World Song Contest
when Music rules the World
The Story Goes On
With 54 participants, this edition of the World Song Contest broke the record held by WSC .20. As a result, and for the first time, the semi finals consisted in three heats. Once again it was a great battle to qualify with every single vote having an influence, mainly for the last tickets for the final. Anyway, a choice was made and 26 songs qualified. Well in fact, more qualified as Spain didn't vote and was automatically eliminated despite being qualified for the final due to its results in the previous edition.
New countries made their debuts in this edition, and once again, every continent was represented. Australia wasn't there, but Vanuatu joined to represent Oceania. Africa lost Algeria, but South Africa came back and Libya joined. New countries also came from South America, with Cuba, and Asia, with Indonesia.
With 54 songs, you can imagine the diversity of songs, and once again, it was hard to decide. With no real big names in the competition (after Mexico, represented by Santana & Steve Tyler, didn't qualify), everyone has its chance... Well as long as it was a decent song. So, during the live coverage, the lead was taken by several countries. Finland, first, then Liechtenstein, Ukraine and finally the winner, Turkey. And once again, we had to wait until the last votes to know the winner. Some countries achieved another good results, like Belgium which achieved a 4th top 10 position in a row, the 13th one in 25th edition. Only USA appeared so often in the top 10. Liechtenstein reached its first top 10 position and Libya made a great debut reaching the 10th position.
But in the end, Turkey finally took the title, a first victory, thanks to Can Atilla and the song Cariyeler Ve Geceler. Ukraine took the silver medal, and Finland the bronze.
The Results
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Turkey | Can Atilla: Cariyeler Ve Geceler | 142 pts |
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Ukraine | Tina Karol: Nochenka | 138 pts |
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Finland | Poets Of The Fall: Maybe Tomorrow Is A Better Day | 117 pts |
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Liechtenstein | Gregorian: The Gift | 116 pts |
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Andorra | Dover: Do Ya | 106 pts |
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Sweden | Velvet: Fix Me | 103 pts |
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Belgium | Milow: You Don't Know | 100 pts |
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Greece | C:Real: It's A Sin | 89 pts |
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United Kingdom | Lily Allen: Alfie | 88 pts |
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Libya | Ayman Al Atar: Bahebak | 87 pts |
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Lebanon | Elissa: Bastanak | 79 pts |
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France | M. Pokora: Elle Me Contrôle | 79 pts |
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Russia | Gosti Iz Buduschego: Realna Tolko Muzyka | 78 pts |
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Canada | David Usher: The Music | 77 pts |
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Italy | Nek: Instabile | 76 pts |
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Israel | Harel Moyal: Emtza Halaila Bak'far | 76 pts |
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Japan | JYONGRI: Possession | 75 pts |
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Hungary | Lola: Holnaptól | 75 pts |
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Indonesia | Anggun: Saviour | 74 pts |
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The Netherlands | Nick & Simon: Herwinnen | 66 pts |
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Ireland | Moya Brennan: Labyrinth | 65 pts |
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South Africa | Soulfire: Rwanda | 60 pts |
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United States of America | Emilie Autumn: Rose Red | 60 pts |
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Albania | Leonora Poloska: Do Te Digjesh | 59 pts |
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Argentina | Airbag: Mi Razón | 46 pts |
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Germany | De-Phazz: Garbo Goodbye | 46 pts |
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Poland | The Car Is On Fire: Can't Cook (Who Cares ?) | 46 pts |
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Denmark | Julie: Time Traveller | 41 pts |
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Venezuela | Guaco: Pa Ti | 27 pts |
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San Marino | Anna Tatangelo: Colpo Di Fulmine | 9 pts |
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Mexico | Santana feat. Steven Tyler: Just Feel Better | DSQ |
