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| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) | |||
| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| Selection process | Jugovizija1981 | |||
| 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 theEurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Lejla", written by Ranko Boban, and performed bySeid Memić Vajta. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster,Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry throughJugovizija1981.
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After a four-year break,Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.
TV Belgrade (TVBg) staged theYugoslav national final,Jugovizija1981, on 28 February at its television studios inBelgrade, hosted byMinja Subota andHelga 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, andPristina).
The winning entry was "Lejla", performed by Bosnian singerSeid Memić Vajta and written by Ranko Boban.
| Draw | Artist | Song | TV station | Points | TVSa | TVSk | TVNS | TVTg | TVZg | TVBg | TVLj | TVPr | Place |
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| 1 | Neda Ukraden | Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa |  TVSa | 33 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | Verica Ristevska | Bez nežnosti |  TVSk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| 3 | Dejan Petković | Emanuelle |  TVNS | 38 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Ratko Kraljević | Propustila si šansu | TVTg | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Biserka Spevec | Sama | TVNS | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 6 | Novi fosili | Oko moje |  TVZg | 67 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | Maja Odžaklievska | Ne podnosim dan | TVBg | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Margica Antevska, Lazar Nečovski and Marina Puharić | Mojot son | TVSk | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
| 9 | Hazard | Marie, ne piši pesmi več |  TVLj | 41 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 10 | Seid Memić "Vajta" | Lejla | TVSa | 71 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | |
| 11 | Alenka Pinterič [sl] | V meni je kar hočeš | TVLj | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
| 12 | Shpresa Gashi | Malli i mëngjesit | TVPr | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | Srebrna krila | Kulminacija | TVZg | 61 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sabri Fejzullahu [sq] | Vala e lazdruar | TVPr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 15 | Slađana Milošević | Recept za ljubav | TVBg | 28 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 16 | Srđan Marjanović | Ti me nazovi | TVTg | 50 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
The contest was broadcast onTV Beograd 1,TV Zagreb 1,TV Novi Sad, andTV Prishtina, all with commentary provided byMinja Subota andHelga Vlahović, as well asTV 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.
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