Year: | 1966 |
Country: | Yugoslavia |
Preselection: | Jugovizija 1966 |
Preselection Date: | 23 January 1966 |
Entrant: | Berta Ambrož |
Song: | Brez besed |
Final Result: | 7th, 9 points |
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the Dom Sindikata in Belgrade. The host was Mića Orlović. There were 13 songs in the final, from the five subnational public broadcasters; RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, RTV Sarajevo, and RTV Skopje. 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. The winning entry was "Brez besed" performed by Slovene singer Berta Ambrož, composed by Mojmir Sepe and written by Elza Budau. Vice Vukov represented Yugoslavia in Eurovision Song Contest 1963 and Eurovision Song Contest 1965.[1]
Final – 23 January 1966 | |||||
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Draw | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
1 | RTV Zagreb | "Rezervirano za ljubav" | 1 | 10 | |
2 | RTV Zagreb | "Prvo pismo" | 10 | 4 | |
3 | RTV Zagreb | "Sanjala sam" | 1 | 10 | |
4 | RTV Sarajevo | Dragan Stojnić | "Duga je noć" | 2 | 9 |
5 | RTV Sarajevo | Dragan Stojnić | "Dva novčića" | 3 | 7 |
6 | RTV Sarajevo | Dragan Stojnić | "Priča" | 4 | 6 |
7 | RTV Skopje | "Od ova nebo ti zede del" | 3 | 7 | |
8 | RTV Skopje | Nina Spirova | "Devojka i pesna" | 11 | 2 |
9 | RTV Ljubljana | Elda Viler | "Ko si z menoj" | 0 | 12 |
10 | RTV Ljubljana | Berta Ambrož | "Brez besed" | 24 | 1 |
11 | RTV Belgrade | "Najlepši dan" | 0 | 12 | |
12 | RTV Belgrade | Lado Leskovar | "Tvoj osmeh" | 11 | 2 |
13 | RTV Skopje | Nina Spirova | "Razdelba" | 5 | 5 |
Berta Ambrož performed 5th on the night of the Contest following Luxembourg and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, coming 7th in the field of 18 competing countries. [2]