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Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection processJugovizija 1988
Selection date(s)12 March 1988
Selected entrantSrebrna krila
Selected song"Mangup"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result6th, 87 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in Dublin, Ireland.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1988

The Yugoslav national final was held on 12 March 1988 at the Cankarjev dom[1] in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and Bogdan Barovič. There were originally meant to be 16 songs competing, but "Noć u suzama" performed by Jasna Gospić had to be withdrawn as the singer was ill in hospital. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries.

The new voting system introduced in 1987 allowed the juries from each TV studio to be able to vote for their own entries. Most of them used this opportunity, as well as in the following years. Every jury member (3 from every TV studio - 24 in total) could vote only for 5 songs.[2]

Final – 12 March 1988
Draw TV station Artist Song Points Place
1 Socialist Republic of Slovenia TVLj Moni, Simona and Urša "Lahko je reči ljubim te" 7 13
2 Socialist Republic of Macedonia TVSk Maja Odžaklievska and Gu-Gu "Te ljubam ludo" 42 5
3 Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina TVSa Zerina Cokoja and Narcis Vučina "Voljeću te" 21 8
4 Socialist Republic of Serbia TVPr Edmond Islami "Kaltrina" 10 11
5 Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina TVSa Arnela Konaković "Slatki snovi" 12 10
6 Socialist Republic of Montenegro TVTg Mito Zoranić "To mora da je ljubav" 4 14
7 Socialist Republic of Slovenia TVLj Meta Močnik "Še in še" 10 11
8 Socialist Republic of Serbia TVNS Sunčeve pege "Zaboravi sve" 39 6
9 Socialist Republic of Croatia TVZg Oliver Dragojević "Dženi" 51 2
10 Socialist Republic of Serbia TVBg Alen Slavica "Suzan" 4 14
11 Socialist Republic of Serbia TVNS Meri Cetinić "Ne sudite mi noćas" 15 9
12 Socialist Republic of Serbia TVBg Bebi Dol "Zatvori mama prozore" 49 3
13 Socialist Republic of Croatia TVZg Srebrna krila "Mangup" 87 1
14 Socialist Republic of Slovenia TVLj Moulin Rouge "Johnny je moj" 43 4
15 Socialist Republic of Croatia TVZg Grupa 777 "Tiha noć" 38 7
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song TVSa TVLj TVSk TVPr TVTg TVNS TVZg TVBg Total
1 "Lahko je reči ljubim te" 1 2 2 2 7
2 "Te ljubam ludo" 2 2 3 5 5 3 7 5 7 1 1 1 42
3 "Voljeću te" 1 2 3 1 7 7 21
4 "Kaltrina" 3 1 3 3 10
5 "Slatki snovi" 2 2 1 7 12
6 "To mora da je ljubav" 1 1 2 4
7 "Še in še" 1 1 7 1 10
8 "Zaboravi sve" 1 5 1 2 3 3 2 5 5 3 1 2 3 2 1 39
9 "Dženi" 7 2 3 7 2 1 3 5 7 2 7 2 3 51
10 "Suzan" 3 1 4
11 "Ne sudite mi noćas" 3 3 2 7 15
12 "Zatvori mama prozore" 5 5 1 5 1 5 2 1 3 5 1 7 3 5 49
13 "Mangup" 3 7 7 7 3 3 2 5 7 7 5 7 3 2 5 7 7 87
14 "Johnny je moj" 5 5 5 7 5 2 2 5 5 2 43
15 "Tiha noć" 7 7 7 1 3 3 5 5 38

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Yugoslavia performed last 21st, following Portugal. At the close of voting it had received 87 points, placing 6th in a field of 21.[3]

Yugoslavia gave the decisive votes of the contest: it was the last country to vote, and at that point United Kingdom was leading Switzerland by five points at the top of the scoreboard. Yugoslavia began to award its points, and gave 6 points to Switzerland, edging it into a one-point lead over the UK. After earlier strong votes from most countries to the UK, it seemed highly likely that the UK would be given one of the higher remaining set of points. However as Yugoslavia announced its seven, eight, ten and twelve points, it transpired that it had awarded the UK no points at all, as the Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to France, and Switzerland was left with its one-point lead to savour a dramatic triumph.

Yugoslavia, as being the last jury to announce its votes, had caused the similar situation to happen when after their voting UK lost to Spain by 1 point in the 1968 Contest.

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Arhiv Slobodne Dalmacije - digitalni arhiv tiskanih izdanja Slobodne Dalmacije".
  2. ^ "YUGOSLAV NATIONAL FINAL 1988".
  3. ^ "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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