Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992, with the exceptions of 1977–1980, and 1985. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster in the contest was Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) which usually selected its entrant with a national final. Yugoslavia won the Template:Escyr and hosted the Template:Escyr.

"Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Ljiljana Petrović was Yugoslavia's first entrant in the Template:Escyr and placed eighth. In Template:Escyr, "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Lola Novaković gave the country its first top five result, finishing fourth. This would remain Yugoslavia's only top five result until Template:Escyr, when "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Danijel finished fourth. "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Novi Fosili also finished fourth in Template:Escyr. In 1989, the country achieved its only victory in the contest, when "Rock Me" by Riva won.

History

1961–1991: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Vice Vukov.jpg
Vice Vukov performing "Čežnja" in Naples (1965)
File:Eurovisie Song Festival in RAI Amsterdam, repetities. Eva Srsen (Joegoslavie) zingt; Bestanddeelnr 923-3592.jpg
Eva Sršen performing "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" in Amsterdam (1970)

Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) was a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1950 and therefore eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia), since the first contest in 1956.[1] However, despite joining the Eurovision network in 1956, JRT didn't broadcast the contest until it debuted in 1961.[2][3]

Yugoslavia's first stretch of participations from 1961 until 1976 were mostly unsuccessful, with only one top five placing – fourth in 1962 – which would remain its best result until 1983. It also got its only last place in 1964. From 1969 until 1976, it consistently placed outside the top ten – with the exception of a ninth place in 1972 – ultimately coming second to last in 1976.

On 26 January 1977, JRT announced its withdrawal from the 1977 contest, citing the low results.[4][5] Its withdrawal continued into 1978 but JRT held a referendum among the readers of its RTV magazines on if it should return at the 1979 contest.[6] Over 100,000 people voted in favour of returning to the contest, against just over 2,000 votes for staying out of the contest.[6] However, JRT did not return in 1979 as the broadcaster and all its sub-national stations unanimously agreed against participating in Jerusalem – the host city that year – as they believed it to be illegally occupied and Yugoslavia did not have diplomatic relations with Israel at the time.[7] JRT also did not broadcast the contest, despite doing so in 1977 and 1978.[7] It did not participate in, or broadcast, the 1980 contest either for unknown reasons.

JRT returned to the contest in 1981 and participated four more times before withdrawing again. It continued to place outside the top ten in this period with the exception of 1983, where it matched its previous best result of fourth from 1962. After withdrawing in 1985, due to the contest colliding with a national holiday, it returned in 1986. It saw more success after its return, once again getting fourth place in 1987, followed by a sixth place in 1988.

As Yugoslavia won the Template:Escyr with the song "Rock Me" by the group Riva, the Template:Escyr took place in Zagreb, hosted by RTV Zagreb on behalf of JRT, as the entry came from them. JRT participated in 1991 for the last time representing SFR Yugoslavia.

1992: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

During the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, the former constituent republics of Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia declared secession and hence withdrew from the Template:Esccnty, while the then-leaderships of Serbia and Montenegro agreed to maintain a close alliance. On 28 March 1992, the broadcasters from the republics that still (at least formally) constituted the fading and shrunken former Yugoslav federation took part in the selection held in Belgrade. It included artists not only from Serbia and Montenegro, but also from Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the latter declared independence on 1 March of that year. Among its candidates was Alma Čardžić. The winner of that pre-selection was "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Extra Nena (Snežana Berić) from Serbia. Before that year's contest took place, on 28 April, a new federal state was formed, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro and called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was represented by the previously mentioned "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Extra Nena in the Template:Escyr.[8][9][10]

Only a few weeks after the 1992 contest, FR Yugoslavia was banned from participating in Eurovision due to UN sanctions during the Yugoslav Wars. However, the contest was still broadcast even under the sanctions except in 1999 due to the NATO bombing of RTS headquarters.

