Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, held in
Copenhagen
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Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1964
The
Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 5 February at the Delavski Dom in
Trbovlje
Trbovlje (; german: Trifail''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is Slovenia's tenth-largest town, and the seat of the Municipality o ...
, hosted by Helena Koder. There were 8 songs in the final, each from the four subnational public broadcasters:
RTV Ljubljana,
RTV Zagreb,
RTV Belgrade, and
RTV Sarajevo
TVSA or Televizija Kantona Sarajevo (Sarajevo Canton Television) is a public TV channel founded by Assembly of Sarajevo Canton. Headquarters of TVSA is located in capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (along with national and entity ...
. The winner was chosen by the votes of an eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six republics and the two autonomous provinces. At the end of the contest, there was a tie between
Sabahudin Kurt
Sabahudin Kurt (18 July 1935 – 30 March 2018) was a Bosnian folk and pop singer. Kurt represented Yugoslavia in Copenhagen in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the entry "Život je sklopio krug" ( en, "Life Has Come Full Circle"). He finish ...
's song "Život je sklopio krug" and Marjana Deržaj's "Zlati April". Since the Bosnian singer Sabahudin Kurt and his song received more top marks than Marjana Deržaj's, it was chosen as the winner. "Život je sklopio krug" was written by Srđan Matijević and
Stevan Raičković
Stevan Raičković (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Раичковић; 5 July 1928 – 6 May 2007) was a Serbian poet, writer and academic.
Biography
Raičković was born in to a family of teachers which moved a lot around the country as he was ...
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At Eurovision
Sabahudin Kurt performed 13th on the night of the Contest following Italy and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 0 points (
nul points
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), sharing 13th (last) place in the field of 16 competing countries.
Voting
Yugoslavia did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.
Notes
References
External links
Eurodalmatia official ESC clubEurovision Song Contest National Finals´ HomepageEurovision FranceECSSerbia.com
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Eurovision
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