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| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) | |||
| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1989 | |||
| Selection date | 4 March 1989 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Rock Me" | |||
| Artist | Riva | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 137 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Yugoslavia was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Rock Me", composed byRajko Dujmić, with lyrics by Stevo Cvikić, and performed by the bandRiva. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster,Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry throughJugovizija 1989. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first and only time for Yugoslavia.
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TheYugoslav national final to select their entry,Jugovizija 1989, was held on 4 March 1989 at the Grand Hall of theSerbian National Theatre inNovi Sad,[1] and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.
The winning song was chosen, from a selection of 16 songs, by the votes of 8 regional juries. Each JRT affiliate had to choose one song to be entered directly into the competition, and most submitted a few more songs from which the remaining eight songs were chosen.
| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Conductor | Points | Place |
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| 1 |  TVSa | Jelena Džoja andAmbasadori | "Kad ljubav umire" | Ranko Rihtman | 26 | 7 |
| 2 |  TVLj | Caffe, Mojca and Marta | "Kadar sem sama" | Emil Spruk | 13 | 12 |
| 3 |  TVBg | BG Sound | "Voli me opet" | Slobodan Marković | 54 | 3 |
| 4 |  TVZg | Massimo Savić | "Plavi anđeo" | Nikica Kalogjera | 65 | 2 |
| 5 |  TVSk | Zdravko Škender and Intervali | "Ogan gori" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | TVZg | Riva | "Rock Me" | Nikica Kalogjera | 66 | 1 |
| 7 | TVPr | Trio Rona[a] | "Fjollat" | Shefqet Hoxha-Sheki | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | TVSa | Toni Janković | "Pričaj mi" | Ranko Rihtman | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | TVSk | Vesna Ivić andTedi Bajić | "Pregrni me nežno" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 38 | 4 |
| 10 | TVLj | Miran Rudan [sl] andPop Design [sl] | "Baby Blue" | Stipica Kalogjera | 20 | 9 |
| 11 | TVZg | Jasna Zlokić | "Sve duge godine" | Nikica Kalogjera | 34 | 5 |
| 12 | TVNS | Ana Kostovska | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | Kornelije Kovač | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | TVBg | Frenki | "Reka bez povratka" | Milivoje Marković | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | TVSk | Lidija Kočovska | "Tajna" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 29 | 6 |
| 15 | TVTg | Biljana Krstić andSrđan Marjanović | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | Radovan Papović | 26 | 7 |
| 16 | TVNS | Foto Model | "Neću da te delim" | Slobodan Marković | 10 | 13 |
| Draw | Song | TVSa | TVLj | TVBg | TVZg | TVSk | TVPr | TVNS | TVTg | Total | ||||||||||||||||
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Zlatko Daniš | Miroljub Mitrović | Branka Šaper | Gjon Gjevelekaj | Ivana Vitalić | Mirsad Serhatlić | Bojan Bajramović | Rade Vojvodić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | "Kad ljubav umire" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Kadar sem sama" | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | "Voli me opet" | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 | ||||||||
| 4 | "Plavi anđeo" | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 65 | ||||||||||
| 5 | "Ogan gori" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | "Rock Me" | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 66 | |||||||||||
| 7 | "Fjollat" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Pričaj mi" | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | "Pregrni me nežno" | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Baby Blue" | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "Sve duge godine" | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | "Reka bez povratka" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | "Tajna" | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | "Neću da te delim" | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The contest was broadcast on television on:TV Beograd 1,TV Novi Sad, andTV Zagreb 1, all with commentary provided byOliver Mlakar;[2][3][4][5] and onTV Ljubljana 1 andTV Prishtina.[3][6]
Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the contest, followingGermany. Their song "Rock Me" won the contest with a score of 137 points and won the contest.[7]
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