Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, held in London, United Kingdom.

Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Country Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection processJugovizija 1963
Selection date(s)1 February 1963
Selected entrantVice Vukov
Selected song"Brodovi"
Finals performance
Final result11th, 3 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1962 • 1963 • 1964►

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1963

The Yugoslavian national final, to select their entry, was held on 1 February in Belgrade. [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] There were 8 songs in the final, one from each of the six republics and the two autonomnous provinces submitted through their respective subnational public broadcasters. Four subnational broadcasters made their debut; Radio Skopje, Radio Titograd, Radio Prishtina, and Radio Novi Sad. The winner was chosen by the votes of a eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six republics and the two autonomnous provinces. [lower-alpha 3] The winning entry was "Brodovi," performed by Croatian singer Vice Vukov, composed and written by Mario Nardelli. He previously came 6th in the 1962 Yugoslav Final. [1]

Final – 1 February 1963
Draw [lower-alpha 4]Broadcaster [lower-alpha 5]ArtistSongPointsPlace
SR Croatia (RTV Zagreb)Vice Vukov"Brodovi"191
SR Slovenia (RTV Ljubljana)Majda Sepe"Najlepši časi"182
SR Serbia (RTV Belgrade)Ljiljana Petrović"Tabakera"133
SAP Kosovo (Radio Prishtina)Anica Zubović"Trinaest dana do..."114
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV Sarajevo)Sabahudin Kurt"Sretno ljeto"75
SAP Vojvodina (Radio Novi Sad)Lola Novaković"Kada dođe zima"66
SR Montenegro (Radio Titograd)Đorđe Marjanović"Velika ljubav"47
SR Macedonia (Radio Skopje)Duo Hani"Ne verujem majčice više"28

At Eurovision

Vice Vukov performed 9th on the night of the Contest following Denmark and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 3 points, placing 11th in a field of 16 competing countries. [2]


Points awarded by Yugoslavia
5 points France
4 points Italy
3 points United Kingdom
2 points Spain
1 point Monaco

Points awarded to Yugoslavia
2 points 1 point

Notes
  1. The venue and the name of the host are uknown.
  2. According to Eurodalmatia official ESC club, the contest was held at Radio Sarajevo studios in Sarajevo.
  3. According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals´ Homepage, the winning song was chosen by the votes of 3 regional juries.
  4. The draw is unknown.
  5. Songs were offcially submitted by the republics and the autonomnous provinces, in the chart represented as the subnational public broadcasters of JRT.

References
  1. "Yugoslavian National Final 1963 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest 1963". EBU. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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