Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the competition for the first time.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Yugoslav Finals 1989 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 March 1989 | |||
| Selected entrant | Riva | |||
| Selected song | "Rock me" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 137 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Yugoslav Final 1989
The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Yugoslav Final 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 that entered straight into the competition and submitted few more songs from which the rest 8 songs were chosen.
| Final – 4 March 1989 | |||||||
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| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Language | Conductor | Points | Place |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVSa |
Jelena Džoja & Ambasadori | "Kad ljubav umire" | Bosnian | Ranko Rihtman | 26 | 7 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVLj |
Caffe, Mojca & Marta | "Kadar sem sama" | Slovene | Emil Spruk | 13 | 12 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVBg |
BG Sound | "Voli me opet" | Serbian | Slobodan Marković | 54 | 3 |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVZg |
Massimo Savić | "Plavi anđeo" | Croatian | Nikica Kalogjera | 65 | 2 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVSk |
Zdravko Skender & Intervali | "Ogan gori" | Macedonian | Aleksandar Džambazov | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | TVZg |
Riva | "Rock me" | Croatian | Nikica Kalogjera | 66 | 1 |
| 7 | TVPr |
Trio Rona | "Fjollat" | Albanian | Shefqet Hoxha-Sheki | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | TVSa |
Toni Janković | "Pričaj mi" | Bosnian | Ranko Rihtman | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | TVSk |
Vesna Ivić & Tedi Bajić | "Pregrni me nežno" | Macedonian | Aleksandar Džambazov | 38 | 4 |
| 10 | TVLj |
Pop Design | "Baby blue" | Slovene | Stipica Kalogjera | 20 | 9 |
| 11 | TVZg |
Jasna Zlokić | "Sve duge godine" | Croatian | Nikica Kalogjera | 34 | 5 |
| 12 | TVNS |
Ana Kostovska | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | Serbian | Kornelije Kovač | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | TVBg |
Frenki | "Reka bez povratka" | Serbian | Milivoje Marković | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | TVSk |
Lidija Kocovska | "Tajna" | Macedonian | Aleksandar Džambazov | 29 | 6 |
| 15 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVTg |
Biljana Krstić & Srđan Marjanović | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | Montenegrin | Radovan Papović | 26 | 7 |
| 16 | TVNS |
Foto Model | "Neću da te delim" | Serbian | Slobodan Marković | 10 | 13 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
At Eurovision
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. 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
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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See also
References
- O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
External links
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