Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 , held in Lausanne , Switzerland , and won the competition for the first time.
Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1989
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
TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić
TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec [b]
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
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] 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]
Voting
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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 "
Yugoslavia
