Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

JRT

First participation

1961

Last participation so far

1992

Number of participations

27

Highest ranking

1 ( 1989 )

Highest Score

137 (1989)

Lowest Score

0 ( 1964 )

Points average (since first post)

37.52

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

2.89

Yugoslavia took part in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1961 to 1992, with Yugoslavia only consisting of Serbia and Montenegro when it participated in 1992. Shortly beforehand, the Croatian group Riva brought thetrophyto the Balkans for the first time in 1989 with their song Rock Me .

Participation

In the second participation, the Serbian singer Lola Novaković TV represented Ljubljana with Ne pali svetla u sumrak in Luxembourg and took fourth place, which should remain Yugoslavia's best ranking until 1983.

Except for 1989, the entire 1980s was a relatively successful period for Yugoslavia. For the next few decades, the Yugoslav contributions tended to be at the end of the rating scale.

Thanks to the popularity of the music event in the former Yugoslavia, the local preliminary decision, Jugovizija, could again and again come up with stars from the Balkan Peninsula. For example Bebi Dol , Lepa Brena , Neda Ukraden , Tereza Kesovija , Oliver Dragojević and many others.

While the winning title Rock Me itself had moderate success in Yugoslavia and is only known to ESC fans today, other titles that participated in the Jugovizija are such as Ne idi (Mira Beširević), Negde iznad planeta (Dado Topić & Slađana Milošević), Dženi (Oliver Dragojević), Rat i mir (Viktorija), Sitnije Cile sitnije (Lepa Brena), Šaj rode šaj (Neda Ukraden) ... have become classics.

In 1968 the Dubrovački Trubaduri (Troubadure from Dubrovnik) represented the Balkan state at the ESC with Jedan dan . Since groups over two people were not allowed at that time (only from 1973), two members of the band competed under their names.

Zdravko Čolićs Gori vatra is one of his most popular titles despite the bad placement and paved the way for an even bigger career for him.

Extra Nena had special protection from security forces in Malmö. Since no conductor and accordion player could travel to Sweden for financial reasons, the Swede Anders Berglund had to conduct and play the accordion at the same time.

A year later, contributions from Croatia , Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were already represented as new Eurovision participants , and in 1998 Macedonia was added. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, formed from Serbia and Montenegro , was suspended by the EBU from 1993 to 2003 and was not allowed to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. After the founding of Serbia and Montenegro , the two former Yugoslav republics were allowed to participate in the competition again in 2004 and took second place. Serbia and Montenegro have been participating as independent states since 2007 .

National preliminary decision

The national preliminary decision was called Jugovizija (German: Jugovision) and took place at various locations in Yugoslavia. The television stations of the time in the individual Yugoslav republics and the two Serbian provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo sent contributions to the competition. The television stations of the Republic of Macedonia and the Serbian provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo could never achieve a victory. Thus, Yugoslavia was never represented internationally with a contribution in Macedonian or Albanian.

Participation:

• Croatia - TV Zagreb - 1961 to 1991
• Serbia - TV Beograd - 1961 to 1992
• Slovenia - TV Ljubljana - 1961 to 1991
• Macedonia - TV Skopje - 1964 to 1991
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - TV Sarajevo - 1969 to 1992
• Montenegro - TV Titograd - 1971 to 1992
• Kosovo - TV Pristina - 1975 to 1992
• Vojvodina - TV Novi Sad - 1975 to 1992

Overview of the victories of the individual TV channels at the time (order: number of victories, year of first success):

• TV Zagreb - 11 times - 1963, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1985 ¹ , 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
• TV Ljubljana - 6 times - 1961 ² , 1962 ³ , 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975
• TV Sarajevo - 5 times - 1964, 1965 ⁴ , 1973, 1976, 1981
• TV Beograd - 4 times - 1974, 1982, 1991, 1992
• TV Titograd - 2 times - 1983 ⁵ , 1984

¹ TV Zagreb held a preliminary decision in 1985, but because of the 5th anniversary of Tito's death, the winner did not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest.

²In 1961 TV Ljubljana won with the Serbian singer Ljiljana Petrović .

³1961 won TV Ljubljana with the Serbian singer Lola Novaković .

^4thIn 1965, TV Sarajevo won with the Croatian singer Vice Vukov .

⁵In 1983 TV Titograd won with the Croatian-Montenegrin singer Daniel Popović .

