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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
	(1961–1991) (1992)
Participating broadcaster	JRT
Participation summary
Appearances	27
First appearance	1961
Last appearance	1992
Highest placement	1st, 1989

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Yugoslavia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992, with the exceptions of 1977–1980, and 1985. Yugoslavia won the 1989 contest and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1990.

History

1961–1991: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961. The national pre-selection organized by its national Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) was called Jugovizija, and it featured entries submitted by the subnational public broadcasting centers based in the capitals of the each of the constituent countries of the Yugoslav federation, then named: RTV Belgrade, Belgrade, SR Serbia; RTV Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia; RTV Sarajevo, Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina; RTV Skopje, SR Macedonia; RTV Titograd, Titograd, SR Montenegro; RTV Zagreb, Zagreb, SR Croatia, and also the broadcasting services of the constituent autonomous areas: RTV Novi Sad, Novi Sad, SAP Vojvodina and RTV Priština, Priština, SAP Kosovo.^[1] The first to compete in 1961 were Belgrade, Ljubljana and Zagreb, while the others joined in the following years.^[1]

During its existence, SFR Yugoslavia was represented by a variety of artists from five of the eight Yugoslav federal units. These artists were from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, with Macedonia, Vojvodina, and Kosovo never passing the national pre-selection. Croatia was the most successful constituent republic, as its performers won the national contest 13 out of the 26 times SFR Yugoslavia took part in the contest. From 1977 to 1980, Yugoslavia didn't participate, but the national competition was still held from 1978 until 1980. Maja Odžaklievska from Macedonia won in 1980,^[1] however due to the Yugoslav withdrawal, she did not perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, leaving the constituent Socialist Republic of Macedonia without its own Yugoslav representative.

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Rock Me" by the group Riva. Following the rules of the contest, the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 took place in Zagreb, as the entry came from Croatia.

1992: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

During the process of breakup of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the former constituent countries Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia proclaimed independence and hence withdrew from Jugovizija, while the then-leaderships of Serbia and Montenegro agreed to maintain a close alliance. On March 28, 1992, the countries that still (at least formally) constituted the fading and shrunken former Yugoslav federation took part in 1992 Jugovizija held in Belgrade. It included artists not only from Serbia and Montenegro, but also from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although the latter declared independence on March 1 of that year, it was still not recognized by the international community until April 6. Among it candidates was Alma Čardžić, who later represented the modern day independent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest with the songs "Ostani kraj mene" and "Goodbye" in 1994 and 1997 respectively.^[2] The winner of that pre-selection was Ljubim te pesmama performed by Extra Nena (Snežana Berić) from Serbia.^[3] Before that year's ESC took place, on April 28, a new federative state was formed consisting of Serbia and Montenegro called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which was represented by the previously mentioned Extra Nena in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 held on May 9.^[4]^[5]^[6] However, currently, on the official ESC country specific page that entry is listed under the general designation Yugoslavia, but with the flag of SFR Yugoslavia.

1993–present: The breakup of SFRY

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia its former constituent countries proclaimed independence. The once subnational public radio and TV stations changed to national but under new names, including: RTV Slovenia, Croatian RTV, RTV Serbia, Macedonian RTV and so on. Since joining the EBU respectively, all of the ex-Yugoslav countries have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia.

