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| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 | ||||
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| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1966 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 23 January 1966 | |||
| Selected entrant | Berta Ambrož | |||
| Selected song | "Brez besed" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 9 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the Dom Sindikata in Belgrade. 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, and RTV Skopje. [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] 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 3] The winning entry was "Brez besed" performed by Slovene singer Berta Ambrož, composed by Mojmir Sepe and written by Elza Budau. Vice Vukov represented Yugoslavia in Eurovision Song Contest 1963 and Eurovision Song Contest 1965. [1]
| 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 [lower-alpha 4] |
| 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. [2]
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Germany was represented by Conny Froboess, with the song '"Zwei kleine Italiener", at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City. Twelve artists and 24 songs took part in the German preselection, which consisted of four semi-finals, followed by the final on 17 February. Each show was held in a different German city.
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Norway was represented by the Bendik Singers, with the song "It's Just a Game", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City. "It's Just a Game" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi Grand Prix on 17 February.
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