Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Country Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection processJugovizija 1970
Selection date(s)14 February 1970
Selected entrantEva Sršen
Selected song"Pridi, dala ti bom cvet"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result11th, 4 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1969 1970 1971►

Before Eurovision edit

Jugovizija 1970 edit

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 14 February at the TV Belgrade Studios in Belgrade. The host was Mića Orlović. There were 15 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 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 "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" performed by the Slovene singer Eva Sršen, written by Dušan Velkaverh and composed by Mojmir Sepe.[1]

Final – 14 February 1970
Draw Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place
1   RTV Belgrade Boba Stefanović "Nada i bol" 0 10
2   RTV Belgrade Bisera Veletanlić "Ti nisi kao ja" 1 9
3   RTV Belgrade Radojka Šverko "Ti si ukleta lađa" 8 4
4   RTV Ljubljana Bele Vrane "Hvala ti" 10 3
5   RTV Ljubljana Eva Sršen "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" 26 1
6   RTV Ljubljana Marjana Deržaj "Sreča je spati na svojem" 0 10
7   RTV Sarajevo Nedžad Salković "Čuj me" 3 6
8   RTV Sarajevo Mišo Kovač "Idi, samo idi" 3 6
9   RTV Sarajevo Hamdija Čustović "Pomirenje" 0 10
10   RTV Skopje Krunoslav Slabinac "Anđela, čekaj me" 5 5
11   RTV Skopje Zoran Milosavljević "Te baram sega, ljubena" 0 10
12   RTV Skopje Zafir Hadžimanov "Ti, ti, ti" 0 10
13   RTV Zagreb Ljupka Dimitrovska "Bay, bay" 3 6
14   RTV Zagreb Josipa Lisac "Još te čekam" 22 2
15   RTV Zagreb Inge Romac "Ljubav je lipa stvar" 0 10

At Eurovision edit

Eva Sršen performed 4th on the night of the Contest, following Italy and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting the song had received 4 points (all from United Kingdom), coming 11th in the field of 12 competing countries.[2]

Voting edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals' Homepage, the winning song was chosen by a jury of 9 people.

References edit

  1. ^ "Yugoslavian National Final 1970 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1970". EBU. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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