eurovision and success of hadise

Eurovision was held in Moscow last week. I actually don’t follow that competition enthusiastically but I can say that many competing songs are fairly well. Especially in recent years, eurovision is held more professionally and quality. Singers and songs are better than before. That is so at least when we consider the case of Turkiye.. Yes, Turkiye also has participated assertively in that competition every year since 1975 but only one time came in first with the performance of Sertab Erener.
Turkiye has been participating in that contest since 1975 and two times brought up the rear. Turkiye got the first serious degree in 1997 as being third with the performance of Sebnem Paker. The song was Turkish and despite of this, it got a big success and made us believe that we could get a better grade in the future. And we achieved the success and came in first six years later with the song ‘ Every way that I can’ . After that serious success, we don’t have any other important achievement except becoming fourth with Athena and Kenan Dogulu. Athena was deserving of coming in first but performance of Kenan Dogulu was awful and I think he didn’t deserve to be fourth in that contest. Anyway, that is just my opinion and no need to evaluate all of singers here.
Let s come to the nitty-gritty, this year as all we know, Turkiye was really assertive and hopeful of the performance of Hadise but we all disappointed as Hadise herself did. Yeah Hadise is also made herself believe to be the best that she didn’t satisfy with the result and angried committee of Eurovision after releasing the results. Well, were they unfair to us then? Or have we expected so much? I think there was no unfair thing, we just expected so much. Remember, when the song released on TRT at first time, didn’t we declare Hadise as first before contest. Performance was great as for most of us, but simplicity won again as it has won before. Yes, if you still remember the show of Sertab, you will understand what I mean. Her show was simple like the show of Rybak, the winner of 2009. We were positive of the song that we let it beside and started to debate about what Hadise would wear for the final night. So what is the result? It is a huge disappointment.
I must say that it is not a frustration for me. I think Hadise achieved a huge success by this result. The song is ok and deserved being fourth not anymore. Don’t say they were unfair of us just because we are Muslim or Turk. Azerbaijan is also a Muslim and Turk country but they got a better grade than us. And don’t forger that we have a first place in that contest. If they think so, they never let us to get this grade. Am I wrong? Our high expectation caused a big disappointment. That is all. When I watched the video on youtube, I browsed an eye on the comments and figured out that Turkish people really expected to be first from that time. They had been taken ‘dum tek tek’ as the first and best. But we have seen that it is not as great as it is exaggerated.
Hadise made a statement at the airport after getting back to Turkiye and said she won’t participate in the competition again. Don’t worry Hadise, we Turkish people also don’t want you fly Turkish flag one more time. Go to represent the place where you belong to, as you also know, you don’t belong to Anatolia. Go to at the end of nowhere.
I think authorities should select a person who can show our national character and perfom the national music. A person who has national feelings. We must use our own musical instruments like kanun(zither), ney(reed flute), baglama and so on. We may not be the first but I think our aim with the participation in contest must be introducing our culture and instruments to the world. Believe me, we can be first many times if we do so. So I recommend to participate in next contest with a folk song. I watched the old eurovision songs and unfortunately saw that there is no folk music among them. So doesn’t it worth to try at least once? We should be ourselves.