Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) | |||
| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1981 | |||
| Selection date | 28 February 1981 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Lejla" | |||
| Artist | Seid Memić Vajta | |||
| Songwriters | Ranko Boban | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 35 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Lejla", written by Ranko Boban, and performed by Seid Memić Vajta. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1981.
Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1981
After a four-year break, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.
RTV Belgrade staged the Yugoslav national final, Jugovizija 1981, on 28 February at its television studios in Belgrade, hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović. Each of the eight JRT participating sub-national broadcasters (RTV Sarajevo, RTV Skopje, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, RTV Ljubljana, and RTV Pristina) entered two songs to Jugovizija, making a national final of sixteen songs. The winner was decided by the votes of the regional juries of the eight broadcasters, which could not vote for their own entries.
The winner was "Lejla" representing RTV Sarajevo, written by Ranko Boban, and performed by Seid Memić Vajta.
| R/O | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  RTV Sarajevo
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Neda Ukraden | "Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa" | 33 | 7 |
| 2 |  RTV Skopje
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Verica Ristevska | "Bez nežnosti" | 5 | 13 |
| 3 |  RTV Novi Sad
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Dejan Petković | "Emanuelle" | 38 | 6 |
| 4 | RTV Titograd
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Ratko Kraljević | "Propustila si šansu" | 19 | 10 |
| 5 | RTV Novi Sad
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Biserka Spevec | "Sama" | 17 | 11 |
| 6 |  RTV Zagreb
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Novi fosili | "Oko moje" | 67 | 2 |
| 7 | RTV Belgrade
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Maja Odžaklievska | "Ne podnosim dan" | 20 | 9 |
| 8 | RTV Skopje
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Margica Antevska, Lazar Nečovski and Marina Puharić | "Mojot son" | 3 | 14 |
| 9 |  RTV Ljubljana
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Hazard | "Marie, ne piši pesmi več" | 41 | 5 |
| 10 | RTV Sarajevo
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Seid Memić "Vajta" | "Lejla" | 71 | 1 |
| 11 | RTV Ljubljana
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Alenka Pinterič | "V meni je kar hočeš" | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | RTV Pristina
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Shpresa Gashi | "Malli i mëngjesit" | 6 | 12 |
| 13 | RTV Zagreb
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Srebrna krila | "Kulminacija" | 61 | 3 |
| 14 | RTV Pristina
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Sabri Fejzullahu | "Vala e lazdruar" | 2 | 16 |
| 15 | RTV Belgrade
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Slađana Milošević | "Recept za ljubav" | 28 | 8 |
| 16 | RTV Titograd
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Srđan Marjanović | "Ti me nazovi" | 50 | 4 |
| R/O | Song | RTV Sarajevo
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RTV Skopje
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RTV Novi Sad
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RTV Titograd
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RTV Zagreb
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RTV Belgrade
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RTV Ljubljana
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RTV Pristina
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Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 33 | |
| 2 | "Bez nežnosti" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 3 | "Emanuelle" | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 38 | |
| 4 | "Propustila si šansu" | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |||
| 5 | "Sama" | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | "Oko moje" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 67 | |
| 7 | "Ne podnosim dan" | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 8 | "Mojot son" | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 9 | "Marie, ne piši pesmi več" | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 41 | |
| 10 | "Lejla" | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 71 | |
| 11 | "V meni je kar hočeš" | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 12 | "Malli i mëngjesit" | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 13 | "Kulminacija" | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 61 | |
| 14 | "Vala e lazdruar" | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 15 | "Recept za ljubav" | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 16 | "Ti me nazovi" | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 50 |
At Eurovision
The contest was broadcast on TV Beograd 1, TV Zagreb 1, TV Novi Sad, and TV Prishtina, all with commentary provided by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović, as well as TV Ljubljana 1.[1][2][3][4]
Yugoslavia performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Finland. At the close of voting it had received 35 points, placing 15th out of 20 contestants.[5] The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.
Voting
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References
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