All entries in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest are known, but the actual contest is still about a month away. As a warm-up, we introduce one of the entries every day in random order. Part thirty is dedicated to the entry from Turkey.

Basic information

Performer:	Hadise Açıkgöz (performing as Hadise)
Song:	Düm tek tek (Boom bang bang)
Language:	English (and Turkish in the title)
Music:	Sinan Akçıl
Lyrics:	Hadise, Stefaan Fernande, Sinan Akçıl
Draw:	9th in the first semi final

The song

Düm tek tek is an up-tempo song mixing pop music with some minor folkloristic elements. The lyrics are a declaration of love and in fact, the singer tell that she is so much in love that it makes her heart beat like a drum:

Angel, I wake up
And live my dreams endlessly
Crazy for you

Can you feel the rhythm in my heart?
The beat's going düm tek tek
Always out it like there's no limit
Feels like there's no way back

The singer

Hadise was born in Belgium in 1985 and she became famous, when she took part in the first season ofthe talent search Idool in 2003. Although she did not even reach the top ten, she got her first record contract shortly after. In 2005, her first album Sweat was released. While it did not reach the Ultratop top 50 (but peaked at number 52), the album spawned the hit singles Sweat, Stir me up, Milk chocolate girl and Bad boy. In 2006, Hadise had her debut as a TV presenter in Turkey, where she hosted the highly popular show Turkiye Popstar.

In 2007, the single A good kiss was released. While it peaked at number 28 in the Flemish single charts, it became Hadise's first top ten hit in Turkey, where it peaked at number six. Shortly after, My body became her first top ten hit in Belgium reaching number eight and the song Deli o�lan was a number three hit in Turkey and reached the top of various radio charts. The second album, which included these songs, was pulished in June 2008 and it was far more successful than its predecessor peaking at number 19 in the Ultratop 50, number six in the Belgium Top 20 and number 13 in the Alternative Top 50.

In 2008, Hadise was chosen internally to represent Turkey in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. In December, the song Düm tek tek was officially presented as Turkish entry. Currently, she is on promotion tour through Europe. The work on the third studio album has already begun.

The national selection

For the fourth year in a row, the Turkish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was chosen internally. Hadise had been chosen to represent the country and she had autonomous control over the choice of the songwriters and the language she will perform in. Eventually, three songs were presented to the broadcaster and Düm tek tek was chosen to be performed in Moscow.

Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest

Turkey entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975 and finished last on its debut. Also, over the following years the country was not very succesful and it was not before 1986 that the first top ten placing was achieved. However, it turned in 1997 when Turkey finished third. A victory in 2003 followed as well as fourth places in 2004 and 2007.

Türkiye ve Hadise'ye Moskova'da iyi Å�anslar ve iyi bir sonuç dileriz!

Videos

The song presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZKEIHSEgI&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0

Hadise in the Maltese national final:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_KyKAM0elE&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0

Hadise with Deli o�lan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNd7akhxHcM&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0

Milk chocolate girl:

Other parts of this series

1. France
2. Portugal
3. Romania
4. Denmark
5. Netherlands
6. Cyprus
7. Latvia
8. Ireland
9. Malta
10. Armenia
11. Germany
12. Serbia
13. Belgium
14. Greece
15. Croatia
16. Poland
17. Czech Republic
18. Iceland
19. Moldova
20. Switzerland
21. Slovenia
22. Andorra
23. Ukraine
24. Spain
25. Sweden
26. Montenegro
27. Finland
28. Lithuania
29. Russia

Tomorrow, we will take a look at the Azerbaijani entry.

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