Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in

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, 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

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, 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.

Jury members

* TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić * TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec , Brane Küzmič, Simona Weiss * TVBg, Belgrade:

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, Branka Šaper, Maja Sabljić * TVZg, Zagreb:

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, 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,

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* TVTg, Titograd: Mirsad Serhatlić, Bojan Bajramović, Rade Vojvodić

At Eurovision

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. 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

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TV commentator

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described it as "the death knell" for the contest.O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007

Voting

Notes

References

External links

Yugoslavian National Final 1989
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1989

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

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