Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Yugoslavia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, held in Brussels, Belgium. It was represented by song "Ja sam za ples", performed by band Novi fosili. The selection process used a revised system for nominations and scoring. In the Contest itself the song was ranked fourth out of 22, winning 92 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Country Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection processJugovizija 1987
Selection date(s)7 March 1987
Selected artist(s)Novi fosili
Selected song"Ja sam za ples"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result4th, 92 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1986 1987 1988►

Before Eurovision

edit

Jugovizija 1987

edit

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was held on 7 March 1987 at the Sava Centre in Belgrade, and was hosted by Dejan Đurović and Ivana Stanković.[1]

In 1987, new controversial procedures were introduced about the selection of the songs and voting, which remained in force until the last all-Yugoslav pre-selection in 1991. All TV studios nominated two songs as guaranteed participants (a total of 16) and 8 more were selected based on their quality. Some of the studios did not enter any extra songs chosen, while TV Zagreb entered four, making six in total (Two of these were the top scorers, while another two won no points). The total of 24 songs competing was the greatest number for the period 1981-1991. The new voting system allowed the juries of the individual TV studios to be able to vote for their own entries, and most of them took this opportunity, as they did in the following four years. Every jury member (3 from each TV studio – 24 in total) could vote only for five songs, and this marginalized many of the songs, with five songs failing to win any points.

The winning entry was "Ja sam za ples", performed by Novi fosili, composed by Rajko Dujmić and written by Stevo Cvikić.

Final – 7 March 1987
Draw TV station Artist Song Points Place
1   TVLj Hazard "Nocoj" 0 20
2   TVTg Makadam "Usne od nara" 1 18
3   TVLj Moulin Rouge "Bye Bye Baby" 26 6
4   TVSk Kaliopi "Emanuel" 19 10
5   RTNS Suzana Perović "U meni vatru ugasi" 0 20
6   TVLj Big Ben "Moja Marie" 5 17
7   TVBg Tereza Kesovija "Ko mi je kriv" 46 3
8   TVPr Violeta Redžepagić "Nuk te haroj" 0 20
9   TVZg Group 777 "Spavaj samo spavaj" 7 15
10   TVZg Novi fosili "Ja sam za ples" 74 1
11   RTNS Crveni koralji "Dovoljno je" 1 18
12   TVTg Daniel and Ana Sasso "Oprosti mi" 12 12
13   TVZg Josipa Lisac "Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" 24 8
14   TVPr Vivien "Fedora" 10 13
15   TVZg Andrea and Tomica Jambrošić "Poljubi me" 0 20
16   TVTg Group Familija "Samo ljubav" 26 6
17   TVSa Hari Mata Hari "Nebeska kraljica" 8 14
18   TVZg Meri Trošelj "Ludo zelena" 0 20
19   TVBg Suzana Mančić "Vreme nežnosti" 16 11
20   TVZg Massimo Savić "Samo jedan dan" 53 2
21   TVSk Ana Kostovska "Anuška" 31 5
22   TVBg Bebi Dol "Zrno nežnosti" 43 4
23   TVSa Seid Memić Vajta "Opusti se" 6 16
24   TVSa Indexi "Bila jednom ljubav jedna" 24 8
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song TVPr TVZg TVSk TVSa TvNs TVBg TVTg TVLj Total
1 "Nocoj" 0
2 "Usne od nara" 1 1
3 "Bye Bye Baby" 3 1 2 3 7 5 3 1 1 26
4 "Emanuel" 5 5 7 1 1 19
5 "U meni vatru ugasi" 0
6 "Moja Marie" 1 1 3 5
7 "Ko mi je kriv" 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 7 2 7 5 7 46
8 "Nuk te haroj" 0
9 "Spavaj samo spavaj" 5 2 7
10 "Ja sam za ples" 7 7 7 5 7 7 3 2 3 2 3 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 74
11 "Dovoljno je" 1 1
12 "Oprosti mi" 2 1 3 3 3 12
13 "Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 7 24
14 "Fedora" 1 3 3 3 10
15 "Poljubi me" 0
16 "Samo ljubav" 1 2 1 2 3 1 7 7 2 26
17 "Nebeska kraljica" 3 5 8
18 "Ludo zelena" 0
19 "Vreme nežnosti" 5 5 5 1 16
20 "Samo jedan dan" 7 5 5 7 5 7 7 3 5 2 53
21 "Anuška" 2 2 7 7 5 5 1 1 1 31
22 "Zrno nežnosti" 2 2 5 7 7 5 5 7 3 43
23 "Opusti se" 1 5 6
24 "Bila jednom ljubav jedna" 2 2 5 7 3 5 24

At Eurovision

edit

Yugoslavia performed 21st on the night of the contest, following Ireland and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 92 points, placing 4th in a field of 22 competing countries.[2] The 12 points from the Yugoslav jury were awarded to Italy.

The members of the Yugoslav jury included Fedor Janušić, Valentina Miovska, Ljubiša Terzić, Vera Županić, Ljiljana Ljolja, Mirjana Vukčević, Karolina Savić, Branislav Kitanović, Dušan Cincar, Dimitrije Savić, and Slobodanka Veselinović.[3]

Voting

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Andrea i Tomica Jambrošić - Poljubi me (Jugovizija 1987)". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Novi fosili na Pesmi Evrovizije 1987: Neno šarmirao belgijsku kraljicu, Zec poljubio pitona u glavu".
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Brussels 1987". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.