Yugoslavia was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by

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, with lyrics by Elza Budau, and performed by

Berta Ambrož Berta Ambrož (29 October 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Yugoslav Slovene singer. She is best known for representing Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 The Eurovision Song Contest 1966 was the 11th edition of the Eurovision Song Cont ...

. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through . This was the first-ever entry performed in Slovene in the

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Before Eurovision

''1966''

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the

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. The host was . There were 13 songs in the final, from the five subnational public broadcasters;

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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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. 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. The winning entry was "" performed by Slovene singer

, composed by Mojmir Sepe and written by Elza Budau. The composer was awarded 250 million

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had represented and .

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on , , and . Berta Ambrož performed 5th on the night of the Contest following Luxembourg and preceding Norway. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, coming 7th in the field of 18 competing countries.

Voting

References

{{Eurovision Song Contest 1966

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an origina ...