Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961
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Eurovision Song Contest 1961 | ||||
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Country | Yugoslavia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Jugovizija 1961 | |||
Selection date(s) | 16 February 1961 | |||
Selected entrant | Ljiljana Petrović | |||
Selected song | "Neke davne zvezde" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 8th, 9 points | |||
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Yugoslavia participated for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, held in Cannes, France.
Before Eurovision[edit]
Jugovizija 1961[edit]
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 | |||||
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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[edit]
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]
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Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Yugoslavian National Final 1961 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1961". EBU. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Cannes 1961". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.