Successor states

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Former JRT sub-national stations RTV Sarajevo in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, RTV Zagreb in SR Croatia, RTV Skopje in SR Macedonia, and RTV Ljubljana in SR Slovenia became RTVBiH, HRT, MRT, and RTVSLO respectively in the new independent countries that emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia, and were admitted into the EBU on 1 January 1993.[11][12] Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia made their debut in the Template:Escyr, and North MacedoniaTemplate:Efn made its debut in the Template:Escyr, after having failed to progress from the qualifying round in the Template:Escyr.[11][13]

Former JRT stations RTV Titograd in SR Montenegro, and RTV Belgrade and RTV Novi Sad in SR Serbia, formed UJRT, the public broadcasting service of Serbia and Montenegro, which joined the EBU in 2001 and made its debut in the Template:Escyr.[11][12] Following the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, Montenegro and Serbia debuted as independent countries in the Template:Escyr, after their respective broadcasters RTCG and RTS joined the EBU.[11] The Kosovan broadcaster, RTK – the successor to RTV Pristina, JRT sub-national station in SAP Kosovo – has been trying to enter the EBU since 2009 but has been unsuccessful.[14][15][16]

Participation overview

27 entries had represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest. 22 out of the 26 entries between 1961 and 1991 were in Serbo-Croatian and the rest in Slovenian. No entry from Macedonia or Kosovo ever made it to the contest, illustrating a cultural marginalisation of the poorest parts of the country.[17]

Table key
1 First place
◁ Last place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
Template:Escyr Ljiljana Petrović "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 8 9
Template:Escyr Lola Novaković "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 4 10
Template:Escyr Vice Vukov "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 11 3
Template:Escyr Sabahudin Kurt "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 13 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Vice Vukov "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 12 2
Template:Escyr Berta Ambrož "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Slovene 7 9
Template:Escyr Lado Leskovar "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Slovene 8 7
Template:Escyr Lući Kapurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 7 8
Template:Escyr Ivan "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 13 5
Template:Escyr Eva Sršen "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Slovene 11 4
Template:Escyr Krunoslav Slabinac "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 14 68
Template:Escyr Tereza "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 9 87
Template:Escyr Zdravko Čolić "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 15 65
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 12 6
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Efn "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Slovene 13 22
Template:Escyr Ambasadori "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 17 10
Template:Escyr Seid Memić Vajta "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 15 35
Template:Escyr Aska "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 14 21
Template:Escyr Daniel "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 4 125
Template:Escyr Ida and Vlado "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Serbo-Croatian 18 26
Template:Escyr Doris "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 11 49
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 4 92
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Efn "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 6 87
Template:Escyr Riva "Rock Me" Serbo-Croatian 1 137
Template:Escyr Tajči "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 7 81
Template:Escyr Baby Doll "Brazil" (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbo-Croatian 21 1
Template:Escyr Extra Nena "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "Lang".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Serbian 13 44

Hostings

Year Location Venue Executive producer Director Musical director Presenter Template:Refh
1990 Zagreb Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall Goran Radman Nenad Puhovski Seadeta Midžić Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar [18]

Related involvement

Conductors

Conductors
Year Conductor Template:Refh
Template:Escyr Jože Privšek [19]
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr Miljenko Prohaska
Template:Escyr Radivoje Spasić
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr Mojmir Sepe
Template:Escyr Template:Ill
Template:Escyr Miljenko Prohaska
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr Mojmir Sepe [20]
Template:Escyr Miljenko Prohaska
Template:Escyr Template:Ill
Template:Escyr Template:Ill
Template:Escyr Template:Ill
Template:Escyr Mario Rijavec
Template:Escyr Esad Arnautalić
Template:Escyr Ranko Rihtman [21]
Template:Escyr Zvonimir Skerl
Template:Escyr Radovan Papović
Template:Escyr Template:Ill
Template:Escyr Nikica Kalogjera
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr Stjepan Mihajlinec [22]
Template:Escyr Slobodan Marković
Template:Escyr Anders BerglundTemplate:Efn

Commentators and spokespersons

The contest has been also known to have aired on Yugoslav radio stations, including Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1961 and 1990,[23][24] Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1992,[25] Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1961, 1986 and 1990[26][27][28] and Radio Zagreb 1 in 1990.[29]

