. Born and raised in Belgium, her family is of Lezgin-Kumyk origin who settled in Sivas, Turkey. In 2003, she participated in the Belgian singing competition show Idool 2003, but rose to fame after releasing her debut album Sweat in 2005. The album spawned 5 singles and earned Hadise both a TMF Award (Belgium) and Golden Butterfly Award (Turkey).
Track List
| 1 | Hero | Charlotte Perrelli | 2008 Sweden |
| 2 | Work Your Magic | Koldun | 2007 Belarus |
| 3 | Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde | Buket Bengisu & Group Sapphire | 2002 Turkey |
| 4 | Love Me Back | Can Bonomo | 2012 Turkey |
| 5 | Dum Tek Tek | Hadise | 2009 Turkey |
| 6 | Funny Girl | Laura Rizzotto | 2018 Latvia |
| 7 | Dansevise | Grete & Jurgen Ingmann | 1963 Denmark |
| 8 | What You Were Made For | Måns Zelmerlöw | 2022 Non Contest |
| 9 | What Happened To Your Love | Linas & Simona | 2004 Lithuania |
| 10 | Technicolour | Montaigne | 2021 Australia |
| 11 | Für den Frieden der Welt | Petra Frey | 1994 Austria |
| 12 | Three Minutes To Earth | The Shin and Mariko | 2014 Georgia |
| 13 | Spirit In The Sky | KEiiNO | 2019 Norway |
| 14 | Tornero | Mihai Traistariu | 2006 Romania |
| 15 | No Degree Of Separation | Francesca Michielin | 2016 Italy |
