The High School Music Contest (), also known as Fizy High School Music Contest for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music contest that is organized in Turkey with the participation of high school students. It started to be held in 1998 by the Kadñköy Municipality Health and Social Solidarity Foundation (Kadñköy Belediyesi SaÃÂlñk ve Sosyal Dayanñà Âma Vakfñ, KASDAV), and was open to the high schools in Istanbul. In the following years, some award winners started to represent Turkey in various international contests. At the 13th contest which was held in 2010, Eti Crax became the first named sponsor of the event. Starting from the 14th contest in 2011, Vodafone was the main sponsor, and remained so until 2016. Since the 15th contest in 2012, it is open to the participation of high schools from all around the country. The final stages have been held at the Bostancñ Show Center in Kadñköy, Istanbul, while the one in 2016 was held at the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul. Fizy became the main sponsor of the event in 2017.
It was held in 1998 at the Bostancñ Show Center in Kadñköy, and organised by the Kadñköy Municipality Health and Social Solidarity Foundation (Kadñköy Belediyesi SaÃÂlñk ve Sosyal Dayanñà Âma Vakfñ, KASDAV). It was only open to the participation of high schools from Istanbul. There were only two award categories, the Pop Arrangement Award and the Pop Performance Award.
After the qualifications that were held between March 8âÂÂ10, 16 high schools that were selected by the jury members contested in the final stage on March 17. The final results were:
It was held between March 21âÂÂ30, 2000 with the participation of 19 high schools, and had 9 award categories while two of them were special prizes. The final results were:
It was held on March 30, 2001 and was hosted by DJ Füsun Tuncer. The final results were:
The qualifications were held between March 19âÂÂ21 with the participation of 34 high schools, and the finale was held on March 28, 2000 with the participation of 22 high schools. It was hosted by DJ Füsun Tuncer and Ataman Erkul.
The qualifications were held between March 18âÂÂ19, and the finale was held on March 27, 2003. The final stage which was hosted by DJ Füsun Tuncer and Ataman Erkul witnessed the participation of 36 high schools. The final results were:
The final stage was held on March 28, 2004, and consisted of two sections, music and show dance, and saw the participation of 26 and 5 high schools respectively. The final results were:
The qualifications were held between March 19âÂÂ20, and the finale was held on March 26, 2005. The winner of the Best Singing Performance category represented Turkey at the 1st World High School Music Contest, the winners of the Best Male Singer and the Best Female Singer categories represented Turkey at the International Song Contest in Malta.
The qualifications were held between March 24âÂÂ26, and the finale was held on April 8, 2006. The final results were:
The finale of the contest was held on April 28, 2007 and saw the participation of 36 high schools. The winner of the Best Female Singer category represented Turkey at the 5th Alexandria International Song Festival in Egypt in July 2007, and the winner of the Best Male Singer category represented Turkey at the Amberstar 2007 in Latvia in August 2007. The final results were:
The qualifications were held between March 7âÂÂ9, and the finale was held on March 29, 2008. 106 high schools participated in the contest while 35 of them made it to the finale. The final results were:
With the participation of 132 high schools, the qualifications were held between March 13âÂÂ15, and the finale was held on April 11, 2009. The final results were:
The qualifications were held between March 6âÂÂ7, and the finale was held on March 27, 2010. The event was labeled as the 13th Eti Crax High School Music Contest (13. Eti Crax Liselerarasñ Müzik Yarñà Âmasñ) for sponsorship reasons. The final results were:
The qualifications, which saw the participation of 131 high schools, were held between March 12âÂÂ13, and the finale was held on April 27, 2011. Starting from this event, Vodafone became the main sponsor of the contest. After the finale, in which 33 high schools participated, the winners of the Best Singing Performance, the Best Male Singer and the Best Female Singer categories took part in various other music contests. The final results were:
The event was named after Vodafone Freezone, for sponsorship reasons, and for the first time high schools out of Istanbul joined the contest. The qualifications in ðzmir were held between March 10âÂÂ11 with the participation of 59 high schools, the qualifications in Ankara on March 17 with the participation of 56 high schools, and the qualifications in Istanbul between March 23âÂÂ25 with the participation of 159 high schools. The finale was held on April 14, at the Bostancñ Show Center. The final results were:
The event was organized by Vodafone Freezone and named after it. For the first time, the competition was open to the participation of the high schools from all around Turkey. The qualifications were held in Antalya, ðzmir, Ankara, Gaziantep, Istanbul and Bursa respectively in February, March and April with the participation of 424 high schools from 53 provinces of Turkey. The finale was held on April 27, 2013 and saw 23 high schools competing, including the winner of the 1st Northern Cyprus High School Music Contest. The final results were:
It was organised under Vodafone Freezone's name. The qualifications were held in Ankara, Adana, Istanbul and ðzmir with the participation of 378 high schools from 45 provinces. 23 high schools contested in the finale on April 26, 2014. The final results were:
It was organised by Vodafone Freezone and named after it. The qualifications were held in Ankara, Istanbul and ðzmir. For the first time, the winners of high school music contest in Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia and Malta participated and competed in a different category. The finale was held on May 9 and the results were:
It was organised under Vodafone Freezone's name, the main sponsor of the event. The qualifications were held in Ankara, Istanbul and ðzmir, in which 415 high schools from 53 provinces participated. The finale was held on April 29, 2016 with the participation of 30 high schools. Participants from another countries competed in a separate category in the finale. Volkswagen Arena Istanbul hosted the final for the first and only time. The final results were:
It was organised under Fizy's name, the main sponsor of the event. The qualifications in Istanbul were held between March 24âÂÂ25, in Ankara on March 31, and in ðzmir on April 7 with the participation of 465 high schools from 49 provinces. The finale was held in the Bostancñ Show Center on April 22 with the participation of 34 high schools. The final results were:
The event was organised by Fizy, and the qualifications in Istanbul were held between March 23âÂÂ24, in Ankara between March 30âÂÂ31, and in ðzmir between April 6âÂÂ7 with the participation of 557 high schools from 49 provinces. The finale, during which Nükhet Duru received the Legend of Pop Award, was held in the Bostancñ Show Center on April 28 with the participation of 35 high schools. The final results were:
It was organised under Fizy's name, and the qualifications in Istanbul were held between March 22âÂÂ24, in Ankara between March 29âÂÂ30, and in ðzmir between April 5âÂÂ6 with the participation of 636 high schools from 55 provinces. The finale was held in the Bostancñ Show Center on April 27 with the participation of 31 high schools. The final results were: