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Halay AI Trend: Dance the TV Show Halay With Two Friends

You and two friends dance a halay arm in arm on a Turkish TV stage: the leader waves a white handkerchief, sinks low and kicks high while the big drum booms right in front. Three photos, or just yours, 15 seconds, with the halay tune.

The original TV Show Halay reel by @orcunaicoversOriginal reel
  • 3 photos you add
  • 15 s clip with sound
  • 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts
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The halay AI trend puts you and your friends into a classic Turkish TV moment. Three people dance a halay arm in arm on a music show stage, a drummer beats a big davul right in front of them, and the leader waves a white handkerchief, sinks low and kicks high. You need three photos, or just one.

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What the TV Show Halay video looks like

This is the original reel. Your photos replace its characters, so your video follows the same shots with your faces. No two runs come out the same.

Original reel by @orcunaicovers, 15 s

The original reel by @orcunaicovers: three AI-made characters dance the halay arm in arm on a TV stage, the leader with the white handkerchief and the big drum in front. Your photos take their places. Shown: his wide reel in a vertical frame.

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How to make the TV Show Halay video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no prompt to write, no watermark.

  1. Add the three photos

    Press "Create your own" and add leader with the handkerchief, then friend in the middle, then friend on the right. Add them in this order, because the order decides who is who in the scene. Take them with the camera or pick them from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.0 Mini puts your photos into the TV show halay trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 15 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

    The video is ready in a few minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in your Library.

Which photo works best?

You need three photos, the leader first. Photo 1 is the leader on the left, who waves the handkerchief and kicks high. Photo 2 is the friend in the middle, photo 3 the friend on the right. With Just you, add one photo: you lead the line, and two new dancers hold your arms.

  • Waist up or full body, one person per photo, face sharp and turned to the camera, in good light. The faces are medium-sized in the clip.
  • Photo 1 matters most: the leader is the closest to the camera in the low shots.
  • Wear what you want to dance in: the prompt keeps the clothes from each photo.
  • No sunglasses, no hat that hides the face and no beauty filter.
  • Use photos of yourself or of adults who said yes. Never a singer, a celebrity or a stranger.

Where did the TV Show Halay trend start?

Halay is the national dance of Turkey: a line of dancers who hold each other by the fingers, hands or shoulders, usually to the davul drum and the zurna pipe. The first and last dancers may hold a handkerchief, the mendil.

On Turkish TV music shows, a halay often breaks out on the studio stage. Folk singer Latif Doğan makes it a regular part of Küstüm Show, his program on Vatan TV. In "Muhteşem Halay Show", a 2022 clip on his YouTube channel with 2.2 million views, he leads the line with a white handkerchief, arm in arm with singer Uygar Doğanay and another guest, while the davul player stands right in front of them.

In late September 2026, AI creators began to put other faces into this kind of TV halay, and TikTok now files the clips under "latif doğan halay yapay zeka". On 30 September @orcunaicovers posted one with three Turkish streamers. On 9 October he posted "Turkish Halay || GTA AI Edition", with three AI-made characters in a video game look. MakeViral copies that reel: your photos take their places.

  1. Latif Doğan's YouTube channel posts "Latif Doğan & Uygar Doğanay - Muhteşem Halay Show" from his Vatan TV show: a handkerchief halay with the davul in front. It has 2.26 million views by 12 October 2026. YouTube

  2. @orcunaicovers posts an AI version of a TV stage halay with the faces of three Turkish streamers. It has 98,400 views on TikTok by 12 October. TikTok

  3. Turkish how-to videos show how to put your own face into a viral halay clip with Seedance 2.5. This one uses the sister trend, a village halay at night, and has 46,100 views by 12 October. TikTok

  4. @orcunaicovers posts "Turkish Halay || GTA AI Edition": three AI-made characters dance the TV stage halay. By 12 October it has 178,200 views, 7,069 likes and 2,909 shares. This template copies that reel. TikTok

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The TV Show Halay prompts

You do not need these: the one-tap flow runs them for you, together with the trend clip. [Image 1] and [Image 2] are your two photos, and [Video 1] is the trend clip the video copies.

