Turkey has won the annual Eurovision song contest in a nail-biting final vote
Published:
25 May 2003 y., Sunday
Turkey has won the annual Eurovision song contest in a nail-biting final vote, with Sertab Erener winning the hearts of millions of Europeans with her explosive mix of rhythm and belly dancing.
Erener, a well-established singer in her home country, snatched the lead from Belgium only in the final minutes of voting with 167 points against 165, while Russia's lesbian pop duo t.A.T.u. came a close third with 164.
Erener, whose musical career includes duets with Jose Carreras and Ricky Martin and six albums, stood out among the usual Eurovision offerings of soggy ballads and upbeat disco.
Belgium's Urban Trad was a huge surprise with their folk-inspired "Sanomi" and low-key stage performance among the many scant skirts and loverboy outfits in the rest of the show.
The Belgians rushed to congratulate Erener despite the disappointment of losing the top spot at the finish line.
Šaltinis:
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Twenty years after it fell, Volker Pawlowski still has fond memories of the Berlin Wall. That's because he continues to make make money from it, by selling chunks to tourists
more »
Thanks to a daring combination of Croat Martina Majerle's disco vocals and classical strings of Slovenia's Quatrissimo, the band is hoping to hit a new note with judges.
more »
Most of his "patients" are over 1,000 years old and cannot speak.
Sixty-year-old Chinese Du Weisheng can only communicate with them by reading their symptoms.
more »
The bizarre festival in Tokyo is the response of the electronics sector of the city trying to drum up some business as the economic down turn keeps shoppers away.
more »
On 29 April 2009, at 4 p.m., the opening of a new sculpture Conjuror created by one of the most prominent contemporary artists Magdalena Abakanowicz will take place in Europos Parkas.
more »
Twenty films will compete for the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes film festival.
more »
A Polish music duo plays their classical tunes on a fragile instrument. A set of fine wine glasses make up the harp on which Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec from the city of Gdansk run their fingertips.
more »
In Europe people have grown used to exhibitions like this where the human body is preserved and laid open in all its complexity. Many are fascinated but now human rights group have become enraged.
more »
Indian police in Mumbai are probing accusations that the father of "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali tried to sell her.
more »
Thousands of people competed in an online competition to join the YouTube Symphony orchestra, but only 96 will get to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall.
more »