Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1989
Selection date(s)	4 March 1989
Selected entrant	Riva
Selected song	"Rock Me"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rajko Dujmić; Stevo Cvikić;
Finals performance
Final result	1st, 137 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 that entered straight into the competition and submitted few more songs from which the rest 8 songs were chosen.

Final – 4 March 1989
Draw	TV station	Artist	Song	Conductor	Points	Place
1	TVSa	Jelena Džoja and Ambasadori	"Kad ljubav umire"	Ranko Rihtman	26	7
2	TVLj	Caffe, Mojca and Marta	"Kadar sem sama"	Emil Spruk	13	12
3	TVBg	BG Sound	"Voli me opet"	Slobodan Marković	54	3
4	TVZg	Massimo Savić	"Plavi anđeo"	Nikica Kalogjera	65	2
5	TVSk	Zdravko Skender and Intervali	"Ogan gori"	Aleksandar Džambazov	18	10
6	TVZg	Riva	"Rock Me"	Nikica Kalogjera	66	1
7	TVPr	Trio Rona ^[a]	"Fjollat"	Shefqet Hoxha-Sheki	7	15
8	TVSa	Toni Janković	"Pričaj mi"	Ranko Rihtman	8	14
9	TVSk	Vesna Ivić and Tedi Bajić	"Pregrni me nežno"	Aleksandar Džambazov	38	4
10	TVLj	Miran Rudan and Pop Design	"Baby Blue"	Stipica Kalogjera	20	9
11	TVZg	Jasna Zlokić	"Sve duge godine"	Nikica Kalogjera	34	5
12	TVNS	Ana Kostovska	"Umesto da se ljubimo"	Kornelije Kovač	14	11
13	TVBg	Frenki	"Reka bez povratka"	Milivoje Marković	4	16
14	TVSk	Lidija Kočovska	"Tajna"	Aleksandar Džambazov	29	6
15	TVTg	Biljana Krstić and Srđan Marjanović	"Još jedan poljubac za kraj"	Radovan Papović	26	7
16	TVNS	Foto Model	"Neću da te delim"	Slobodan Marković	10	13

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, 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[]

Points awarded to Yugoslavia^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Ireland Israel Turkey United Kingdom
10 points	Austria Belgium Denmark
8 points	Netherlands Sweden
7 points	Finland Norway
6 points	Iceland
5 points	Cyprus Luxembourg Switzerland
4 points	Portugal
3 points	France
2 points
1 point	Germany

Points awarded by Yugoslavia^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Sweden
10 points	Finland
8 points	Italy
7 points	Israel
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Austria
4 points	Turkey
3 points	France
2 points	Ireland
1 point	Denmark

Notes[]

^ Due to technical issues during the performance, Trio Rona was allowed to perform again after all the performances.

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
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links[]

Yugoslavian National Final 1989

[1] Due to technical issues during the performance, Trio Rona was allowed to perform again after all the performances.

[2] "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[3] O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3

[1989detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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