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| Eurovision Song Contest 1962 | ||||
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| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1962 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 23 January 1962 | |||
| Selected entrant | Lola Novaković | |||
| Selected song | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 10 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
The Yugoslav national final, to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the RTV Zagreb Studios in Zagreb. The host was Mladen Delić. There were 12 songs in the final from four subnational public broadcasters. [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] The subnational public broadcaster RTV Sarajevo made its debut in the contest. 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. [lower-alpha 4] The winning entry was "Ne pali svetla u sumrak," performed by Serbian singer Lola Novaković, composed by Jože Privšek and written by Dragutin Britvić. She previously came 4th in the 1961 Yugoslav Final. [1]
| Final – 23 January 1962 | |||||
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| Draw [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6] | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
 RTV Ljubljana | Lola Novaković | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" | 19 | 1 | |
 RTV Zagreb | Ivo Robić | "Alija" | 18 | 2 | |
| RTV Ljubljana | Majda Sepe | "Sulamit" | 15 | 3 | |
 RTV Sarajevo | Lola Novaković | "Noć nad gradom" [lower-alpha 7] | 13 | 4 | |
| RTV Zagreb | Gabi Novak | "Volim kišu" | 7 | 5 | |
| RTV Ljubljana | Jelka Cvetezar | "Na planincah" | 2 | 6 | |
| RTV Sarajevo | Boško Orlović | "Neka zvoni pjesma" | 2 | 6 | |
| RTV Zagreb | Vice Vukov | "Pitanja" [lower-alpha 8] | 2 | 6 | |
 RTV Belgrade | Anica Zubović | "Istinita priča" | 1 | 9 | |
| RTV Ljubljana | Marjana Deržaj | "Popevka za nas" | 1 | 9 | |
| RTV Belgrade | Zvonko Živanović | "Rok o roku" | 0 | 11 | |
| RTV Sarajevo | Sabahudin Kurt | "Volimo se" | 0 | 11 | |
Lola Novaković performed 12th on the night of the Contest following Switzerland and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 10 points, placing 4th equal in a field of 16 competing countries. [2]
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Denmark was represented by Ellen Winther, with the song '"Vuggevise", at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City. "Vuggevise" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 11 February.
France was represented by Martine Clemenceau, with the song "Sans toi", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City. "Sans toi" was chosen as the French entry at the national final on 6 March.
Finland was represented by Marion Rung, with the song '"Tipi-tii", at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City. "Tipi-tii" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 15 February. Rung would represent Finland again in the 1973 contest, also held in Luxembourg.
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Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, held in London, United Kingdom.
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Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, held in Dublin, Ireland.
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