Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Sufi had received 37 points, placing Turkey fifteenth. 8 participants had voted for Sufi. In the 1985 contest Turkey had received 36 points from 8 countries. Atilla Şereftuğ, the composer of the winner ("Ne partez pas sans moi" by Celine Dion) was a Turk living in Switzerland . The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to United Kingdom. This was the first time that Turkey gave points to Greece (3 out of 10) . Votes of the Turkish jury: Votes received by the Turkish song: Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Turkey was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest but won the contest with the highest combined vote. The televote was won by Russia and the jury vote by Australia. In 2018, eventual winner Israel won the televote but only came in third with the jury vote (won by Austria). There have been a number of Eurovision artists and groups whose careers were directly launched into the spotlight following their win. Notable examples were ABBA, who won the contest for Sweden in 1974 with their song "Waterloo", and went on to become one of the most successful pop bands in history; the French Canadian singer Céline Dion, who won