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| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) | |||
| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1966 | |||
| Selection date | 23 January 1966 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Brez besed" | |||
| Artist | Berta Ambrož | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 9 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Yugoslavia was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song "Brez besed", composed byMojmir Sepe, with lyrics by Elza Budau, and performed byBerta Ambrož. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster,Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry throughJugovizija 1966. This was the first-ever entry performed in Slovene in theEurovision Song Contest.
TheYugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 23 January at theDom Sindikata inBelgrade. The host was Mića Orlović. There were 13 songs in the final, from the five subnational public broadcasters;RTV Ljubljana,RTV Zagreb,RTV Belgrade,RTV Sarajevo, andRTV Skopje.[a][b] 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.[c] The winning entry was "Brez besed" performed by Slovene singerBerta Ambrož, composed by Mojmir Sepe and written by Elza Budau. The compser was awarded 250 milliondinars.[1]Vice Vukov represented Yugoslavia inEurovision Song Contest 1963 andEurovision Song Contest 1965.[2]
| Final – 23 January 1966 | |||||
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| Draw | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 |  RTV Zagreb | Zdenka Vučković | "Rezervirano za ljubav" | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | RTV Zagreb | Gabi Novak | "Prvo pismo" | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | RTV Zagreb | Berta Ambrož | "Sanjala sam" | 1 | 10 |
| 4 |  RTV Sarajevo | Dragan Stojnić | "Duga je noć" | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | RTV Sarajevo | Dragan Stojnić | "Dva novčića" | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | RTV Sarajevo | Dragan Stojnić | "Priča" | 4 | 6 |
| 7 |  RTV Skopje | Vice Vukov | "Od ova nebo ti zede del" | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | RTV Skopje | Nina Spirova | "Devojka i pesna" | 11 | 2 |
| 9 |  RTV Ljubljana | Elda Viler | "Ko si z menoj" | 0 | 12[d] |
| 10 | RTV Ljubljana | Berta Ambrož | "Brez besed" | 24 | 1 |
| 11 |  RTV Belgrade | Đorđe Marjanović | "Najlepši dan" | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | RTV Belgrade | Lado Leskovar | "Tvoj osmeh" | 11 | 2 |
| 13 | RTV Skopje | Nina Spirova | "Razdelba" | 5 | 5 |
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.[3]
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