Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Eurovizija 1962
Selection date(s)	23 January 1962
Selected entrant	Lola Novaković
Selected song	"Ne pali svetla u sumrak"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 10 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

National final

The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the TV Zagreb Studios in Zagreb.

There were 18 songs in the finals; TV Zagreb had its own semi-final in December 1961 to choose the 6 songs that it sent to the final. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries. Only a few of the participating songs are known.

The winning entry was "Ne pali svetla u sumrak," performed by Serbian singer Lola Novaković, composed by Jože Privšek and written by Dragutin Britvić.

Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Lola Novaković	Ne pali svetla u sumrak	1
2	Ivo Robić	Alija
3	Majda Sepe	Sulamit	2
4	Lola Novaković	Ti nisi došao
5	Ljiljana Petrović	Ko crne ruže cvijet
6	Melos	Negdje
7	Zdenka Vučković	Ti si moj zavičaj
8	Vice Vukov	Dolazak

At Eurovision

Lola Novaković performed 12th on the night of the Contest following Switzerland and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 10 points, placing 4th equal in a field of 16 competing countries. She previously came 3rd in the 1961 Yugoslav Final.

External links

Yugoslavian National Final 1962

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