Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Participating broadcaster	JRT
Participation summary
Appearances	26
First appearance	1961
Highest placement	1st, 1989

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (until 1963 hold name Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 26 times, debuting in 1961 (see ESC 1961) and since competing in every year until last appearance in 1991, with the exceptions of 1977-1980, and 1985. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the only socialist state in the European Broadcasting Union, because it was not an Eastern Bloc country, but a member of the Non-Aligned Movement opened to western popular culture.

Over the years, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was represented by a variety of artists from five of the six republics that constituted Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. These artists were from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, missing only Macedonia. Croatia was the most successful republic, as their performers won the national contest 13 out of 26 times Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia participated in ESC.

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. Following the rules of the contest, in 1990, the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Zagreb, as the singer came from Croatia.

After the breakup of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Since the breakup of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, all former Yugoslav republics have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia did not re-appear at the contest for the remainder of its existence until the early 2000s. In 2004, however, Serbia and Montenegro debuted and came in 2nd. Overall the results of the new republics have been mixed: Croatia had some early successes in the mid-1990s, and Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have enjoyed some success in recent years, while the FYR of Macedonia have never secured a top 10 result despite making it through to the final each year. In 2007 Serbia won the Eurovision Song Contest the first time they entered as an independent nation.

Contestants

Year	Artist	Title	Place	Points	Ethnicity
1961	Ljiljana Petrović	Neke davne zvezde	8	9	Serbian
1962	Lola Novaković	Ne pali svetla u sumrak	4	10	Serbian
1963	Vice Vukov	Brodovi	11	3	Croatian
1964	Sabahudin Kurt	Život je sklopio krug	13	0
1965	Vice Vukov	Čežnja	12	2	Croatian
1966	Berta Ambrož	Brez besed	7	9	Slovenian
1967	Lado Leskovar	Vse rože sveta	8	7	Slovenian
1968	Luči Kapurso & Hamo Hajdarhodžić	Jedan dan	7	8	Croatian
1969	Ivan & 3M	Pozdrav svijetu	13	5	Croatian
1970	Eva Sršen	Pridi, dala ti bom cvet	11	4	Slovenian
1971	Kićo Slabinac	Tvoj dječak je tužan	14	68	Croatian
1972	Tereza Kesovija	Muzika i ti	9	87	Croatian
1973	Zdravko Čolić	Gori Vatra	15	65	Serbian
1974	Korni grupa	Moja Generacija	12	6	Serbian
1975	Pepel in Kri	Dan ljubezni	13	22	Slovenian
1976	Ambasadori	Ne mogu skriti svoj bol	17	10	Croatian
1981	Vajta	Leila	15	35	Bosnian
1982	Aska	Halo Halo	14	21	Serbian
1983	Daniel	Džuli	4	125	Montenegrian
1984	Vlado Kalember & Izolda Barudžija.	Ciao, Amore	18	26	Montenegrian and Croatian
1985	did not participate because the contest in Gothenburg happened to fall on May 4, 1985 - 5th anniversary of the death of Yugoslav leader Tito
1986	Doris Dragović	Željo moja	11	49	Croatian
1987	Novi fosili	Ja sam za ples	4	92	Croatian
1988	Srebrna krila	Mangup	6	87	Croatian
1989	Riva	Rock me	1	137	Croatian
1990	Tajči	Hajde da ludujemo	7	81	Croatian
1991	Bebi Dol	Brazil	21	1	Serbian

Year	Location	Venue	Presenter
1990	Zagreb	Koncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb, Croatia, SFRY	Oliver Mlakar & Helga Vlahović

External links

• Eurovision official website