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F.Y.R. of Macedonia | String Forces: Kade Begas | DNQ |
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Monaco | Elisa Tovati: Un Garçon Facile | DNQ |
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Romania | Etnic & Haiducii: Zorilor | DNQ |
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Brazil | KLB: Meu Primeiro Amor | DNQ |
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South Korea | Lee Soo Young: La La La | DNQ |
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China | Elva Hsiao: Ai De Zhu Da Ge | DNQ |
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Portugal | Ana Malhoa: Eu Sou Latina | DSQ |
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Moldova | RadU: Whap-Pa | DNQ |
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Puerto Rico | Olga Tañón: Flaca O Gordita | DNQ |
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Slovenia | Rebeka Dremelj: Še En Dan | DNQ |
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Chile | Supernova: Pocas Palabras | DSQ |
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The Philippines | Yeng Constantino: Hawak Kamay | DNQ |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina | Irina Kapetanovic: Gavran | DNQ |
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Serbia | Orthodox Celts: Captain Moonlight And Me | DNQ |
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Norway | William Hut: Take It Easy | DNQ |
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Cyprus | Anna Vissi: Treno | DNQ |
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Vanuatu | Vanessa Quai: Galala Kece Sara | DNQ |
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Austria | Monk: Fuck I Still Love You | DNQ |
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Cuba | Orichas: ¿Qué Bola? | DNQ |
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Croatia | Marina Gradic: Vjetar Zivota | DNQ |
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Malta | Lyndsay Pace: The Truth In Me | DNQ |
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Estonia | Whaw!Zaiks: Warcraft 2 | DNQ |
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Spain | Arkaitz: Bailame | DSQ |
SEMI FINAL A
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Turkey | Can Atilla: Cariyeler Ve Geceler | 166 pts |
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Hungary | Lola: Holnaptól | 156 pts |
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Japan | JYONGRI: Possession | 138 pts |
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Mexico | Santana feat. Steven Tyler: Just Feel Better | 137 pts |
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Libya | Ayman Al Atar: Bahebak | 132 pts |
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Israel | Harel Moyal: Emtza Halaila Bak'far | 130 pts |
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Albania | Leonora Poloska: Do Te Digjesh | 129 pts |
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United States of America | Emilie Autumn: Rose Red | 101 pts |
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Monaco | Elisa Tovati: Un Garçon Facile | 95 pts |
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China | Elva Hsiao: Ai De Zhu Da Ge | 84 pts |
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Portugal | Ana Malhoa: Eu Sou Latina | 84 pts |
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Moldova | RadU: Whap-Pa | 78 pts |
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Slovenia | Rebeka Dremelj: Še En Dan | 74 pts |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina | Irina Kapetanovic: Gavran | 68 pts |
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Vanuatu | Vanessa Quai: Galala Kece Sara | 60 pts |
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Austria | Monk: Fuck I Still Love You | 55 pts |
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Cuba | Orichas: ¿Qué Bola? | 53 pts |
SEMI FINAL B
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Sweden | Velvet: Fix Me | 145 pts |
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France | M. Pokora: Elle Me Contrôle | 132 pts |
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South Africa | Soulfire: Rwanda | 128 pts |
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Greece | C:Real: It's A Sin | 122 pts |
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Italy | Nek: Instabile | 120 pts |
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United Kingdom | Lily Allen: Alfie | 108 pts |
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Argentina | Airbag: Mi Razón | 106 pts |
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The Netherlands | Nick & Simon: Herwinnen | 105 pts |
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Poland | The Car Is On Fire: Can't Cook (Who Cares ?) | 98 pts |
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Germany | De-Phazz: Garbo Goodbye | 96 pts |
