Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Yugoslav Finals 1989
Selection date(s)	4 March 1989
Selected entrant	Riva
Selected song	"Rock me"
Finals performance
Final result	winner, 137 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the competition for the first time.

National final

The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Yugoslav Final 1989, was held on 4 March at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.

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.

Draw	Artist	Song	TV station	Votes	TVSA	TVLJ	TVBG	TVZG	TVSK	TVPR	TVNS	TVTG	place
1	Jelena Džoja & Ambasadori	Kad ljubav umire	TVSa	26	0+2+0			0+0+2			2+0+1	7+5+7	7
2	Caffe, Mojca & Marta	Kadar sem sama	TVLj	13	7+0+1	3+2+0							12
3	BG Sound	Voli me opet	TVBg	54	5+1+3		5+5+7	0+2+3		1+1+5	3+0+5	3+2+3	3
4	Massimo Savić	Plavi anđeo	TVZg	65	0+3+0	7+7+5	7+3+5	7+5+0	1+5+0	0+0+1	7+0+0	0+0+2	2
5	Zdravko Skender & Intervali	Ogan gori	TVSk	18		0+1+2		0+1+1	3+2+7			0+1+0	10
6	Riva	Rock me	TVZg	66	0+7+7			3+3+5	0+0+3	7+7+7	0+7+7	2+0+1	1
7	Trio Rona	Fjollat	TVPr	7				1+0+0		2+2+2			15
8	Toni Janković	Pričaj mi	TVSa	8	3+0+5								14
9	Vesna Ivić & Tedi Bajić	Pregrni me nežno	TVSk	38		5+0+7	3+7+0		5+3+2	0+3+3			4
10	Pop Design	Baby blue	TVLj	20		1+5+3	0+1+0	2+0+0		3+5+0			9
11	Jasna Zlokić	Sve duge godine	TVZg	34	2+5+2	0+3+0	1+0+1	5+7+7				1+0+0	5
12	Ana Kostovska	Umesto da se ljubimo	TVNS	14			2+2+2		2+1+0		0+2+0	0+3+0	11
13	Frenki	Reka bez povratka	TVBg	4		2+0+1			0+0+1				16
14	Lidija Kocovska	Tajna	TVSk	29	1+0+0				7+7+5		5+1+3		6
15	Biljana Krstić & Srđan Marjanović	Još jedan poljubac za kraj	TVTg	26			0+0+3				1+3+2	5+7+5	7
16	Foto Model	Neću da te delim	TVNS	10						5+0+0	0+5+0		13

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.

Points Awarded to Yugoslavia

Points Awarded to Yugoslavia

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Ireland Israel Turkey United Kingdom	Austria Belgium Denmark	Netherlands Sweden	Finland Norway	Iceland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Cyprus Luxembourg Switzerland	Portugal	France		Germany

Points Awarded by Yugoslavia

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Finland
8 points	Italy
7 points	Israel
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points	Austria
4 points	Turkey
3 points	France
2 points	Ireland
1 point	Denmark

External links

• Yugoslavian National Final 1989