Arzu Ece

Arzu Ece Otyam
Born	1963 (age 47–48)
Origin	Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Turkish Pop
Occupations	Singer
Associated acts	Pan

Arzu Ece Otyam (born 1963 in Istanbul) is a Turkish singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1989 and 1995.

Eurovision Song Contest

Ece made five appearances in the Turkish Eurovision Song Contest selection as follows:^[1]

• 1987: "Kekloglan" (with Rüya Ersavci, Fatih Erkoç & Harun Kolçak ) - No placement as only two of the 10 participating songs received jury votes
• 1988: "Zig Zag" (with Cigdem Tunc) - Placements not released
• 1989: "Bana Bana" (as member of Pan) - 1st
• 1991: "Sessiz geceler" (with Gür Akad) - 2nd
• 1995: "Sev" - 1st

Following her victory with Pan in 1989, Ece went forward to the 34th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 6 May. "Bana Bana" was a very ethnic-sounding song but it came many years before such songs became vote winners at Eurovision, and finished in 21st place of the 22 entries, beating only the 'nul points' Icelandic entry.^[2]

Ece's appearance, with the more mainstream ballad "Sev", at the 40th Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin on 13 May 1995 resulted in a slightly better placement - 16th out of 23.^[3]

Ece released her only album Sebibi yok in 1995, then appears to have retired from the music industry as nothing has been heard of her since. She was married with Ali Otyam in 1999^[4] and was divorced from him in 2007.^[5] She has a son (born in 2001) from the marriage. She was caught leukemia in 2009 and have undergone a chemotheraphy treatment.

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database
2. ^ ESC History 1989
3. ^ ESC History 1995
4. ^ http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/1999/06/10/122855.asp
5. ^ http://www.sacitaslan.com/magazin-arzu-ece-eski-esinden-destek-gormedigini-soyledi_20852.html

External links

• Programme notes from ESC 1995 at Esctoday

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Burak Aydos with "Esmer Yarim"	Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995	Succeeded by Şebnem Paker with "Beşinci Mevsim"

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Name	Ece, Arzu
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Date of birth	1963
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