1983 Turkey: Çetin Alp & the Short Waves - Opera (19th place at Eurovision Song Contest in Munich)

His career started in the 1970s with winning the competition Altın Ses. In these years, he released a Greek song that had been written by Sezen Cumhur Önal. The song became a hit, sold 500,000 copies, and earned him a golden certificate. He later released the song Son Defa Görsem', which became a hit as well. He later worked with Yurdaer Doğulu and Zekai Apaydın's orchestra, and following the Eurovision, he won third place at the 'World Singer Contest' in Los Angeles. He also won the first place in the 'Golden Orfe' competition held in Bulgaria in 1990. He continued his career together with his English ex-wife Suna Yıldızoğlu for nine years, and despite releasing many songs, he did not release a studio album. He represented Turkey together with Kısa Dalga Vocal Group at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performing the song "Opera", and was the target of devastating criticism for years afterwards due to his poor performance at the contest, having earned zero points and placing last. He passed three days following the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Istanbul following Turkey's first victory the year prior; a week prior, he stated in an interview with Turkish public broadcaster TRT that "the sad results he received in Munich made him very upset and he had not recovered for years".