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified.     

year	Interpreter	Title (music / text)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification
					space	Points	space	Points
1961	Ljiljana Petrović Љиљана Петровић	Neke davne zvezde (Неке давне звезде) (Jože Privšek / Miroslav Antić)	Serbian	Many distant stars	8/16	9	Direct participation
1962	Lola Novaković Лола Новаковић	Ne pali svetla u sumrak (Не пали светла у сумрак) (Jože Privšek / Dragutin Britvić)	Serbian	Don't turn the lights on at dusk	4/16	10
1963	Vice Vukov	Brodovi (Mario Nardelli)	Croatian	Ships	11/16	3
1964	Sabahudin Kurt	Život je sklopio jug (Srcan Matijević / Stevan Raicković)	Bosnian	The circle of life has come full	13/16	0
1965	Vice Vukov	Čežnja (Julijo Marić / Zarko Roje)	Croatian	nostalgia	12/18	2
1966	Berta Ambrož	Pretzel besed (Mojmir Sepe / Elza Budav)	Slovenian	Without words	7/18	9
1967	Lado Leskovar	Vse rože sveta (Urban Koder / Milan Lindić)	Slovenian	All the roses in the world	8/17	7th
1968	Luci Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić	Jedan dan (Djelo Jusić, Stipica Kalogjera / Stijepo Strazicic)	Croatian	A single day	7/17	8th
1969	Ivan & M's	Pozdrav svijetu (Milan Lentić)	Croatian	Greetings to the world	13/16	5
1970	Eva Sršen	Priđi, dala ti bom cvet ( Mojmir Sepe / Dušan Velkaverh)	Slovenian	Look, I'll give you a flower	11/12	4th
1971	Krunoslav Slabinac	Tvoj dječak je tužan ( Ivica Krajač / Zvonimir Golob)	Croatian	Your boy is sad	14/18	68
1972	Tereza	Muzika i ti ( Nikica Kalogjera / Ivica Krajač)	Croatian	The music and you	9/18	87
1973	Zdravko Čolić Здравко Чолић	Gori vatra (Гори ватра) (Kemal Monteno)	Serbian	The fire is burning	15/17	65
1974	Korni grupa Корни Група	Generacija '42 (Генерација '42) (Kornelije Kovač)	Serbian	Generation '42	12/17	6th
1975	Pepel in Kri	Dan ljubezni (Tadej Hrušovar / Dušan Velkaverh)	Slovenian	Day of love	13/19	22nd
1976	Ambasadori	Ne mogu skriti svoj bol (Slobodan Vujović / Slobodan Djurasović)	Bosnian	I can't hide my pain	17/18	10
1977 to 1980	No participation
1981	Be Memić-Vajta	Lejla (Ranko Boban)	Bosnian	-	15/20	35	Direct participation
1982	Aska Аска	Halo, halo (Хало, хало) ( Aleksandar Sanja Ilić / Miro Zec)	Serbian	Hello Hello	14/18	21st
1983	Daniel	Džuli (Milan Popović / Mario Mihaljević)	Croatian	Julie	4/20	125
1984	Izolda & Vlado	Čao amore (Slobodan Bucevac / Milan Perić)	Croatian	Bye my love	18/19	26th
1985	Zorica Kondža feat. Josip Genda	Pokora	Croatian	Buses	Participation withdrawn commemorating the 5th anniversary of Tito's death
1986	Doris Dragović	Željo moja (Zrinko Tutić)	Croatian	My desire	11/20	49	Direct participation
1987	Novi Fosili	Ja sam za ples (Rajko Dujmić / Stevo Cvikić)	Croatian	I am ready to dance	4/22	92
1988	Srebrna Krila	Mangup (Rajko Dujmić / Rajko Dujmić, Stevo Cvikić)	Croatian	rogue	6/21	87
1989	Riva	Rock Me (Rajko Dujmić / Stevo Cvikić)	Croatian a.	Rock me	1  / 22nd	137
1990	Tajči	Hajde da ludujemo (Zrinko Tutić / Alka Vuica)	Croatian	Let's go crazy	7/22	81
1991	Bebi Dol Беби Дол	Brazil (Бразил) (Zoran Vracević / Dragana Sarić)	Serbian	Brazil	21/22	1
1992	Extra Nena Екстра Нена	Ljubim te pesmama Љубим те песмама (Radivoje Radivojević / Gale Janković)	Serbian	I kiss you with songs	13/23	44
1993 to 2003	Ban by the EBU disintegration and dissolution

^a.with English title

See also

• Music of Yugoslavia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MI NA EVROVIZIJI. escserbia.com, accessed April 4, 2017 .