Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Yugoslav Final 1989, was held on 4 March at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.

The winning song was chosen from a selection of 16 songs, by the votes of 8 regional juries. Each TV studio had to choose 1 song that entered straight into the competition and submitted few more songs from which the rest 8 songs were chosen.

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	TVSA	TVLJ	TVBG	TVZG	TVSK	TVPR	TVNS	TVTG	place
1	Jelena Džoja & Ambasadori	Kad ljubav umire	26	0+2+0			0+0+2			2+0+1	7+5+7	7
2	Caffe, Mojca & Marta	Kadar sem sama	13	7+0+1	3+2+0							12
3	BG Sound	Voli me opet	54	5+1+3		5+5+7	0+2+3		1+1+5	3+0+5	3+2+3	3
4	Massimo Savić	Plavi anđeo	65	0+3+0	7+7+5	7+3+5	7+5+0	1+5+0	0+0+1	7+0+0	0+0+2	2
5	Zdravko Skender & Intervali	Ogan gori	18		0+1+2		0+1+1	3+2+7			0+1+0	10
6	Riva	Rock me	66	0+7+7			3+3+5	0+0+3	7+7+7	0+7+7	2+0+1	1
7	Trio Rona	Fjollat	7				1+0+0		2+2+2			15
8	Toni Janković	Pričaj mi	8	3+0+5								14
9	Vesna Ivić & Tedi Bajić	Pregrni me nežno	38		5+0+7	3+7+0		5+3+2	0+3+3			4
10	Pop Design	Baby blue	20		1+5+3	0+1+0	2+0+0		3+5+0			9
11	Jasna Zlokić	Sve duge godine	34	2+5+2	0+3+0	1+0+1	5+7+7				1+0+0	5
12	Ana Kostovska	Umesto da se ljubimo	14			2+2+2		2+1+0		0+2+0	0+3+0	11
13	Frenki	Reka bez povratka	4		2+0+1			0+0+1				16
14	Lidija Kocovska	Tajna	29	1+0+0				7+7+5		5+1+3		6
15	Biljana Krstić & Srđan Marjanović	Još jedan poljubac za kraj	26			0+0+3				1+3+2	5+7+5	7
16	Foto Model	Neću da te delim	10						5+0+0	0+5+0		13

At Eurovision

Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the Contest, following Germany. Their song Rock Me won the sontest with a score of 137 points. However, according to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History it was a very unexpected win and BBC TV commentator Terry Wogan described it as "the death knell" for the contest.^[1]

Points Awarded to Yugoslavia

Points Awarded to Yugoslavia^[2]
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland Israel Turkey United Kingdom	Austria Belgium Denmark	Netherlands Sweden	Finland Norway	Iceland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Cyprus Luxembourg Switzerland	Portugal	France		Germany

Points Awarded by Yugoslavia^[2]

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Finland
8 points	Italy
7 points	Israel
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Austria
4 points	Turkey
3 points	France
2 points	Ireland
1 point	Denmark

References

↑ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
↑ 2.0 2.1 Eurovision Song Contest 1989

External links

Yugoslavian National Final 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Countries

Final (by final results)	Yugoslavia (winner) United Kingdom Denmark Sweden Austria Spain Finland France Italy Greece Cyprus Israel Switzerland Germany Netherlands Portugal Norway Ireland Belgium Luxembourg Turkey Iceland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Riva Live Report Birthe Kjær Tommy Nilsson Thomas Forstner Nina Anneli Saaristo Nathalie Pâque Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali Mariana Efstratiou Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis Gili and Galit Furbaz Nino de Angelo Justine Pelmelay Da Vinci Britt Synnøve Johansen Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers Ingeborg Park Café Pan Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Rock Me" "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" "Vi maler byen rød" "En dag" "Nur ein Lied" "Nacida para amar" "La dolce vita" "J'ai volé la vie" "Avrei voluto" "To Dhiko Su Asteri" "Apopse As Vrethoume" "Derekh Hamelekh" "Viver senza tei" "Flieger" "Blijf zoals je bent" "Conquistador" "Venners nærhet" "The Real Me" "Door de wind" "Monsieur" "Bana Bana" "Það sem enginn sér"

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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