Year: | 1964 |
Country: | Yugoslavia |
Preselection: | Jugovizija 1964 |
Preselection Date: | 5 February 1964 |
Entrant: | Sabahudin Kurt |
Song: | Život je sklopio krug |
Final Result: | 13th, 0 points |
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 5 February at the Delavski Dom in Trbovlje, hosted by Helena Koder. There were 8 songs in the final, each from the four subnational public broadcasters: RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, and RTV Sarajevo. The winner was chosen by the votes of an eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six republics and the two autonomous provinces. At the end of the contest, there was a tie between Sabahudin Kurt's song "Život je sklopio krug" and Marjana Deržaj's "Zlati April". Since the Bosnian singer Sabahudin Kurt and his song received more top marks than Marjana Deržaj's, it was chosen as the winner. "Život je sklopio krug" was written by Srđan Matijević and Stevan Raičković.[1]
Final – 6 February 1964 | ||||||
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Draw | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
1 | RTV Sarajevo | Boško Orobović | "Veče" | 5 | 5 | |
2 | RTV Belgrade | Krsta Petrović | "Oka tvog da nema" | 1 | 7 | |
3 | RTV Ljubljana | Stane Mancini | "Kakor bela snežinka" | 3 | 6 | |
4 | RTV Zagreb | "Njen prvi ples" | 0 | 8 | ||
5 | RTV Sarajevo | Sabahudin Kurt | "Život je sklopio krug" | 21 | 1 | |
6 | RTV Belgrade | "Tragom zvezda" | 8 | 4 | ||
7 | RTV Ljubljana | Marjana Deržaj | "Zlati April" | 21 | 2 | |
8 | RTV Zagreb | "Odluči se" | 13 | 3 |
Sabahudin Kurt performed 13th on the night of the Contest following Italy and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 0 points (nul points), sharing 13th (last) place in the field of 16 competing countries.[2]
Yugoslavia did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.[3]