Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Participating broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT)
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1969
Selection date(s)	15 February 1969
Selected artist(s)	Ivan and 3M
Selected song	"Pozdrav svijetu"
Selected songwriter(s)	Milan Lentić
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 5 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Pozdrav svijetu" (Поздрав свијету), written by Milan Lentić, and performed by Ivan and 3M. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1969.

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.^[a] The winning song was "Pozdrav svijetu" performed by the Croatian group 4M^[b], written and composed by Milan Lentić. Vice Vukov represented Yugoslavia in 1963 and 1965. Lola Jovanović represented Yugoslavia in 1962.^[c]^[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	Korni grupa	"Cigu, cigu ligu"	8	3
4	RTV Zagreb	Vice Vukov	"Cvijeće za Mariju"	3	8
5	RTV Ljubljana	Marjana Deržaj	"Čarovnica"	3	8
6	RTV Sarajevo	Neda Ukraden	"Dilema"	1	11
7	RTV Ljubljana	Majda Sepe	"Grad iz peska"	11	2
8	RTV Belgrade	Žarko Dančuo	"Kome da dam svoju ljubav"	1	11
9	RTV Sarajevo	Josipa Lisac	"Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)"	0	14
10	RTV Zagreb	Ivo Robić	"Naš rastanak"	5	6
11	RTV Skopje	Olivera Vučo	"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	Lola Jovanović	"Sećanje"	3	8
15	RTV Titograd	Mili Knežević	"Taj ludi mladi svijet"	0	14
16	RTV Sarajevo	Indexi	"Zaborav"	7	5
17	RTV Titograd	Vlado Mračević	"Zalazi sunce ljubavi"	0	14

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Vartkes Baronijan	Mario Bogliuni	Branko Gligorov	Dušan Hren	Cvetko Jovanović	Sunčica Komadina	Jasmina Marinović	Slavko Mihalić	Dejan Zagorac	Total
1	"Bitola"							1			1
2	"Blagodaram"										0
3	"Cigu, cigu ligu"		1	3	1					3	8
4	"Cvijeće za Mariju"								3		3
5	"Čarovnica"							3			3
6	"Dilema"					1					1
7	"Grad iz peska"	5				5				1	11
8	"Kome da dam svoju ljubav"						1				1
9	"Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)"										0
10	"Naš rastanak"	1		1	3						5
11	"Poigraj, poigraj devojče"	3	5								8
12	"Povprašaj Mona Lizo"			5							5
13	"Pozdrav svijetu"				5		5	5	5	5	25
14	"Sećanje"					3					3
15	"Taj ludi mladi svijet"										0
16	"Zaborav"		3				3		1		7
17	"Zalazi sunce ljubavi"										0

At Eurovision

Because groups weren't allowed at the contest, 4M renamed themselves to Ivan and 3M. They 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

Points awarded to Yugoslavia^[3]
Score	Country
3 points	Portugal
1 point	Belgium Spain

Points awarded by Yugoslavia^[3]
Score	Country
3 points	Germany
2 points	Switzerland United Kingdom
1 point	Italy Luxembourg Spain

Notes

^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals' Homepage, the winning song was chosen by a jury of 9 people.
^ The group members were: Ivica Krajač, Branko Marušić, Saša Sablić and Željko Ružić.
^ Her name at the time was Lola Novaković.