Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 , held in Lausanne , Switzerland , and won the competition for the first and only time.
Before Eurovision [ edit ] Jugovizija 1989 [ edit ] The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1989 , was held on 4 March 1989 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 to be entered directly into the competition, and most submitted a few more songs from which the remaining 8 songs were chosen.
Detailed Regional Jury Votes Draw Song TVSA TVLJ TVBG TVZG TVSK TVPR TVNS TVTG Total 1 "Kad ljubav umire" 2 2 2 1 7 5 7 26 2 "Kadar sem sama" 7 1 3 2 13 3 "Voli me opet" 5 1 3 5 5 7 2 3 1 1 5 3 5 3 2 3 54 4 "Plavi anđeo" 3 7 7 5 7 3 5 7 5 1 5 1 7 2 65 5 "Ogan gori" 1 2 1 1 3 2 7 1 18 6 "Rock Me" 7 7 3 3 5 3 7 7 7 7 7 2 1 66 7 "Fjollat" 1 2 2 2 7 8 "Pričaj mi" 3 5 8 9 "Pregrni me nežno" 5 7 3 7 5 3 2 3 3 38 10 "Baby Blue" 1 5 3 1 2 3 5 20 11 "Sve duge godine" 2 5 2 3 1 1 5 7 7 1 34 12 "Umesto da se ljubimo" 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 14 13 "Reka bez povratka" 2 1 1 4 14 "Tajna" 1 7 7 5 5 1 3 29 15 "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" 3 1 3 2 5 7 5 26 16 "Neću da te delim" 5 5 10
Jury members [ edit ] TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec [b] , Brane Küzmič, Simona Weiss TVBg, Belgrade: Vojkan Borisavljević , Branka Šaper, Maja Sabljić TVZg, Zagreb: Anja Šovagović-Despot , Đorđe Novković , Drago Diklić TVSk, Skopje: Ljubomir Brangjolica, Sinolička Trpkova, Dimitar Čemkov TVPr, Prishtina: Gjon Gjevelekaj, Liliana Çavolli, Ivana Vitalić TVNS, Novi Sad: Đorđe Balašević , Mladen Vranešević , Žarko Petrović TVTg, Titograd: Mirsad Serhatlić, Bojan Bajramović, Rade Vojvodić At Eurovision [ edit ] Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the Contest, following Germany . Their song "Rock Me" won the contest with a score of 137 points.[1] 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.[2]
^ Due to technical issues during the performance, Trio Rona was allowed to perform again after all the performances. ^ Conductor for Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 and 1975 References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Participation Artists 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 "
Countries Artists Songs "Apopse as vrethoume " "Avrei voluto " "Bana Bana " "Blijf zoals je bent " "Conquistador " "Derekh Hamelekh " "La dolce vita " "Door de wind " "En dag " "Flieger " "J'ai volé la vie " "Monsieur " "Nacida para amar " "Nur ein Lied " "The Real Me" "Rock Me " "Það sem enginn sér " "To diko sou asteri " "Venners nærhet " "Vi maler byen rød " "Viver senza tei " "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong "