| Year: | 1961 |
| Country: | Yugoslavia |
| Preselection: | Jugovizija 1961 |
| Preselection Date: | 16 February 1961 |
| Entrant: | Ljiljana Petrović |
| Song: | Neke davne zvezde |
| Final Result: | 8th, 9 points |
Yugoslavia participated for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, held in Cannes, France.
The first Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 16 February at the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana. The host was Milanka Bavcon. There were 9 songs in the final, from the three subnational public broadcasters of Yugoslav Radio Television - JRT; RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb and RTV Belgrade. 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 "Neke davne zvezde", performed by Serbian singer Ljiljana Petrović, composed by Jože Privšek and written by Miroslav Antić. [1]
| Final – 16 February 1961 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
| 1 | RTV Ljubljana | Ljiljana Petrović | "Neke davne zvezde" | 19 | 1 | |
| 2 | RTV Ljubljana | Marjana Deržaj & Stane Mancini | "Kako sva si različna" | 6 | 5 | |
| 3 | RTV Ljubljana | Jelka Cvetezar | "Črni klavir" | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | RTV Zagreb | "Pjesma o životu" | 11 | 3 | ||
| 5 | RTV Zagreb | "Drage misli" | 17 | 2 | ||
| 6 | RTV Belgrade | "Plave daljine" | 9 | 4 | ||
| 7 | RTV Belgrade | Anica Zubović | "Sreća" | 4 | 8 | |
| 8 | RTV Belgrade | "Reč il´ dve" | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | RTV Zagreb | Duo Hani | "Obećaj mi to" | 6 | 5 | |
Ljiljana Petrović performed 5th on the night of the Contest following Finland and preceding Netherlands. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, placing 8th equal in a field of 16 competing countries. [2]