Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Participating broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT)
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1989
Selection date(s)	4 March 1989
Selected artist(s)	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
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Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Rock Me", composed by Rajko Dujmić, with lyrics by Stevo Cvikić, and performed by the band Riva. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1989. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first and only time for Yugoslavia.

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,^[1] and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.^[2]

The winning song was chosen, from a selection of 16 songs, by the votes of 8 regional juries. Each JRT affiliate had to choose one song to be entered directly into the competition, and most submitted a few more songs from which the remaining eight songs were chosen.^[3]

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 Škender 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 ^[b], 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia[6] 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[6] 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

1. Due to technical issues during the performance, Trio Rona was allowed to perform again after all the performances.
2. Conductor for Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 and 1975

References

1. "Rivin trijumf na "Pesmi Evrovizije": Naša zemlja na vrhu Evrope (1989)". Yugopapir. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024.
2. "Yugoslavia: Jugovizjia 1989". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
3. "1989. – Novi Sad - eurosong.hr". eurosong.hr. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
4. "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
5. O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
6. "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