eurovision 1980
Ajda Pekkan
Ajda Pekkan represented Turkey at Eurovision 1980 in The Hague with “Pet'r Oil”, finishing 15th of 19.
- who
- Turkish actor and singer
- born
- 12 February 1946, Istanbul, Turkey
- contest
- 1980
- best result
- 15th, 1980
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1963
- record labels
- İstanbul Plak, Philips Records
- sang for
- Turkey
Biography
Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish singer, a leading figure in Turkish pop whom the Turkish press calls “superstar”. “Pet’r Oil” finished 15th in The Hague in 1980.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Ajda Pekkan”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1980 The Hague
“Pet'r Oil”
15th of 19 Finished 15th of 19, with 23 points.
- Sung in
- Turkish
- Written by
- Attila Özdemiroğlu, Şanar Yurdatapan
- Conductor
- Attila Özdemiroğlu
- Running order
- 2nd of 19
- Age on the night
- 34
- Won that year
- Ireland: Johnny Logan, “What's Another Year”
The story of Eurovision 1980: The winner that could not come, and Morocco's only song
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Officer of Arts and Letters 2013
- State Artist
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