Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the competition for the first time.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Yugoslav Finals 1989 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 4 March 1989 | |||
| Selected entrant | Riva | |||
| Selected song | "Rock me" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 137 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Yugoslav Final 1989
The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Yugoslav Final 1989, was held on 4 March 1989 at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović. During Trio Rona's performance, the power was shut down for the most of the performance, probably to ensure that they wouldn't win. [1]
The winning song was chosen from a selection of 16 songs, by the votes of 8 regional juries. Each TV studio had to choose 1 song that entered straight into the competition and submitted few more songs from which the rest 8 songs were chosen.
| Final – 4 March 1989 | |||||
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| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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Jelena Džoja & Ambasadori | "Kad ljubav umire" | 26 | 7 |
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Caffe, Mojca & Marta | "Kadar sem sama" | 13 | 12 |
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BG Sound | "Voli me opet" | 54 | 3 |
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Massimo Savić | "Plavi anđeo" | 65 | 2 |
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Zdravko Skender & Intervali | "Ogan gori" | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | |
Riva | "Rock me" | 66 | 1 |
| 7 | |
Trio Rona | "Fjollat" | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | |
Toni Janković | "Pričaj mi" | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | |
Vesna Ivić & Tedi Bajić | "Pregrni me nežno" | 38 | 4 |
| 10 | |
Pop Design | "Baby blue" | 20 | 9 |
| 11 | |
Jasna Zlokić | "Sve duge godine" | 34 | 5 |
| 12 | |
Ana Kostovska | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | |
Frenki | "Reka bez povratka" | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | |
Lidija Kocovska | "Tajna" | 29 | 6 |
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Biljana Krstić & Srđan Marjanović | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | 26 | 7 |
| 16 | |
Foto Model | "Neću da te delim" | 10 | 13 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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.[2]
Points awarded to Yugoslavia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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