Jugovizija (Cyrillic: Југовизија, English: Yugovision) was the Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by the Yugoslav broadcaster Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) and its subnational public broadcasting centers based in the capitals of each of the constituent republics of the Yugoslav federation: SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV Sarajevo), SR Croatia (RTV Zagreb and RTV Split), SR Macedonia (RTV Skopje), SR Montenegro (RTV Titograd), SR Serbia (RTV Belgrade) and SR Slovenia (RTV Ljubljana) and also the broadcasting services of the autonomous provinces within SR Serbia: SAP Kosovo (RTV Prishtina) and SAP Vojvodina (RTV Novi Sad). The first subnational public broadcasters to compete in 1961 were RTV Belgrade, RTV Ljubljana and RTV Zagreb, while the others joined in the following years.[1]

Jugovizija
Also known asFestival Opatija
GenreSong contest
Presented byVarious (see below)
Country of originYugoslavia
Original languages
  • Bosnian
  • Croatian
  • Macedonian
  • Montenegrin
  • Serbian
  • Slovene
No. of episodes31 editions
Production
Production locationVarious cities and towns (see below)
Production companyYugoslav Radio Television (JRT)
Original release
Release16 February 1961 (1961-02-16) –
28 March 1992 (1992-03-28)
Related

Jugovizija was the original title for the festival. But when the festival was staged in Opatija for several years in the 1970s, it began being known as Festival Opatija. In 1981, it began to be known in Serbo-Croatian as Jugoslovenski izbor za Pesmu Evrovizije (Serbian) or Jugoslavenski izbor za Pjesmu Eurovizije (Croatian).

