Yugoslavia made their penultimate

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entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, held in

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Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1991

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry was held on 9 March 1991 at TV Studio A in

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, and was hosted by Draginja Balać and Senad Hadžifejzović. The formal name of the contest was "JRT izbor za pjesmu Evrovizije – Sarajevo '91". There were 16 songs in the final, from all subnational public broadcasters. This was the final ''Jugovizija'' participation for the broadcasters in Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia before declaring independence later in the same year. The winner was chosen by the votes of 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. The winning entry was "Brazil", performed by

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ian singer

Bebi Dol Dragana Todorović ( , / ; born 2 October 1962), better known under the stage name Bebi Dol (), is a Serbian singer and songwriter. Born in Belgrade, she made her debut in 1981 with the single "Mustafa". Bebi Dol rose to further prominence by ...

, composed by Zoran Vračević and written by Bebi Dol herself.

Jury members

* HTV,

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: Mirna Berend (chairperson), Stipica Kalogjera, Danijela Bilbija, Ivica Krajač * TVBg,

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: Majda Ropret (chairperson),

Boba Stefanović Slobodan "Boba" Stefanović ( sr-cyr, Слободан "Боба" Стефановић; 21 May 1946 – 9 February 2015) was a Serbian and SFRY, Yugoslav singer and songwriter. He was one of the leading stars of the Popular music in the Socialist ...

, Katarina Gojković,

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* TVPr,

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: Mirjana Bojović (chairperson), Anđela Karaferić,

Dragan Nikolić Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor. Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the ...

, Ljiljana Đorđević * TVSl,

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(chairperson), Nino Robič, Tomaž Dobicelj,

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* TVSa,

: Mirjana Potpara (chairperson), Fadil Redžić, Jadranka Crnogorac,

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* TVSk,

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: Svetlana Stojanovska (chairperson), Mario Lipša, Jana Andreevska, Stole Popov * TVNS,

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: Hajnalka Buda (chairperson), Mladen Vranešević, Gordana Dean-Gačić, Jovan Adamov * TVCG,

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: Melani Bulatović (chairperson), Goran Pejović, Aco Đukanović, Rade Keković

At Eurovision

Bebi Dol was the first performer on the night of the Contest, preceding

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. At the close of the voting the song had received only 1 point, coming 21st in the field of 22 competing countries, beating only Austria. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.

Voting

Notes

References

External links

Eurodalmatia official ESC clubEurovision Song Contest National FinalsEurovision FranceECSSerbia.comOGAE North Macedonia
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991