eurovision 1983
Çetin Alp
Çetin Alp represented Turkey at Eurovision 1983 in Munich with “Opera”, finishing 19th of 20.
Turkey
1983
- who
- Turkish musician
- born
- 21 June 1947, Malatya, Turkey
- died
- 18 May 2004 (aged 56), Istanbul, Turkey
- contest
- 1983
- best result
- 19th, 1983
- music
- pop
- active
- from 1970
- sang for
- Turkey
Biography
Çetin Alp, who died in 2004, was a Turkish singer. With the Short Wave, Alp sang “Opera” in Munich in 1983 and finished joint last, without a point.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Çetin Alp”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1983 Munich
“Opera”
19th of 20 Finished 19th of 20, with no points.
- Billed as
- Çetin Alp and the Short Wave
- Sung in
- Turkish
- Written by
- Aysel Gürel, Buğra Uğur
- Conductor
- Buğra Uğur
- Running order
- 6th of 20
- Age on the night
- 35
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: Corinne Hermès, “Si la vie est cadeau”
The story of Eurovision 1983: Lost in three languages, and a winner the hall walked out on
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