Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Eurovizija 1961
Selection date(s)	16 February 1961
Selected entrant	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 Slovene National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana. There were 9 songs in the finals and the winner was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries. 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	Place
1	Ljiljana Petrović	Neke davne zvezde	1
2	Marjana Deržaj & Stane Mancini	Kako sva si različna
3	Jelka Cvetezar	Črni klavir
4	Ivo Robić	Pjesma o životu
5	Gabi Novak	Drage misli	2
6	Lola Novaković	Plave daljine	3
7	Anica Zubović	Letnja priča
8	Đorđe Marjanović	Igra
9	Beti Jurković & Marko Novosel	Obećaj mi to

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.

External links

Yugoslavian National Final 1961

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