Format of the contest

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Year Date Host city and venue Host of the show Format of the contest Number of contestants Voting system
1961 16 February Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama, Ljubljana (SLO) Milanka Bavcon Final only 9 Eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six republics and the two autonomous provinces
1962 23 January RTV Zagreb Studios, Zagreb (CRO) Mladen Delić 12
1963 1 February Venue unknown, Belgrade (SRB) Host unknown 8
1964 5 February Delavski Dom, Trbovlje (SLO) Helena Koder
1965 6 February Radnički Dom, Zagreb (CRO) Željka Marković 14
1966 23 January Dom Sindikata, Belgrade (SRB) Mića Orlović 13
1967 19 February RTV Ljubljana Studios, Ljubljana (SLO) Tomaž Terček 15 The winner was chosen by eight-member jury of experts, one juror from each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT
1968 25 February RTV Skopje Studios, Skopje (MKD) Vesna Nestorović, Kristina Remskar, Dubravka Cecez, Snežana Lipkovska, Rosanda Kovijanić and Helga Vlahović 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
1969 5 February RTV Zagreb Studios, Zagreb (CRO) Oliver Mlakar 17
1970 14 February RTV Belgrade Studios, Belgrade (SRB) Mića Orlović 15
1971 20 March Komunalni center Hall, Domžale (SLO) Helena Koder and Ljubo Jelčić 9 The winner was chosen by the votes of 10 juries in five cities and towns in each Yugoslav Republic, a total of 400 jurors
1972 12 February Skenderija Center, Sarajevo (BIH) Mirjana Jančić 12
1973 1–3 March Crystal Hall of the Hotel Kvarner, Opatija (CRO) Helga Vlahović and Oliver Mlakar 2 semi-finals and a final 12 finalists (36 semi-finalists) A 40-member jury from 5 cities and towns from each of the six republics and the two autonomous provinces. In the semi-finals, juries gave each song a "Yes" or "No", depending on whether they wanted to see the song qualify for the final. In the final, juries gave each song points between 1–9.
1974 28 February-2 March Oliver Mlakar, Ljiljana Trajkovska, Milanka Bavcon and Mića Orlović The winner was chosen by an eight-member jury of experts, one juror from each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT
1975 13–15 February Oliver Mlakar 14 finalists (33 semi-finalists)
1976 20–21 February 1 semifinal and a final 16 finalists and 21 semi-finalists
Jugovizija not held in 1977
1978 18 February Crystal Hall of the Hotel Kvarner, Opatija (CRO) Oliver Mlakar, Helga Vlahović, Milanka Bavcon and Mića Orlović Final only 16 Eight-member jury of, one juror from each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT
1979 3 March Oliver Mlakar and Helga Vlahović 18
1980 19 February
1981 28 February Studio IX - RTV Belgrade Studios, Belgrade (SRB) Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović 16 Eight seven-member regional juries, one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. Jurors gave points on a scale 1 - 5 to their favourite songs, which then were converted into the Eurovision style grading system with the ascending format of going from 1-8 points, 10 points and finally 12 points. The subnational public broadcasters could not vote for their own entries.
1982 12 March Studio 1 - RTV Ljubljana Studios, Ljubljana (SLO) Miša Molk Eight seven-member regional juries of non-experts, of age 16 - 50 (3-5 jurors over 25, and 3-4 under 25), one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. Jurors gave points on a scale from 1 to 5 to their favourite songs, which then were converted into the Eurovision style grading system with the ascending format of going from 1-8 points, 10 points and finally 12 points. The subnational public broadcasters could not vote for their own entries.
1983 4 March Studio M - RTV Novi Sad Studios, Novi Sad (VOJ) Dina Čolić Eight seven-member regional juries, one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. Juries voted according to the Eurovision style grading system with the ascending format of going from 1-8 points, 10 points and finally 12 points. The subnational public broadcasters could not vote for their own entries.
1984 23 March Universal Hall, Skopje (MKD) Marija Damjanovska Eight seven-member regional juries of non-experts, of different age and gender (in 3:4 ratio: younger - older, female - male), one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. Jurors gave points on a scale from 1 to 5 to their favourite songs, which then were converted into the Eurovision style grading system with the ascending format of going from 1-8 points, 10 points and finally 12 points. The subnational public broadcasters could not vote for their own entries.
1985 2 March Studio 5 - RTV Zagreb Studios, Zagreb (CRO) Ana Brbora 15 Eight three-member regional juries, one jury for each of the participating subnational public broadcasters of JRT.
1986 7 March Boro i Ramiz Hall, Prishtina (KOS) Enver Petrovci 16 Eight regional juries, one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. Juries voted according to the Eurovision style grading system with the ascending format of going from 1-8 points, 10 points and finally 12 points. The subnational public broadcasters could not vote for their own entries.
1987 7 March Sava Centar Congress Hall, Belgrade (SRB) Dubravka Milošević 24 Eight regional three-member juries, one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. Each of the jurors, 24 in total, gave points to their favorite songs according to a system with the ascending format of going from 1–3, 5 and finally 7 points. The subnational public broadcasters could vote for their own entries.
1988 12 March Cankar Centre, Ljubljana (SLO) Miša Molk and Bogdan Barovič 15
1989 4 March Great Hall of the Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad (VOJ) Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović 16
1990 3 March Jazine Sports Hall, Zadar (CRO) Ana Brbora-Hum, Branko Uvodić Eight regional three-member juries, one jury for each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT. At least two professionals within the music industry, and one under age of 30. Each of the jurors, 24 in total, gave points to their favorite songs according to a system with the ascending format of going from 1–3, 5 and finally 7 points. The subnational public broadcasters could vote for their own entries.
1991 9 March Studio 7 - RTV Sarajevo Studios, Sarajevo (BIH) Draginja Balac, Senad Hadžifejzović
1992 28 March RTV Belgrade Studios, Belgrade (SRB) Radoš Bajić 20 15-member jury of experts of JRT. Each of the jurors gave points to their favorite songs according to a system with the ascending format of going from 1–3, 5 and finally 7 points.

