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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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1989 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 March 1989 | |||
| Selected entrant | Riva | |||
| Selected song | "Rock Me" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 137 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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.
| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Conductor | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Jelena Džoja and Ambasadori | "Kad ljubav umire" | Ranko Rihtman | 26 | 7 | |
| 2 | Caffe, Mojca and Marta | "Kadar sem sama" | Emil Spruk | 13 | 12 | |
| 3 | BG Sound | "Voli me opet" | Slobodan Marković | 54 | 3 | |
| 4 | Massimo Savić | "Plavi anđeo" | Nikica Kalogjera | 65 | 2 | |
| 5 | Zdravko Skender and Intervali | "Ogan gori" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 18 | 10 | |
| 6 | Riva | "Rock Me" | Nikica Kalogjera | 66 | 1 | |
| 7 | Trio Rona [lower-alpha 1] | "Fjollat" | Shefqet Hoxha-Sheki | 7 | 15 | |
| 8 | Toni Janković | "Pričaj mi" | Ranko Rihtman | 8 | 14 | |
| 9 | Vesna Ivić and Tedi Bajić | "Pregrni me nežno" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 38 | 4 | |
| 10 | Miran Rudan and Pop Design | "Baby Blue" | Stipica Kalogjera | 20 | 9 | |
| 11 | Jasna Zlokić | "Sve duge godine" | Nikica Kalogjera | 34 | 5 | |
| 12 | Ana Kostovska | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | Kornelije Kovač | 14 | 11 | |
| 13 | Frenki | "Reka bez povratka" | Milivoje Marković | 4 | 16 | |
| 14 | Lidija Kočovska | "Tajna" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 29 | 6 | |
| 15 | Biljana Krstić and Srđan Marjanović | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | Radovan Papović | 26 | 7 | |
| 16 | Foto Model | "Neću da te delim" | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jury members
- TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić
- TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec [lower-alpha 2], 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
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]
Voting
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Notes
- 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
- "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
- "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.