Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

After a four year break Yugoslavia returns to Eurovision Song Contest 1981. The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1981, was held on 28 February at the Studio TV - TV Beograd in Belgrade, and was hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović

Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Skopje, Novi Sad, Titograd, Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana and Pristina).

The winning entry was "Lejla," performed by Bosnian singer Seid Memić-Vajta and composed by Ranko Boban.

Draw	Artist	Song	TV station	Points	TVSa	TVSk	TVNS	TVTg	TVZg	TVBg	TVLj	TVPr	Place
1	Neda Ukraden	Sve sto se odgađa, to se ne događa	TVSa	33		6	5	6	6	6	3	1	7
2	Verica Ristevska	Bez nežnosti	TVSk	5			1		1	3			13
3	Dejan Petković	Emanuel	TVNS	38	4	2		5	10	5	6	6	6
4	Ratko Kraljević	Propustila si šansu	TVTg	19	7	1	7		3		1		10
5	Biserka Spevec	Sama	TVNS	17	6				4	2	5		11
6	Novi fosili	Oko moje	TVZg	67	12	10	12	8		10	7	8	2
7	Maja Odzaklijevska	Ne podnosim dan	TVBg	20		3	2	4	5		2	4	9
8	M.Antevska,M.Puharić,P.Nečovski,P.Mitrevski	Mojot son	TVSk	3				3					14-15
9	Hazard	Marie, ne piši pesmi več	TVLj	41	5	7	6	7	7	4		5	5
10	Seid Memić "Vajta"	Lejla	TVSa	71		12	4	12	12	7	12	12	1st
11	Alenka Pinterič	V meni je kar hočeš	TVLj	3								3	14-15'
12	Shpresa Gashi	Malli i mengjesit	TVPr	6	3			2		1			12
13	Srebrna Krila	Kulminacija	TVZg	61	8	8	10	10		8	10	7	3
14	Sabri Fejzulahu	Vala e lazdruar	TVPr	2	1			1					16
15	Sladjana Milosević	Recept za ljubav	TVBg	28	2	4	8		8		4	2	8
16	Srdjan Marjanović	Ti me nazovi	TVTg	50	10	5	3		2	12	8	10	4

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Countries

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

Artists

Final (by final results)	Bucks Fizz Lena Valaitis Jean Gabilou Peter, Sue and Marc Sheeba Island Hakol Over Habibi Yiannis Dimitras Linda Williams Björn Skifs Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron Jean-Claude Pascal Emly Starr Bacchelli Seid Memić "Vajta" Riki Sorsa Marty Brem Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Carlos Paião Finn Kalvik

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Making Your Mind Up" "Johnny Blue" "Humanahum" "Io senza te" "Horoscopes" "Monika" "Halayla" "Feggari Kalokerino" "Het is een wonder" "Fångad i en dröm" "Krøller eller ej" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Samson" "Y sólo tú" "Lejla" "Reggae OK" "Wenn du da bist" "Dönme Dolap" "Playback" "Aldri i livet"

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 ~~1977 to 1980~~ 1981 1982 1983 1984 ~~1985~~ 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992¹

Artists

1960s	Ljiljana Petrović Lola Novaković Vice Vukov Sabahudin Kurt Vice Vukov Berta Ambrož Lado Leskovar Luciano Capurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić Ivan & 4M

1970s	Eva Sršen Kićo Slabinac Tereza Kesovija Zdravko Čolić Korni Grupa Pepel in Kri Ambasadori ~~1977 to 1979~~

1980s	~~1980~~ Vajta Aska Danijel Vlado & Isolda ~~1985~~ Doris Dragović Novi Fosili Srebrna Krila Riva

1990s	Tajči Baby Doll Extra Nena

Songs

1960s	"Neke davne zvezde" "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak" "Brodovi" "Život je sklopio krug" "Čežnja" "Brez besed" "Vse rože sveta" "Jedan dan" "Pozdrav svijetu"

1970s	"Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Muzika i ti" "Gori vatra" "Moja generacija" "Dan ljubezni" "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" ~~1977 to 1979~~

1980s	~~1980~~ "Lejla" "Halo, Halo" "Džuli" "Ciao, amore" ~~1985~~ "Željo moja" "Ja sam za ples" "Mangup" "Rock Me"

1990s	"Hajde da ludujemo" "Brazil" "Ljubim te pesmama"

¹Competed as FR Yugoslavia in 1992 (Note: Entries scored out are when Yugoslavia did not compete)

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