Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 explained

Year:1969
Country:Yugoslavia
Preselection:Jugovizija 1969
Preselection Date:15 February 1969
Entrant:Ivan and 4M
Song:Pozdrav svijetu
Final Result:13th, 5 points

Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, held in Madrid, Spain, by an act that ended in 13th place.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1969

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 15 February at the RTV Zagreb Studios in Zagreb. The host was Oliver Mlakar. There were 17 songs in the final, from six subnational public broadcasters. The winner was chosen by the votes of a mixed jury of experts and citizens, one juror from each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT, and three non-experts - citizens. The winning song was "Pozdrav svijetu" performed by the Croatian group 4M, written and composed by Milan Lentić. Vice Vukov represented Yugoslavia in and . Lola Jovanović represented Yugoslavia in .[1]

+ Final – 15 February 1969
Draw Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place
1 RTV Skopje Slave Dimitrov and Vera Janova "Bitola" 1 11
2 RTV Skopje Nina Spirova "Blagodaram" 0 14
3 RTV Belgrade "Cigu, cigu ligu" 8 3
4 RTV Zagreb "Cvijeće za Mariju" 3 8
5 RTV Ljubljana Marjana Deržaj "Čarovnica" 3 8
6 RTV Sarajevo "Dilema" 1 11
7 RTV Ljubljana "Grad iz peska" 11 2
8 RTV Belgrade Žarko Dančuo "Kome da dam svoju ljubav" 1 11
9 RTV Sarajevo "Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)" 0 14
10 RTV Zagreb "Naš rastanak" 5 6
11 RTV Skopje "Poigraj, poigraj devojče" 8 3
12 RTV Ljubljana Alenka Pinterič "Povprašaj Mona Lizo" 5 6
13 RTV Zagreb 4M "Pozdrav svijetu" 25 1
14 RTV Belgrade "Sećanje" 3 8
15 RTV Titograd Mili Knežević "Taj ludi mladi svijet" 0 14
16 RTV Sarajevo "Zaborav" 7 5
17 RTV Titograd Vlado Mračević "Zalazi sunce ljubavi" 0 14
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSongVartkes BaronijanMario BogliuniBranko GligorovDušan HrenCvetko JovanovićSunčica KomadinaJasmina MarinovićSlavko MihalićDejan ZagoracTotal
1"Bitola"11
2"Blagodaram"0
3"Cigu, cigu ligu"13138
4"Cvijeće za Mariju"33
5"Čarovnica"33
6"Dilema"11
7"Grad iz peska"55111
8"Kome da dam svoju ljubav"11
9"Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)"0
10"Naš rastanak"1135
11"Poigraj, poigraj devojče"358
12"Povprašaj Mona Lizo"55
13"Pozdrav svijetu"5555525
14"Sećanje"33
15"Taj ludi mladi svijet"0
16"Zaborav"3317
17"Zalazi sunce ljubavi"0

At Eurovision

Because groups weren't allowed at the ESC, 4M renamed themselves to Ivan & 3M. 4M performed 1st on the night of the Contest, preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting the song had received 5 points, coming 13th in the field of 16 competing countries. [2]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yugoslavian National Final 1969 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club . 25 May 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226123356/http://free-st.t-com.hr/eurodalmatia/gotovo_za_web/jugovizije/results/1969.htm. 26 February 2008 .
  2. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest 1969. EBU. 2020-05-25.
  3. Web site: Results of the Final of Madrid 1969 . Eurovision Song Contest . 8 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210408110533/https://eurovision.tv/event/madrid-1969/final/results/yugoslavia . 8 April 2021 . live.