Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
# Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the competition for the first time.

## Before Eurovision

### Jugovizija 1989

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1989, was held on 4 March 1989 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 to be entered directly into the competition, and most submitted a few more songs from which the remaining 8 songs were chosen.

Final – 4 March 1989 :

| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Conductor | Points | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | TVSa | Jelena Džoja and Ambasadori | "Kad ljubav umire" | Ranko Rihtman | 26 | 7 |
| 2 | TVLj | Caffe, Mojca and Marta | "Kadar sem sama" | Emil Spruk | 13 | 12 |
| 3 | TVBg | BG Sound | "Voli me opet" | Slobodan Marković | 54 | 3 |
| 4 | TVZg | Massimo Savić | "Plavi anđeo" | Nikica Kalogjera | 65 | 2 |
| 5 | TVSk | Zdravko Skender and Intervali | "Ogan gori" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | TVZg | Riva | "Rock Me" | Nikica Kalogjera | 66 | 1 |
| 7 | TVPr | Trio Rona | "Fjollat" | Shefqet Hoxha-Sheki | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | TVSa | Toni Janković | "Pričaj mi" | Ranko Rihtman | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | TVSk | Vesna Ivić and Tedi Bajić | "Pregrni me nežno" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 38 | 4 |
| 10 | TVLj | Miran Rudan and Pop Design | "Baby Blue" | Stipica Kalogjera | 20 | 9 |
| 11 | TVZg | Jasna Zlokić | "Sve duge godine" | Nikica Kalogjera | 34 | 5 |
| 12 | TVNS | Ana Kostovska | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | Kornelije Kovač | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | TVBg | Frenki | "Reka bez povratka" | Milivoje Marković | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | TVSk | Lidija Kočovska | "Tajna" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 29 | 6 |
| 15 | TVTg | Biljana Krstić and Srđan Marjanović | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | Radovan Papović | 26 | 7 |
| 16 | TVNS | Foto Model | "Neću da te delim" | Slobodan Marković | 10 | 13 |

Detailed Regional Jury Votes :

| Draw | Song | TVSA | TVSA | TVSA | TVLJ | TVLJ | TVLJ | TVBG | TVBG | TVBG | TVZG | TVZG | TVZG | TVSK | TVSK | TVSK | TVPR | TVPR | TVPR | TVNS | TVNS | TVNS | TVTG | TVTG | TVTG | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | "Kad ljubav umire" | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | "Kadar sem sama" | 7 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 3 | "Voli me opet" | 5 | 1 | 3 | | | | 5 | 5 | 7 | | 2 | 3 | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 |
| 4 | "Plavi anđeo" | | 3 | | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | | 1 | 5 | | | | 1 | 7 | | | | | 2 | 65 |
| 5 | "Ogan gori" | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | 1 | | 18 |
| 6 | "Rock Me" | | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 5 | | | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 7 | 2 | | 1 | 66 |
| 7 | "Fjollat" | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 |
| 8 | "Pričaj mi" | 3 | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 9 | "Pregrni me nežno" | | | | 5 | | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | 5 | 3 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 38 |
| 10 | "Baby Blue" | | | | 1 | 5 | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 11 | "Sve duge godine" | 2 | 5 | 2 | | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 34 |
| 12 | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | 14 |
| 13 | "Reka bez povratka" | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 14 | "Tajna" | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | 5 | | | | 5 | 1 | 3 | | | | 29 |
| 15 | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 16 | "Neću da te delim" | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 5 | | | | | 10 |

**Jury members**

* TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić
* TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec, Brane Küzmič, Simona Weiss
* TVBg, Belgrade: Vojkan Borisavljević, Branka Šaper, Maja Sabljić
* TVZg, Zagreb: Anja Šovagović-Despot, Đorđe Novković, Drago Diklić
* TVSk, Skopje: Ljubomir Brangjolica, Sinolička Trpkova, Dimitar Čemkov
* TVPr, Prishtina: Gjon Gjevelekaj, Liliana Çavolli, Ivana Vitalić
* TVNS, Novi Sad: Đorđe Balašević, Mladen Vranešević, Žarko Petrović
* TVTg, Titograd: Mirsad Serhatlić, Bojan Bajramović, Rade Vojvodić

## 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.

