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with the song "", written by Zrinko Tutić, and performed by

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. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through ''1986''.

Before Eurovision

''1986''

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry was held on 7 March 1986, at the Palace of Youth and Sports in

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, and was hosted by Enver Petrovci. 350 songs were submitted for the national final. Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT affiliates to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (

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, Pristina and

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). The winning entry was "Željo moja", performed by Croatian singer

and written by Zrinko Tutić.

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on several channels of JRT. The contest was broadcast on television on , , TV Sarajevo 1, TV Titograd 1, and TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary provided by , as well as on

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, TV Ljubljana 1, , and TV Skopje 1. The contest was also broadcast on radio on Radio Ljubljana 2. Dragović was the second performer on the night of the Contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 20 competing countries. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Turkey.

Voting

References

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