Tuba Önal

Tuba Önal — Biography

Tuba Önal is a pop singer best known for representing Turkey at the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest. She entered the contest in Jerusalem with the song Dön Artık, performed with Grup Mistik; she took the stage seventh in a field of 23 countries and finished 16th with 21 points. The song was composed by Erdinç Tunç, with lyrics by Canan Tunç.

Music came early to her life: after primary school she entered a conservatoire and went on to graduate from Mimar Sinan University's wind instruments department, studying the horn. She also sang for others, performing the songs of more than 100 commercials and working as a backing vocalist for many singers. Her contest path began in 1997, when she took part in the national selection with Sevda Bu Dostum. Two years later, on March 12, 1999, ten songs competed in the national final held at TRT's studios in Ankara, a panel of experts chose the winner, and Dön Artık became Turkey's entry.

Her album Onun Adı Aşk came out in 1999 on Kiss Müzik. In 2002 the single Söyle Canım, which she recorded with Erol Evgin, came out on Melki Prodüksiyon.