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Turkey: Ajda Pekkan lands major advertising deal

Ajda Pekkan, the 62 year old Turkish superstar, has been actively singing since 1961 and she has released countless hits since 1964. She has also taken part in numerous advertisement campaigns since 70's. This year she signed a 600.000 deal with Polisan, a major paint company in Turkey.

Ajda Pekkan is known to eurofans as she represented Turkey in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with Petr'oil. The popular lady, looking better at 62 than ever, released her latest album in 2006 and this year she signed a major advertising deal with Polisan paint company for which she received no less than 1 million Turkish liras (about €600.000). Apart from the TV commercial below and posters, the deal includes more commercial films as well as a total of 10 nation-wide concerts.

A very special thank you to Safak Emre Dogan for the submission of the information.

 

 


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Can ***** [36028]
Thu 20 Mar 2008 20:34:29

She got very big money


Kristina *** [24011]
Mon 17 Mar 2008 19:03:18

Oh dear. What happened to aging with grace? She was so beautiful and now her face is so cut up and stretched back that she looks more like a monster, I'm sure she'd be much more beautiful if she'd stayed away from the plastic surgery!


ciao sinan [36724]
Mon 17 Mar 2008 14:48:52

ajda is perfect!!!
I'm loooving her...! she is an idole!!!

I'd like to see her again on ESC!

anyway: and the commercial is great!


Let there be Hope [14379]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 18:09:33

@Serol
i am one of the biggest fan of Sezen Aksu. Sezen Aksu as a song writer, as a singer, as a producer, as a great talent is nodoubtly different from Ajda Pekkan..She is unique..So Ajda should learn more from Sezen Aksu..she d better..who is the teacher now??

P.s: i should admit..Ajda is a diva with strong voice..but...u got it anyway.. :) lol


Martie _ [37522]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 17:40:20

Ajda is the best !!!




Alex Koenig [24146]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 16:47:27

@ A Night of Musical Comedy

What Ajda does to herself with all those surgeries is her concern. You don't need to be so hateful about her. She is an idol no matter what she does to herself.


Serol Karalar [25606]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 15:14:00

@Let there be hope...I guess you never watch tv nor follow Sezen Aksu...She always says that Ajda is her idol and teacher ;)


Let there be Hope [14379]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 12:14:37

@Serol

Ajda is sezen Aksu's teacher???? LOOL you are so funny!!
Get real my friend.. :)))


Vitor Moreira [43366]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 12:11:25

Really nice commercial. And what a wonderful lady!




steve stevenson [14923]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 07:15:36

Paidia PROSOXI!!!!!!
den xero an to prosexe kapios,
to tragoudi tis irlandias prepei na akirothei

MESA STOUS STIXOUS LEIE TO EXEI PROS TO TELOS TOU tragoudiou.


Yes, it's Bulgaria, we love you
Belarus, Georgia, Montenegro
Moldovia, Albania, Croatia
Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Macedonia
kai ta loipa....


Akouei kapioos apo tin ERT?
as to metavivasoume se pio episima na ginei alagi stous stixous tou tragoudiou H NA ZITISOUME NA AKYROTHEI

Download all EUROVION songs from 1956 - 2008 ALL TIMES here:
www .agrino. org/esc


Serol Karalar [25606]
Sat 15 Mar 2008 00:49:59

Ajdaaa Ajdaaa..My looove! She is a reallll diva, a superstar, a legend and a goddess!!! Guys dont ever forget that Ajda is Sezen Aksu's teacher :P I love the song Petrol in 1980...I still think it is one of the best entries...


Almila . [22245]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 22:57:47

not loked liked of course :P


Almila . [22245]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 22:56:13

Deli's video will be released in the second half of march.im looking forward to see it as i really loked the idea of the video.


Alex Koenig [24146]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 20:11:51

@ David Healy

In 1980 Ajda got 3 points from Austria, 8 points from Italy and 12 points from Morocco (no points from Greece) and ranked 15th out of 19 contestants leaving Norway, Belgium, Morocco and Finland behind.


togravus ceterum [32383]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 19:58:21

Petr'oil will still be an ESC classic in 50 years.
Thank you, Ajda.


Barzin - musikon.free.fr [35622]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 19:45:52

@mer maid:

Stunning !! That was the word I was looking for !

Ajda is simply great.


alper kk [33684]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 19:12:23

we llove uu ajdaa


mer maid [34070]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 18:48:44

At the age of 62,she still looks stunning!
I love her voice and energy...
Ajda Forever :)


Alex Koenig [24146]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 18:43:07

In in 2003 or 2004 we decided to go to an open air concert of Ajda Pekkan thinking that in a couple of years she might not be on stage again so we decided to hear her while she could still sing. Amazingly, she had the voice of a diva, breath of an opera star and looks of a young girl. We were embarrassed of our thoughts. We enjoyed every moment of the concert and realised that Ajda will always be the same Ajda, only better..


v n [28573]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 18:41:55

@ w s
i see what u mean, but still i cant believe that that was the sole reason that countries like greece, turkey or portugal were constantly flopping whatever they may sent back then. I mean they had tried all possible musical genres, only to find themselves in the bottom list year after year. (With poor portugal still left out :( )

I m just pointing out that the contest was always unfair, as it still is now. Judges were not any fairer than televoting is today. May i remind u the friendly exchange of votes towards beloved neighbors in scandinavia back then. Or the disgraceful results we have suffered cause of judges biased verdicts. IMO 1991 for example was the uttermost unfair voting results in ESC history. France lost a well-deserved win over some friendly 12's and many good entries had to suffer one of the crappiest entries ever being awarded the trophy.

Anyway...


serkan _Turkey [40233]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 18:16:43

AJDA PEKKAN IS THE LEGEND.I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.YOU'RE MY HERO.


Kris Kos [45983]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 16:48:09

AJDA... she´s great, she´s beautiful...
i loved and still think pet´r oil was a nice song...
check out.
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=3WHpgaG_DnY


w s [29210]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 15:45:17

@vn, you can't judge the 1980 contest by today's standards. Nowadays a lot of people are used to more ethnic sounds. In those days Petr'oil was for a western ear almost the same as Chinese music. More important is that Ajda's song is one of those which Eurovision fans still like after almost thirty years.


MEHMET ... [22160]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 15:36:53

when is mor ve otesi realesing a video? don't hear much about them on esc, are they making any changes to song?


MEHMET ... [22160]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 15:32:33

and i like the advertisement nice job lol :))


MEHMET ... [22160]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 15:25:00

she has nice songs and voice but her looks are way too better when she was natural not plastic, i hate plastic surgery. I don't get why people go wow, she is not natural to look young, I like natural people and i would go wow if she was natural :) However her songs and voice is wow so that's all I care. Music in the background is a song I love.


tolga . [39374]
Fri 14 Mar 2008 15:16:40

I love her....She is full of life and energy...


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