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F.Y.R. of Macedonia | String Forces: Kade Begas | 96 pts |
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Brazil | KLB: Meu Primeiro Amor | 86 pts |
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Chile | Supernova: Pocas Palabras | 74 pts |
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Serbia | Orthodox Celts: Captain Moonlight And Me | 68 pts |
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Cyprus | Anna Vissi: Treno | 65 pts |
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Croatia | Marina Gradic: Vjetar Zivota | 45 pts |
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Estonia | Whaw!Zaiks: Warcraft 2 | 30 pts |
SEMI FINAL C
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Lebanon | Elissa: Bastanak | 183 pts |
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Liechtenstein | Gregorian: The Gift | 169 pts |
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Denmark | Julie: Time Traveller | 163 pts |
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Finland | Poets Of The Fall: Maybe Tomorrow Is A Better Day | 163 pts |
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Canada | David Usher: The Music | 143 pts |
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Andorra | Dover: Do Ya | 138 pts |
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Ukraine | Tina Karol: Nochenka |
130 pts |
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Venezuela | Guaco: Pa Ti | 128 pts |
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Russia | Gosti Iz Buduschego: Realna Tolko Muzyka | 122 pts |
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Ireland | Moya Brennan: Labyrinth | 118 pts |
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Romania | Etnic & Haiducii: Zorilor | 108 pts |
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South Korea | Lee Soo Young: La La La | 103 pts |
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Puerto Rico | Olga Tañón: Flaca O Gordita | 90 pts |
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The Philippines | Yeng Constantino: Hawak Kamay | 89 pts |
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Norway | William Hut: Take It Easy | 81 pts |
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Malta | Lyndsay Pace: The Truth In Me | 44 pts |
The Winner
Can Atilla was born in Ankara in 1969. In 1980, he started to attend the violin class of Hacettepe University, Ankara State Conservatory, and graduated with BA degree in 1990. In Turkey, he participated in numerous competition, festival and music organizations as composer, arranger and conductor. His debut solo album, "Bilinçaltı" was released in 1992 and his second solo album, "Waves of Wheels" was released in 1994 in Turkey, and in United Kingdom and Europe by Midas Records Ltd. In 1995, his third solo album, "Efsaneler", and in 1996, the symphonic album version of the play score, "Kuvayi Milliye Destanı", were released. With this work, he was awarded "Avni Dilligil Best Original Play Score". In 1999, his album "AVE" was released in the Netherlands by Eat Records. In 1997, he prepared the original scores of the movie "Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi", a film by Yavuz Özkan. For Ankara State Theatre, he prepared the original play scores of the plays "Büyük Misafir" in 1996, "4. Murat" in 1997, "Kanlı Düğün", "Ya Devlet Başa Ya Kuzgun Leşe" and "Liola" in 1998, "Goya", "Balerin", "Aşk Öldürür" and "Kanaviçe" in 1999, and "Tanrılar Erkek Olunca", "Abelard ve Heloise", "Andora" in 2000, GHETTO (Yön:Erhan Gökgücü), HAYDUTLAR (Yön:Selçuk Sazak), SEVDALI BULUT (Yön:Selçuk Sazak), MASALLARDA YENIDEN (Yön:Cahit Çagiran) and BIR CEZA AVUKATININ ANILARI Yön:Cemil Özbayer) in 2001. He has prepared numerous scores within a period of more than ten years for the dramas and documentaries made for television channels, and currently continues to prepare. His essays were published in many art periodicals under the title "Visual Music". At the beginning of 1999, he made a contract with "Eat Records" in the Netherlands, and efforts for releasing his albums world-wide were commenced. Within the same year, he released his soundtrack album "ALBATROS" in Turkey. He prepared the scores of the film "Kuruluş - Osmancık", which was re-edited as a movie for the 700th anniversary of the Ottoman Empire from the TRT television series directed by Yücel Çakmaklı. The scores of this movie was prepared, for the first time in Turkey, using "Multitrack Orchestral Dubbing" method, a method used for recording movie scores in Hollywood and Europe. For this method, in which electronic instruments are combined with actual instruments, a mixed orchestra was formed for the live recordings and this orchestra was conducted by Can Atilla. Can Atilla currently continues his works with many young musicians at POeM Müzik, his studio in Ankara.