Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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Turkey participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "For Real" written by Gökhan Özoğuz and Hakan Özoğuz. The song was performed by the band Athena, which was internally selected by the Turkish broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) to represent the nation at the 2004 contest. In addition to participating in the contest, TRT also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul after winning the competition in 2003 with the song "Everyway That I Can" performed by Sertab Erener. The announcement of Athena as the Turkish representative occurred on 2 September 2003, while their song was selected through the national final 26. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali. Three songs were presented to the public between 21 and 24 January 2004 and the winning song, "For Real", was selected entirely by a public televote and announced on 24 January during the TRT 1 show Sayısal Gece.
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Country | Turkey | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: 26. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye Finali | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 2 September 2003 Song: 24 January 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | Athena | |||
Selected song | "For Real" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 4th, 195 points | |||
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As the host country, Turkey qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 22 during the final, Turkey placed fourth out of the 24 participating countries with 195 points.