Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Yugoslavia

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Member station JRT
National selection events Jugovizija
Appearances 26
First appearance 1961
Best result 1st, 1989
Worst result 21st, 1991
External links
Yugoslavia's page at Eurovision.tv

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (until 1963 hold name Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 26 times, debuting in 1961 (see ESC 1961) and since competing in every year until last appearance in 1991, with the exceptions of 1977-1980, and 1985.

Over the years, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was represented by a variety of artists from five of the six republics that constituted Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. These artists were from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, missing only Macedonia. Croatia was the most successful republic, as their performers won the national contest 13 out of 26 times Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia participated in ESC.

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. Following the rules of the contest, in 1990, the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Zagreb, as the singer came from Croatia.

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[edit] After the breakup of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Since the breakup of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, all former Yugoslav republics have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia did not re-appear at the contest for the remainder of its existence until the early 2000s. In 2004, however, Serbia and Montenegro debuted and came in 2nd. Overall the results of the new republics have been mixed: Croatia had some early successes in the mid-1990s, and Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have enjoyed some success in recent years, while the FYR of Macedonia have never secured a top 10 result despite making it through to the final each year until 2008, in which they lost at the semi-final stage. In 2007 Serbia won the Eurovision Song Contest the first time they entered as an independent nation.

[edit] Contestants

For SFR Yugoslavia have participated Serbs,Croats, Bosnians, Slovenians and Montenegrians but many of them felt like Yugoslavs.

Year Artist Title Place Points Ethnicity
1961 Ljiljana Petrović Neke davne zvezde 8 9 Serbian
1962 Lola Novaković Ne pali svetla u sumrak 4 10 Serbian
1963 Vice Vukov Brodovi 11 3 Croatian
1964 Sabahudin Kurt Život je sklopio krug 13 0 Bosnian
1965 Vice Vukov Čežnja 12 2 Croatian
1966 Berta Ambrož Brez besed 7 9 Slovenian
1967 Lado Leskovar Vse rože sveta 8 7 Slovenian
1968 Luči Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić Jedan dan 7 8 Croatian
1969 Ivan & 3M Pozdrav svijetu 13 5 Croatian
1970 Eva Sršen Pridi, dala ti bom cvet 11 4 Slovenian
1971 Kićo Slabinac Tvoj dječak je tužan 14 68 Croatian
1972 Tereza Kesovija Muzika i ti 9 87 Croatian
1973 Zdravko Čolić Gori vatra 15 65 Serbian
1974 Korni grupa Moja generacija 12 6 Serbian
1975 Pepel in Kri Dan ljubezni 13 22 Slovenian
1976 Ambasadori Ne mogu skriti svoj bol 17 10 Serbian/Bosnian
1981 Vajta Leila 15 35 Bosnian
1982 Aska Halo Halo 14 21 Serbian
1983 Daniel Džuli 4 125 Montenegrian
1984 Vlado Kalember & Izolda Barudžija. Ciao, Amore 18 26 Montenegrian and Croatian
1986 Doris Dragović Željo moja 11 49 Croatian
1987 Novi fosili Ja sam za ples 4 92 Croatian
1988 Srebrna krila Mangup 6 87 Croatian
1989 Riva Rock me 1 137 Croatian
1990 Tajči Hajde da ludujemo 7 81 Croatian
1991 Bebi Dol Brazil 21 1 Serbian

[edit] Hosting

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

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