Overall the results of the new republics have been mixed: Croatia had some early successes in the mid-1990s, and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have enjoyed some success in recent years, while the F.Y.R. Macedonia have never secured a top 10 result despite making it through to the final each year until 2008, in which it lost at the semi-final stage. In 2004, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro debuted and came in 2nd and in 2007, Montenegro joined the contest but failed to qualify for the final, while Serbia won the Eurovision Song Contest the first time it entered as an independent nation.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Title	Place	Points	Broadcasting center	Republic of broadcaster
1961	Ljiljana Petrović	Neke davne zvezde	8	9	RTV Ljubljana	SR Slovenia
1962	Lola Novaković	Ne pali svetla u sumrak	4	10	RTV Belgrade	SR Serbia
1963	Vice Vukov	Brodovi	11	3	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1964	Sabahudin Kurt	Život je sklopio krug	13	0	RTV Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
1965	Vice Vukov	Čežnja	12	2	RTV Titograd	SR Montenegro
1966	Berta Ambrož	Brez besed	7	9	RTV Ljubljana	SR Slovenia
1967	Lado Leskovar	Vse rože sveta	8	7	RTV Ljubljana	SR Slovenia
1968	Luči Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić	Jedan dan	7	8	RTV Zagreb	SR Serbia
1969	Ivan & 3M	Pozdrav svijetu	13	5	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1970	Eva Sršen	Pridi, dala ti bom cvet	11	4	RTV Ljubljana	SR Slovenia
1971	Kićo Slabinac	Tvoj dječak je tužan	14	68	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1972	Tereza Kesovija	Muzika i ti	9	87	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1973	Zdravko Čolić	Gori vatra	15	65	RTV Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
1974	Korni Grupa	Moja generacija	12	6	RTV Belgrade	SR Serbia
1975	Pepel in Kri	Dan ljubezni	13	22	RTV Ljubljana	SR Slovenia
1976	Ambasadori	Ne mogu skriti svoj bol	17	10	RTV Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
1981	Vajta	Leila	15	35	RTV Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
1982	Aska	Halo Halo	14	21	RTV Beograd	SR Serbia
1983	Daniel	Džuli	4	125	RTV Titograd	SR Montenegro
1984	Vlado & Isolda	Ciao, amore	18	26	RTV Titograd	SR Montenegro
1986	Doris Dragović	Željo moja	11	49	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1987	Novi Fosili	Ja sam za ples	4	92	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1988	Srebrna Krila	Mangup	6	87	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1989	Riva	Rock Me	1	137	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1990	Tajči	Hajde da ludujemo	7	81	RTV Zagreb	SR Croatia
1991	Bebi Dol	Brazil	21	1	RTV Belgrade	SR Serbia
1992	Extra Nena	Ljubim te pesmama	13	44	N/A	N/A

Voting history (1975-1992)

Yugoslavia has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Italy	62
2	Switzerland	61
3	United Kingdom	57
4	France	56
5	Israel	54

Yugoslavia has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Turkey	80
2	Israel	64
3	Cyprus	59
4	Denmark	52
5	Iceland	48

Source:^[7]

Hosting

Year	Location	Venue	Presenter
1990	Zagreb	Koncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb, SR Croatia	Oliver Mlakar & Helga Vlahović

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Jugovizija statistics by year, Eurodalmatia official ESC fan club, Dalmatia, Croatia Cite error: The named reference "jugovizija" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Alma Čardžić Bio - Official Site Template:Bs icon
^ Extra Nena Bio - Official Site Template:Sr icon
^ "Eurovision Trivia: Did you know..." BBC News. 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Klier, Marcus (2007-09-28). "Interview with Extra Nena". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Deniz, Jose Miguel Galvan (2005-03-14). "Eurovision shows political side". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Points to and from Yugoslavia (1975-1992)". EurovisionRecords. Retrieved 2008-09-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Eurovision official website

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[jugovizija-1] Jugovizija statistics by year, Eurodalmatia official ESC fan club, Dalmatia, Croatia Cite error: The named reference "jugovizija" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[alma-2] Alma Čardžić Bio - Official Site Template:Bs icon

[nena-3] Extra Nena Bio - Official Site Template:Sr icon

[4] "Eurovision Trivia: Did you know..." BBC News. 2005-05-06. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[5] Klier, Marcus (2007-09-28). "Interview with Extra Nena". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[6] Deniz, Jose Miguel Galvan (2005-03-14). "Eurovision shows political side". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[7] "Points to and from Yugoslavia (1975-1992)". EurovisionRecords. Retrieved 2008-09-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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v t e Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Jugovizija
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Artists	Ambasadori Berta Ambrož Aska Baby Doll Luči Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić Zdravko Čolić Daniel Doris Dragović Extra Nena Ida Ivan and 4M Tereza Kesovija Korni Grupa Sabahudin Kurt Lado Leskovar Seid Memić Vajta Lola Novaković Novi fosili Pepel in kri Ljiljana Petrović Riva Krunoslav Slabinac Srebrna krila Eva Sršen Tajči Vlado Vice Vukov
Songs	"Brazil" "Brez besed" "Brodovi" "Čežnja" "Ciao, amore" "Dan ljubezni" "Džuli" "Gori vatra" "Hajde da ludujemo" "Halo, Halo" "Ja sam za ples" "Jedan dan" "Lejla" "Ljubim te pesmama" "Mangup" "Moja generacija" "Muzika i ti" "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" "Neke davne zvezde" "Pozdrav svijetu" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Rock Me" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Vse rože sveta" "Željo moja" "Život je sklopio krug"
Successor states: Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo (none) Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006) Slovenia