Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

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Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Country Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection processJugovizija 1961
Selection date(s)16 February 1961
Selected entrantLjiljana Petrović
Selected song"Neke davne zvezde"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result8th, 9 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
1961 • 1962►

Yugoslavia participated for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, held in Cannes, France.

Before Eurovision[]

Jugovizija 1961[]

The first Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 16 February at the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana. The host was Milanka Bavcon. There were 9 songs in the final, from the three subnational public broadcasters of Yugoslav Radio Television - JRT; RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb and RTV Belgrade. The winner was chosen by the votes of an eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six republics and the two autonomous provinces [a]. The winning entry was "Neke davne zvezde", performed by Serbian singer Ljiljana Petrović, composed by Jože Privšek and written by Miroslav Antić. [1]

Final – 16 February 1961
Draw Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place
1 Socialist Republic of Slovenia RTV Ljubljana Ljiljana Petrović "Neke davne zvezde" 19 1
2 Socialist Republic of Slovenia RTV Ljubljana Marjana Deržaj & Stane Mancini "Kako sva si različna" 6 5
3 Socialist Republic of Slovenia RTV Ljubljana Jelka Cvetezar "Črni klavir" 3 9
4 Socialist Republic of Croatia RTV Zagreb Ivo Robić "Pjesma o životu" 11 3
5 Socialist Republic of Croatia RTV Zagreb Gabi Novak "Drage misli" 17 2
6 Socialist Republic of Serbia RTV Belgrade Lola Novaković "Plave daljine" 9 4 [b]
7 Socialist Republic of Serbia RTV Belgrade Anica Zubović "Sreća" 4 8
8 Socialist Republic of Serbia RTV Belgrade Đorđe Marjanović "Reč il´ dve" 5 7
9 Socialist Republic of Croatia RTV Zagreb Duo Hani "Obećaj mi to" 6 5

At Eurovision[]

Ljiljana Petrović performed 5th on the night of the Contest following Finland and preceding Netherlands. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, placing 8th equal in a field of 16 competing countries. [2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals´ Homepage, the winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries.
  2. ^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals´ Homepage, Lola Novaković came 3rd

References[]

  1. ^ "Yugoslavian National Final 1961 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1961". EBU. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Cannes 1961". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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