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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
RTV Ljubljana
Ljiljana Petrović
"Neke davne zvezde"
19
1
2
RTV Ljubljana
Marjana Deržaj & Stane Mancini
"Kako sva si različna"
6
5
3
RTV Ljubljana
Jelka Cvetezar
"Črni klavir"
3
9
4
RTV Zagreb
Ivo Robić
"Pjesma o životu"
11
3
5
RTV Zagreb
Gabi Novak
"Drage misli"
17
2
6
RTV Belgrade
Lola Novaković
"Plave daljine"
9
4 [b]
7
RTV Belgrade
Anica Zubović
"Sreća"
4
8
8
RTV Belgrade
Đorđe Marjanović
"Reč il´ dve"
5
7
9
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]
Points awarded to Yugoslavia[3]
Score
Country
3 points
Austria
2 points
France
1 point
Notes [ ]
^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals´ Homepage, the winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries.
^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals´ Homepage, Lola Novaković came 3rd
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Note: Entries scored out are when Yugoslavia did not compete