Yugoslavia was represented at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Brussels, Belgium, following the country's victory at the with the song " J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
with the song "", composed by
Rajko Dujmić, with lyrics by Stevo Cvikić, and performed by the band
Novi fosili. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through ''1987''. The selection process used a revised system for nominations and scoring. In the Contest itself the song was ranked fourth out of 22, winning 92 points.
Before Eurovision
''1987''
The
Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was held on 7 March 1987 at the Sava Centre in Belgrade, and was hosted by Dejan Đurović and Ivana Stanković.
In 1987, new procedures were introduced about the selection of the songs and voting: all TV studios nominated two songs as guaranteed participants (a total of 16) and 8 more were selected based on their quality. Some of the studios did not enter any extra songs chosen, while TV Zagreb entered four, making six in total. The total of 24 songs competing was the greatest number for the period 1981-1991. The new voting system allowed the juries of the individual TV studios to be able to vote for their own entries, and most of them took this opportunity, as they did in the following four years. Every jury member (3 from each TV studio – 24 in total) could vote only for five songs, and this marginalized many of the songs, with five songs failing to win any points.
The winning entry was "", performed by
Novi fosili, composed by Rajko Dujmić and written by Stevo Cvikić.
At Eurovision
The contest was broadcast on television on: ,
TV Zagreb 1, ,
TV Sarajevo 1, and
TV Titograd 1, all with commentary provided by ;
with commentary provided by Vesna Pfeifer;
and on
TV Koper-Capodistria
TV Koper Capodistria is a Slovene free-to-air television channel based in Koper, Slovenia. Mainly funded by state aid, the channel serves the Italian-speaking minority in Slovenia and Croatia. It can also be received in the Italian region of ...
, , and
TV Skopje 1.
Yugoslavia performed 21st on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 92 points, placing 4th in a field of 22 competing countries.
The 12 points from the Yugoslav jury were awarded to .
The members of the Yugoslav jury included Fedor Janušić, Valentina Miovska, Ljubiša Terzić, Vera Županić, Ljiljana Ljolja, Mirjana Vukčević, Karolina Savić, Branislav Kitanović, Dušan Cincar, Dimitrije Savić, and Slobodanka Veselinović.
Voting
References
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Eurovision
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