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

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Before Eurovision

''Jugovizija 1970''

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 14 February at the TV Belgrade Studios in

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. The host was Mića Orlović. There were 15 songs in the final, from the five subnational public broadcasters;

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, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade,

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, 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. The winning song was "

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" performed by the Slovene singer

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, written by Dušan Velkaverh and composed by Mojmir Sepe.

At Eurovision

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.

Voting

Notes

References

External links

Eurodalmatia official ESC clubEurovision Song Contest National Finals' HomepageEurovision FranceECSSerbia.comOGAE North Macedonia
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

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