Yugoslavia was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1964 The Eurovision Song Contest 1964 was the 9th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Grethe Ingmann, Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann. Organised by the E ...

with the song "", composed by Srđan Matijević, with lyrics by Stevan Raičković, and performed by

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" (). He finished in thirteenth place, scorin ...

. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster,

Yugoslav Radio Television Yugoslav Radio Television (''Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija''/Југословенска радиотелевизија or ''Jugoslavenska radio-televizija''/Југословенска радио-телевизија; JRT/ЈРТ) was the national ...

(JRT), selected its entry through ''1964''.

Before Eurovision

''1964''

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 5 February at the Delavski Dom in

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, hosted by Helena Koder. There were 8 songs in the final, each from the four subnational public broadcasters: RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb,

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, and

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

. 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

's song "" 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. "" was written by Srđan Matijević and Stevan Raičković.

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on , , and . 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 (

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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.

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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