Three friends

3 photos: leader with the handkerchief + friend in the middle + friend on the rightSeedance 2.0 Mini15 s · 720p · 9:1648 credits
Video prompt

[Video 1] is a motion guide only. Copy its camera moves, cuts, timing and dance moves, and the TV studio stage: the glossy white floor, the cream tufted leather sofas, the low gold coffee table, the warm wall of marquee lights, the glowing star and music-note signs, the microphone stand and the big white drum in front. Do NOT copy the people in [Video 1]: not their faces, hair, skin tone, age or clothes. Replace all of them. Three people dance a halay line arm in arm, always in this order from left to right, in every shot. The one on the left, who leads the line, waves a white handkerchief over the head and down to the floor, sinks into deep, wobbly knee bends, kicks one foot high and laughs, is the one in [Image 1]. The one in the middle, who holds the leader up by the arm, is the one in [Image 2]. The one on the right, who keeps the steps with a calm face, is the one in [Image 3]. Each one keeps the face, hair, skin tone, body and clothes from their own image in every shot, also in the low shots beside the drum. Do not mix the three faces. No teal palm-print shirt, no white tank top and no beige t-shirt unless an image shows one. The drummer who beats the big drum in front is a new man in a plain dark shirt, not the one in [Video 1]. Photorealistic, like a real Turkish TV music show filmed with studio cameras: a wide shot of the stage, then a low camera on the floor beside the drum. No text, no subtitles, no logos, no watermark, no extra limbs.

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Just you

1 photo: leader with the handkerchiefSeedance 2.0 Mini15 s · 720p · 9:1648 credits
Video prompt

[Video 1] is a motion guide only. Copy its camera moves, cuts, timing and dance moves, and the TV studio stage: the glossy white floor, the cream tufted leather sofas, the low gold coffee table, the warm wall of marquee lights, the glowing star and music-note signs, the microphone stand and the big white drum in front. Do NOT copy the people in [Video 1]: not their faces, hair, skin tone, age or clothes. Replace all of them. Three people dance a halay line arm in arm, always in this order from left to right, in every shot. The one on the left, who leads the line, waves a white handkerchief over the head and down to the floor, sinks into deep, wobbly knee bends, kicks one foot high and laughs, is the one in [Image 1]. Keep the face, hair, skin tone, body and clothes from [Image 1] in every shot, also in the low shots beside the drum, with no teal palm-print shirt unless [Image 1] shows one. The two dancers who hold the leader's arm are new adult men, not the ones in [Video 1] and never with the face of [Image 1]: the one in the middle wears a plain white shirt and dark jeans, the one on the right a plain grey shirt and dark trousers. The drummer who beats the big drum in front is a new man in a plain dark shirt, not the one in [Video 1]. Photorealistic, like a real Turkish TV music show filmed with studio cameras: a wide shot of the stage, then a low camera on the floor beside the drum. No text, no subtitles, no logos, no watermark, no extra limbs.

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How many credits does it cost?

You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the video, made in one step from your photos and the trend clip, charged once. One video is 48 credits, so the smallest one-time pack that covers it is $9.99 for 100 credits, with no subscription. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Seedance 2.0 Mini (this template)15 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap48

One-time packs and plans are on the pricing page. A failed video gives its credits back.

What happens in the halay clip, second by second?

Your clip follows the first 15 seconds of the AI reel by @orcunaicovers, on a TV studio stage with cream sofas, a wall of marquee lights and glowing star and music-note signs:

SecondsWhat happens
0 to 3Wide shot of the stage. The three of you dance in a line, arm in arm. The leader on the left slumps to one side and waves the handkerchief.
3 to 6Cut to a low camera on the floor beside the big drum. The leader swings the white handkerchief over the head.
6 to 11The leader sinks into deep, wobbly knee bends and waves the handkerchief down to the floor. The friend in the middle holds the leader up by the arm.
11 to 15The leader kicks one foot high and laughs, the friend on the right keeps the steps, and the drummer's beater swings past the lens.

Three friends or Just you?

Three friendsJust you
Photos3: the leader, the middle, the right1: the leader
Who dances next to the leaderYour two friendsTwo new dancers made by the model
Quality optionsStandard or BestStandard

Standard or Best? Best is there for Three friends. Standard is the default.

StandardBest
ModelSeedance 2.0 MiniHiggsfield Genjutsu
How it worksMakes a new vertical clip that follows the reel's moves, camera and timing, with your faces in the linePuts the three of you into the reel itself, shot by shot: the same stage, drum and camera
FrameVertical 9:16, 720pWide 16:9 like the reel, 480p
Length15 s15 s
SoundThe reel's halay tune, which you can turn offThe same
PriceThe lower priceCosts more

The exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. You write no prompt, and the video waits in your Library when it is ready. Every run is a new take, so results differ.

Which halay trend is this, and who should dance in it?

Two AI halay trends went viral in Turkey at the same time, and both show up when you search "halay yapay zeka":

  • The TV show halay (this template): three people arm in arm on a studio stage, a handkerchief, a big drum in front, the wobbly knee bends and the high kicks.
  • The village halay at night: one dancer in the middle of a street wedding circle under street lamps, with a davul player. Its most viral AI copy, "Bilsen uzaklarda kim ağlıyor - GTA AI Edition" by @orcunaicovers, had 4 million TikTok views on 12 October 2026. MakeViral has no template for that one yet.

