Turkey’s Eurovision video subject of discussions
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Hürriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 26, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - Discussions continue about Hadise’s music video that will represent Turkey in this year’s Eurovision contest, which will be held in Moscow in May. At issue is whether the state television administration vetoed her song because of its "eroticism."
According to the claims, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, or TRT, vetoed her song "Düm Tek Tek" because it was too "erotic." But the TRT and the pop singer’s manager, Süheyl Atay, reject the claims.
"Our goal is to be the winner of the contest and we are working hard for it," said TRT officials, asserting the idea that a music video to be broadcast in 42 countries should be perfect. "We rejected only one of Hadise’s videos. If necessary, we reject all of them in order to reach the perfect one. Unlike the assertions, the erotic outfits she wears in the video did not affect this decision."
Atay said they had a contract with TRT. "In accordance with this contract, we have shot three music videos and delivered them to TRT officials," Atay said. "They rejected one of them but never said it was erotic. The TRT management has never restricted the artist’s creativity."
Director likes video
On the other hand, the "erotic music video" assertions caused eyes to turn to Metin Arolat, the director of the music video. "Everyone knows that I love eroticism unless it is cheap," Arolat said. "When they proposed that I shoot a music video for Hadise, they knew what I would produce. Also, everyone knows about Hadise’s stage shows and her outfits. I tried to prevent the music video from overshadowing her stage performance."
Arolat said they had not shot three music videos but three versions of the same video.
"There are the same scenes in the three videos, but rhythm is highlighted in one of them and her face in another. The outfits are the same in all the videos. But the third version leaked to the Internet. I think this is the one that the TRT officials did not like.
"As far as I know, they have not viewed the other versions yet. And I wonder what they will say when they see them. But if they don’t like the other two versions, I will never shoot a new one. Because I liked them too much, especially the one on the Internet."
"Our goal is to be the winner of the contest and we are working hard for it," said TRT officials, asserting the idea that a music video to be broadcast in 42 countries should be perfect. "We rejected only one of Hadise’s videos. If necessary, we reject all of them in order to reach the perfect one. Unlike the assertions, the erotic outfits she wears in the video did not affect this decision."
Atay said they had a contract with TRT. "In accordance with this contract, we have shot three music videos and delivered them to TRT officials," Atay said. "They rejected one of them but never said it was erotic. The TRT management has never restricted the artist’s creativity."
Director likes video
On the other hand, the "erotic music video" assertions caused eyes to turn to Metin Arolat, the director of the music video. "Everyone knows that I love eroticism unless it is cheap," Arolat said. "When they proposed that I shoot a music video for Hadise, they knew what I would produce. Also, everyone knows about Hadise’s stage shows and her outfits. I tried to prevent the music video from overshadowing her stage performance."
Arolat said they had not shot three music videos but three versions of the same video.
"There are the same scenes in the three videos, but rhythm is highlighted in one of them and her face in another. The outfits are the same in all the videos. But the third version leaked to the Internet. I think this is the one that the TRT officials did not like.
"As far as I know, they have not viewed the other versions yet. And I wonder what they will say when they see them. But if they don’t like the other two versions, I will never shoot a new one. Because I liked them too much, especially the one on the Internet."