Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Eurovizija 1961
Selection date(s)	16 February 1961
Selected artist(s)	Ljiljana Petrović
Selected song	"Neke davne zvezde"
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 9 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was present for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, held in Cannes, France.

National final

The Yugoslavian 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 finals, and the winner was chosen by the votes of a eight-member jury, one for every republic and autonomnous province. The winning entry was "Neke davne zvezde", performed by Serbian singer Ljiljana Petrović, composed by Jože Privšek and written by Miroslav Antić.

Draw	Artist	Song	TV Station	Votes	Place
1	Ljiljana Petrović	Neke davne zvezde	TV Ljubljana	19	1
2	Marjana Deržaj & Stane Mancini	Kako sva si različna	TV Ljubljana	6	5/6
3	Jelka Cvetezar	Črni klavir	TV Ljubljana	3	9
4	Ivo Robić	Pjesma o životu	TV Zagreb	11	3
5	Gabi Novak	Drage misli	TV Zagreb	17	2
6	Lola Novaković	Plave daljine	TV Belgrade	9	4
7	Anica Zubović	Sreća	TV Belgrade	4	8
8	Đorđe Marjanović	Reč il´ dve	TV Belgrade	5	7
9	Duo Hani ^[a]	Obećaj mi to	TV Zagreb	6	5/6

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

Notes

^ Full names: Zdenka Kovačiček and Nada Žitnik

External links

[1] Full names: Zdenka Kovačiček and Nada Žitnik

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Jugovizija
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Artists	Ambasadori Berta Ambrož Aska Baby Doll Luči Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić Zdravko Čolić Daniel Doris Dragović Extra Nena Ida Ivan and 4M Tereza Kesovija Korni Grupa Sabahudin Kurt Lado Leskovar Seid Memić Vajta Lola Novaković Novi fosili Pepel in kri Ljiljana Petrović Riva Krunoslav Slabinac Srebrna krila Eva Sršen Tajči Vlado Vice Vukov
Songs	"Brazil" "Brez besed" "Brodovi" "Čežnja" "Ciao, amore" "Dan ljubezni" "Džuli" "Gori vatra" "Hajde da ludujemo" "Halo, Halo" "Ja sam za ples" "Jedan dan" "Lejla" "Ljubim te pesmama" "Mangup" "Moja generacija" "Muzika i ti" "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" "Neke davne zvezde" "Pozdrav svijetu" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Rock Me" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Vse rože sveta" "Željo moja" "Život je sklopio krug"
Successor states: Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo (none) Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006) Slovenia

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	The Allisons Lale Andersen Conchita Bautista Bob Benny Nora Brockstedt Dario Campeotto Betty Curtis Colette Deréal Franca di Rienzo Greetje Kauffeld Laila Kinnunen Lill-Babs Jimmy Makulis Jean-Paul Mauric Jean-Claude Pascal Ljiljana Petrović
Songs	"Al di là" "Allons, allons les enfants" "Angelique" "April, april" "Are You Sure?" "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" "Estando contigo" "Neke davne zvezde" "Nous aurons demain" "Nous les amoureux" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Sehnsucht" "September, gouden roos" "Sommer i Palma" "Valoa ikkunassa" "Wat een dag"