The joke of the TV halay is the leader who gives everything while the other two hold on. These casts work well:

  • Your three best friends. Put the loudest one first: photo 1 leads.
  • Dad and two uncles before a wedding or a holiday dinner. Ask them first.
  • Three coworkers for the office group chat, in their work clothes.
  • Just you, if your friends are shy: pick Just you and lead the line alone.

Caption ideas: "Halay başı benim", "Us at every family wedding", "POV: the drummer arrives", or the three names.

More Turkish trends: the Turkish village spoon dance and the Bulin 47 AI freestyle.

Which sound and hashtags should you post it with?

Your clip comes with the sound of the reel it copies: a fast drum-and-zurna halay tune, cut to the same 15 seconds. On TikTok the reel lists it as original sound. You can turn the music off on the result screen and add a sound when you post instead. The music belongs to its owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it. Check the music rules before you use the clip in an ad or a paid post.

Hashtags: the AI halay posts use #halay and #yapayzeka (Turkish for "artificial intelligence"). On 12 October 2026, #halay had 662,180 TikTok videos and about 32 billion views, and #yapayzeka had 343,402 videos. Keep the platform's AI label on.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
Two faces mix, or a friend gets the leader's faceUse three clearly different photos, one person in each, then run it again. With Best, the faces follow the reel's people more closely.
A teal palm-print shirt or a white tank top shows upThe reel's characters come through. Use photos where your own clothes are easy to see, then run it again.
A face looks less like its photoThe faces are medium-sized. Use sharp, front-facing photos in good light, or pick Best.
The drummer or the stage looks different from the reel (Standard)Standard makes a new clip, so the drummer and the background can change. Best keeps the reel's stage and drummer.
The Best clip is wide and softerBest keeps the reel's 16:9 frame at 480p. Pick Standard for a vertical 720p clip.
The run failsSome photos get refused. The credits come back; try other photos.
FAQ

TV Show Halay trend questions

What is the halay AI trend?
It is a viral AI video format from Turkey, from late September 2026. People put their own faces, or other faces, into a TV stage halay: three dancers arm in arm, a big drum in front, and a leader who waves a white handkerchief, sinks low and kicks high. On TikTok the clips appear under "halay yapay zeka".
Which TV show is the halay from?
The scene is a halay on the stage of a Turkish TV music show. It matches the halays on *Küstüm Show*, folk singer Latif Doğan's program on Vatan TV, where he leads the line with a white handkerchief while a davul player stands in front of the dancers. Your video copies an AI reel, not the broadcast.
How do I make the halay AI video with my friends?
Press "Create your own", pick Three friends, add the three photos in order (the leader first, then the friend in the middle, then the friend on the right), pick Standard or Best and press Generate. The button shows the price first. You get a 15-second clip with the halay tune, and you write no prompt.
Can I make it with only my photo?
Yes. Pick Just you and add one photo. You lead the line with the handkerchief, and the model makes two new dancers who hold your arms. Just you uses the Standard model.
What is the difference between Standard and Best?
Standard (Seedance 2.0 Mini) makes a new vertical 720p clip that follows the reel's moves, camera and timing, at the lower price. Best (Higgsfield Genjutsu, Three friends only) puts the three of you into the reel itself, shot by shot, so the stage, the drum and the camera stay exactly as in the reel; the clip is 480p, wide like the reel, and costs more.
Is my video made from the real TV broadcast?
No. Your clip copies an AI reel by @orcunaicovers with three AI-made characters on an AI-made stage. No singer from the show appears in your video, and MakeViral does not use the broadcast.
Can I put a singer or a celebrity in the halay?
Do not. Some viral copies use famous faces, but a fake video of a real person can break platform rules and that person's rights. Use yourself, or adults who agreed to be in it.
What is a halay, and why the handkerchief?
Halay is the national dance of Turkey: dancers hold each other by the fingers, hands or shoulders and step to the davul drum and the zurna pipe. The first and last dancers may hold a handkerchief, the *mendil*. In the TV clip, the leader's handkerchief, deep knee bends and high kicks are the funny part.
Which music is in the halay video?
A fast drum-and-zurna halay tune, the sound of the AI reel this template copies. Your clip comes with the same 15 seconds, and you can turn the music off on the result screen.
Can my dog or cat lead the halay?
This template is made for people: the reel it copies has three people, and we found no AI pet version of this halay by 12 October 2026. For pets, try the [AI dancing pet video](/templates/ai-dancing-dog-video).
How long is the video and what format is it?
15 seconds. Standard makes a vertical 9:16 MP4 at 720p. Best makes a wide 16:9 MP4 at 480p, like the reel. Both come with the halay tune, which you can turn off.
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