List of winners

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Table key
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Winner
13
Last place
DNP
Entry selected but did not compete
DNP
National final not held, did not compete
Year Host city Winner Artist Song Language Eurovision
1961   Ljubljana (SLO)   RTV Ljubljana Ljiljana Petrović "Neke davne zvezde" Serbo-Croatian 8th
1962   Zagreb (CRO)   RTV Ljubljana Lola Novaković "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" Serbo-Croatian 4th
1963   Belgrade (SRB)   RTV Zagreb Vice Vukov "Brodovi" Serbo-Croatian 11th
1964   Trbovlje (SLO)   RTV Sarajevo Sabahudin Kurt "Život je sklopio krug" Serbo-Croatian 13th
1965   Zagreb (CRO)   RTV Sarajevo Vice Vukov "Čežnja" Serbo-Croatian 12th
1966   Belgrade (SRB)   RTV Ljubljana Berta Ambrož "Brez Besed" Slovene 7th
1967   Ljubljana (SLO)   RTV Ljubljana Lado Leskovar "Vse rože sveta" Slovene 8th
1968   Skopje (MKD)   RTV Zagreb Dubrovački trubaduri "Jedan dan" Serbo-Croatian 7th
1969   Zagreb (CRO)   RTV Zagreb 4M "Pozdrav svijetu" Serbo-Croatian 13th
1970   Belgrade (SRB)   RTV Ljubljana Eva Sršen "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" Slovene 11th
1971   Domžale (SLO)   RTV Zagreb Krunoslav Slabinac "Tvoj dječak je tužan" Serbo-Croatian 14th
1972   Sarajevo (BIH)   RTV Zagreb Tereza Kesovija "Muzika i ti" Serbo-Croatian 9th
1973   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Sarajevo Zdravko Čolić "Gori vatra" Serbo-Croatian 15th
1974   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Belgrade Korni Grupa "Moja generacija" Serbo-Croatian 12th
1975   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Ljubljana Pepel in Kri "Dan ljubezni" Slovene 13th
1976   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Sarajevo Ambasadori "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" Serbo-Croatian 17th
Jugovizija not held in 1977 DNP
1978   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Zagreb Oliver Dragojević "Zbogom ostaj ljubavi" Serbo-Croatian DNP
1979   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Zagreb Tereza Kesovija "Disco" Serbo-Croatian DNP
1980   Opatija (CRO)   RTV Skopje Maja Odžaklijevska "Vraćam se" Serbo-Croatian DNP
1981   Belgrade (SRB)   RTV Sarajevo Seid Memić "Vajta" "Lejla" Serbo-Croatian 15th
1982   Ljubljana (SLO)   RTV Belgrade Aska "Halo, Halo" Serbo-Croatian 14th
1983   Novi Sad (VOJ)   RTV Titograd Danijel "Džuli" Serbo-Croatian 4th
1984   Skopje (MKD)   RTV Titograd Vlado & Isolda "Ciao, amore" Serbo-Croatian 18th
1985   Zagreb (CRO)   RTV Zagreb Zorica Kondža & Josip Genda "Pokora" Serbo-Croatian DNP
1986   Prishtina (KOS)   RTV Zagreb Doris Dragović "Željo moja" Serbo-Croatian 11th
1987   Belgrade (SRB)   RTV Zagreb Novi Fosili "Ja sam za ples" Serbo-Croatian 4th
1988   Ljubljana (SLO)   RTV Zagreb Srebrna Krila "Mangup" Serbo-Croatian 6th
1989   Novi Sad (VOJ)   RTV Zagreb Riva "Rock Me" Serbo-Croatian 1st
1990   Zadar (CRO)   RTV Zagreb Tajči "Hajde da ludujemo" Serbo-Croatian 7th
1991   Sarajevo (BIH)   RTV Belgrade Bebi Dol "Brazil" Serbo-Croatian 21st
1992   Belgrade (SRB)   RTV Belgrade Extra Nena "Ljubim te pesmama" Serbo-Croatian 13th

The two Yugoslav socialist autonomous provinces; SAP Kosovo (RTV Prishtina) and SAP Vojvodina (RTV Novi Sad) have never won the Jugovizija. SR Croatia were the most successful constituent republic, as its performers won the national contest 13 out of the 31 times, all from RTV Zagreb. They have also hosted 12 national finals.[2]

From 1977 to 1980, and again in 1985, Yugoslavia did not participate in the contest. Yugoslavia intended to enter the contest in 1985. However, due to the Contest being held on the national memorial day marking the fifth anniversary of former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito's death, broadcasting any musical program wasn't allowed and JRT was forced to withdraw.[3] In 1977 the national final was not held.