Television broadcasts, commentators and spokespersons from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Year Channel Commentator(s) Spokesperson Ref.
SR Slovenia SR Croatia SR Bosnia and Herzegovina SAP Vojvodina SR Serbia SAP Kosovo SR Montenegro SR Macedonia
TV Ljubljana TV Koper-Capodistria TV Zagreb TV Sarajevo TV Novi Sad TV Beograd Template:Ill TV Titograd TV Skopje
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". rowspan="11" Template:N/A Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:N/A rowspan="15" Template:N/A Script error: No such module "Lang". rowspan="15" Template:N/A rowspan="4" Template:N/A rowspan="4" Template:N/A Serbo-Croatian: Saša Novak rowspan="10" Template:N/A [3]
Template:Escyr rowspan="13" Template:N/A Template:N/A [30]
Template:Escyr Serbo-Croatian: Saša Novak [31]
Template:Escyr rowspan="6" Template:N/A [32]
Template:Escyr rowspan="14" Template:N/A rowspan="6" Template:N/A [33]
Template:Escyr [34]
Template:Escyr [35]
Template:Escyr [36]
Template:Escyr [37]
Template:Escyr Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar [38]
Template:Escyr TV Skopje Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A [39]
Template:Escyr TV Koper-Capodistria Template:N/A Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar [40]
Template:Escyr TV Ljubljana 1 TV Zagreb 1 Script error: No such module "Lang". TV Skopje rowspan="3" Template:N/A [41]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A Helga Vlahović [42][43]
Template:Escyr TV Sarajevo TV Skopje rowspan="2" Template:N/A [44]
Template:Escyr rowspan="3" Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar [45]
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A rowspan="4" Template:N/A [46]
Template:Escyr [47]
Template:Escyr colspan="10" rowspan="2" Template:N/A [7]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A
Template:Escyr TV Ljubljana 1 Template:N/A TV Zagreb 1 rowspan="4" Template:N/A Template:Ill Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Ill rowspan="3" Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A Serbo-Croatian: Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović Helga Vlahović [43][48]
Template:Escyr TV Koper-Capodistria Template:N/A Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar rowspan="3" Template:N/A [49]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A TV Prishtina [50]
Template:Escyr TV Koper-Capodistria TV Titograd 1 TV Skopje 1 [51]
Template:Escyr colspan="10" Template:N/A Template:N/A Template:N/A
Template:Escyr TV Ljubljana 1 TV Koper-Capodistria TV Zagreb 1 TV Sarajevo 1 TV Novi Sad Script error: No such module "Lang". TV Prishtina TV Titograd 1 TV Skopje 1 Serbo-Croatian: Ksenija Urličić Template:N/A [52]
Template:Escyr Serbo-Croatian: Ksenija Urličić
Slovene: Vesna Pfeifer 		Ljiljana Tipsarević [53][54]
Template:Escyr rowspan="4" Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A rowspan="3" Template:N/A Serbo-Croatian: Oliver Mlakar Miša Molk [55][56]
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A rowspan="4" Template:N/A [57]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A [58]
Template:Escyr HTV 1Template:Efn TV Sarajevo 1 TV Titograd 1 TV Skopje 1 Croatian: Ksenija UrličićTemplate:Efn
Serbian: Template:IllTemplate:Efn 		[59][60]
Television broadcasts, commentators and spokespersons from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Year Channel Commentator(s) Spokesperson Ref.
Serbia Montenegro
RTS RTCG
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang".,
Template:Ill 		rowspan="11" Template:N/A Template:Ill Template:N/A [61]
Template:Escyr RTS B2 rowspan="10" Template:N/A rowspan="10" Template:N/A [62]
Template:Escyr RTS 3K [63]
Template:Escyr [64]
Template:Escyr RTS 2 [65]
Template:Escyr [66]
Template:Escyr RTS 3K [67]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A
Template:Escyr RTS 3K [68]
Template:Escyr YU Info [69]
Template:Escyr RTS 2 [70]

See also

Participation of successor states in Eurovision Template:Div col

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Notes

Template:Notelist

References

Template:Reflist

External links

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