Yugoslavia was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Ivan Krajač, with lyrics by Zvonimir Golob, and performed by

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. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through ''1971''.

Before Eurovision

''1971''

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 20 February at the Komunalni center Hall in

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. The hosts were Helena Koder and . There were 9 songs in the final, from three subnational public broadcasters.

RTV Sarajevo BHRT (Bosnian-Herzegovinian Radio Television; ''Bosnian language, Bosnian: Bosanskohercegovačka radio-televizija; Croatian language, Croatian: Bosanskohercegovačka radio-televizija; Serbian language, Serbian: Босанскохерцегова ...

and

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did not submit any songs that year. The winner was chosen by the votes of 10 juries in five cities and towns in each Yugoslav Republic, a total of 400 jurors. The winning song was "Tvoj dječak je tužan" performed by the Croatian singer

, written by Zvonimir Golob and composed by Ivan Krajač. He previously came 7th in the 1970 Yugoslav Final.

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on , TV Ljubljana 1, TV Skopje and

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. Krunoslav Slabinac performed 15th on the night of the contest, following Portugal and preceding Finland. At the close of the voting the song had received 58 points, coming 14th in the field of 18 competing countries.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

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