Hostings and victories

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Broadcaster Federal Unit Hostings Victories
RTV Zagreb   SR Croatia 12 (1962, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1990) 13 (1963, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
RTV Ljubljana   SR Slovenia 6 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1982, 1988) 6 (1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975)
RTV Belgrade   SR Serbia 6 (1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1992) 4 (1974, 1982, 1991, 1992)
RTV Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (1972, 1991) 5 (1964, 1965, 1973, 1976, 1981)
RTV Skopje   SR Macedonia 2 (1968, 1984) 1 (1980)
RTV Titograd   SR Montenegro 0 2 (1983, 1984)
RTV Novi Sad   SAP Vojvodina 2 (1983, 1989) 0
RTV Prishtina   SAP Kosovo 1 (1986) 0
RTV Split   SR Croatia 0 0

Appearances and entries

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Broadcaster Federal Unit Appearances Appearances in the final First Appearance Last Appearance Entries Entries in the final
RTV Zagreb   SR Croatia 30 30 1961 1991 92 87
RTV Belgrade   SR Serbia 30 30 1961 1992 84 79
RTV Ljubljana   SR Slovenia 30 30 1961 1991 82 76
RTV Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 29 1962 1992 73 65
RTV Skopje   SR Macedonia 24 22 (1963) 1965 1991 60 51
RTV Titograd   SR Montenegro 21 19 (1963) 1968 1992 37 34
RTV Novi Sad   SAP Vojvodina 19 18 (1963) 1974 1992 34 31
RTV Prishtina   SAP Kosovo 18 16 (1963) 1974 1992 34 28
RTV Split   SR Croatia 2 2 1979 1980 4 4

Host cities

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Contests City Federal Unit Venue Years
7 Opatija   SR Croatia Hotel Kvarner 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980
6 Belgrade   SR Serbia RTV Belgrade Studios
Sava Centar
Dom Sindikata
Venue unknown
1970, 1981, 1992
1987
1966
1963
4 Zagreb   SR Croatia RTV Zagreb Studios
Radnički Dom
1962, 1969, 1985
1965
4 Ljubljana   SR Slovenia RTV Ljubljana Studios
Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama
Cankar Centre
1967, 1982
1961
1988
2 Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Skenderija Center
RTV Sarajevo Studios
1972
1991
2 Skopje   SR Macedonia Universal Hall
RTV Skopje Studios
1984
1968
2 Novi Sad   SAP Vojvodina Serbian National Theatre
RTV Novi Sad Studios
1989
1983
1 Prishtina   SAP Kosovo Boro i Ramiz' Hall 1986
1 Zadar   SR Croatia Jazine Sports Hall 1990
1 Domžale   SR Slovenia Komunalni center Hall 1971
1 Trbovlje   SR Slovenia Delavski Dom 1964

Hosts

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Contests Host Years
8 Oliver Mlakar 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980
6 Helga Vlahović 1968, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
4 Mića Orlović 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978
3 Milanka Bavcon 1961, 1974, 1978
2 Helena Koder 1964, 1971
Miša Molk 1982, 1988
Dina Čolić 1983, 1989
1 Mladen Delić 1962
Host unknown 1963
Željka Marković 1965
Tomaz Tercek 1967
Vesna Nestorović 1968
Kristina Remskar 1968
Dubravka Cecez 1968
Snežana Lipkovska 1968
Rosanda Kovijanić 1968
Ljubo Jelčić 1971
Mirjana Jančić 1972
Ljiljana Trajkovska 1974
Minja Subota 1981
Marija Damjanovska 1984
Ana Brbora-Hum 1985
Enver Petrovci 1986
Dubravka Milošević 1987
Bogdan Barovič 1988
Branko Uvodić 1990
Draginja Balac 1991
Senad Hadžifejzović 1991
Radoš Bajić 1992

References

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  1. ^ "Yugoslavian National Finals at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavian National Finals at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ "History – Eurovision Song Contest 1985". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008.
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