Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1981
Selection date(s)	28 February 1981
Selected entrant	Seid Memić Vajta
Selected song	"Lejla"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ranko Boban
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 35 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, held in Dublin, Ireland, after last participating at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 contest in The Hague, Netherlands.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1981

After a four-year break, Yugoslavia returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1981, was held on 28 February at the Belgrade TV Studios, and was hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović.

Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Skopje, Novi Sad, Titograd, Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana and Pristina).

The winning entry was "Lejla", performed by Bosnian singer Seid Memić Vajta and composed by Ranko Boban.

Draw	Artist	Song	TV station	Points	TVSa	TVSk	TVNS	TVTg	TVZg	TVBg	TVLj	TVPr	Place
1	Neda Ukraden	Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa	TVSa	33		6	5	6	6	6	3	1	7th
2	Verica Ristevska	Bez nežnosti	TVSk	5			1		1	3			13th
3	Dejan Petković	Emanuel	TVNS	38	4	2		5	10	5	6	6	6th
4	Ratko Kraljević	Propustila si šansu	TVTg	19	7	1	7		3		1		10th
5	Biserka Spevec	Sama	TVNS	17	6				4	2	5		11th
6	Novi fosili	Oko moje	TVZg	67	12	10	12	8		10	7	8	2nd
7	Maja Odžaklievska	Ne podnosim dan	TVBg	20		3	2	4	5		2	4	9th
8	Margica Antevska, Lazar Nečovski and Marina Puharić	Mojot son	TVSk	3				3					14th
9	Hazard	Marie, ne piši pesmi več	TVLj	41	5	7	6	7	7	4		5	5th
10	Seid Memić "Vajta"	Lejla	TVSa	71		12	4	12	12	7	12	12	1st
11	Alenka Pinterič	V meni je kar hočeš	TVLj	3								3	14th
12	Shpresa Gashi	Malli i mëngjesit	TVPr	6	3			2		1			12th
13	Srebrna krila	Kulminacija	TVZg	61	8	8	10	10		8	10	7	3rd
14	Sabri Fejzullahu	Vala e lazdruar	TVPr	2	1			1					16th
15	Slađana Milošević	Recept za ljubav	TVBg	28	2	4	8		8		4	2	8th
16	Srđan Marjanović	Ti me nazovi	TVTg	50	10	5	3		2	12	8	10	4th

At Eurovision

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.[1] The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Switzerland
8 points	Finland
7 points
6 points
5 points	Belgium
4 points	Turkey
3 points	Cyprus
2 points	Greece Ireland
1 point	Norway

Points awarded by Yugoslavia[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Switzerland
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Belgium
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Ireland
4 points	France
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Germany
1 point	Greece

References

"Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
"Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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[1] "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1981detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Jugovizija
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Artists	Ambasadori Berta Ambrož Aska Baby Doll Luči Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić Zdravko Čolić Daniel Doris Dragović Extra Nena Ivan and 4M Tereza Kesovija Korni Grupa Sabahudin Kurt Lado Leskovar Seid Memić Vajta Lola Novaković Novi fosili Pepel in kri Ljiljana Petrović Riva Krunoslav Slabinac Srebrna krila Eva Sršen Tajči Vlado and Isolda Vice Vukov
Songs	"Brazil" "Brez besed" "Brodovi" "Čežnja" "Ciao, amore" "Dan ljubezni" "Džuli" "Gori vatra" "Hajde da ludujemo" "Halo, Halo" "Ja sam za ples" "Jedan dan" "Lejla" "Ljubim te pesmama" "Mangup" "Moja generacija" "Muzika i ti" "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" "Neke davne zvezde" "Pozdrav svijetu" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Rock Me" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Vse rože sveta" "Željo moja" "Život je sklopio krug"
Successor states: Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo (none) Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006) Slovenia

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Bacchelli Marty Brem Bucks Fizz Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach Yiannis Dimitras Jean Gabilou Habibi Island Finn Kalvik Seid Memić Vajta Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Carlos Paião Jean-Claude Pascal Peter, Sue and Marc Sheeba Björn Skifs Riki Sorsa Emly Starr Lena Valaitis Linda Williams
Songs	"Aldri i livet" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Dönme Dolap" "Fångad i en dröm" "Feggari kalokerino" "Halayla" "Het is een wonder" "Horoscopes" "Humanahum" "Io senza te" "Johnny Blue" "Krøller eller ej" "Lejla" "Making Your Mind Up" "Monika" "Playback" "Reggae OK" "Samson" "Wenn du da bist" "Y sólo tú"