Sedat Yüce (born 24 May 1976) is a Turkish singer. He represented

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in the

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. He also attempted to participate in ''

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'', the Turkish version of ''

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'', which garnered a negative response.

Eurovision

He started his Eurovision career as a backing singer for the Turkish national final in 1993. He officially took part as a solo singer on 4 occasions: first in

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, he took part in the Turkish national final with the song ''Vazgeç'', and finished 3rd; In

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, this year with the song ''Bırak Beni'', and finished 4th; and in

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, this year with the song '' Sevgiliye Son'', and won. He later took part in

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, this year with the song ''Yeniden'', but fell into a tied last place with zero points.

Eurovision 2001

Sedat won the Turkish national final for that year, and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in

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. He came in 11th place with 45 points.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuce, Sedat 1976 births Living people Musicians from İzmir Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2001 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Turkey Turkish pop singers 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish male singers