Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Participating broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT)
Country	Yugoslavia
Selection process	Jugovizija 1970
Selection date	14 February 1970
Competing entry
Song	" Pridi, dala ti bom cvet "
Artist	Eva Sršen
Songwriters	Mojmir Sepe Dušan Velkaverh
Placement
Final result	11th, 4 points
Participation chronology
◄1969 • 1970 • 1971►

Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song " Pridi, dala ti bom cvet ", composed by Mojmir Sepe, with lyrics by Dušan Velkaverh, and performed by Eva Sršen. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1970.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija1970

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 14 February at the RTV Belgrade studios in Belgrade. The host was Mića Orlović  [ sr ]. There were 15 songs in the final, from the five subnational public broadcasters; RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, RTV Sarajevo, and RTV Skopje. The winner was chosen by the votes of a mixed jury of experts and citizens, one juror from each of the subnational public broadcasters of JRT, and three non-experts — citizens. The winning song was " Pridi, dala ti bom cvet " performed by the Slovene singer Eva Sršen, written by Dušan Velkaverh and composed by Mojmir Sepe.

Final – 14 February 1970

Draw	Broadcaster	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	RTV Belgrade	Boba Stefanović	"Nada i bol"	0	10
2	RTV Belgrade	Bisera Veletanlić	"Ti nisi kao ja"	1	9
3	RTV Belgrade	Radojka Šverko	"Ti si ukleta lađa"	8	4
4	RTV Ljubljana	Bele Vrane	"Hvala ti"	10	3
5	RTV Ljubljana	Eva Sršen	"Pridi, dala ti bom cvet"	26	1
6	RTV Ljubljana	Marjana Deržaj  [ sl ]	"Sreča je spati na svojem"	0	10
7	RTV Sarajevo	Nedžad Salković  [ bs ]	"Čuj me"	3	6
8	RTV Sarajevo	Mišo Kovač	"Idi, samo idi"	3	6
9	RTV Sarajevo	Hamdija Čustović  [ bs ]	"Pomirenje"	0	10
10	RTV Skopje	Krunoslav Slabinac	"Anđela, čekaj me"	5	5
11	RTV Skopje	Zoran Milosavljević	"Te baram sega, ljubena"	0	10
12	RTV Skopje	Zafir Hadžimanov	"Ti, ti, ti"	0	10
13	RTV Zagreb	Ljupka Dimitrovska	"Bay, bay"	3	6
14	RTV Zagreb	Josipa Lisac	"Još te čekam"	22	2
15	RTV Zagreb	Inge Romac	"Ljubav je lipa stvar"	0	10

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast on Televizija Beograd , and Televizija Zagreb , both with commentary by Oliver Mlakar, as well as Televizija Ljubljana , with commentary by Sandi Čolnik ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Eva Sršen performed 4th on the night of the Contest, following Italy and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting the song had received 4 points (all from United Kingdom), coming 11th in the field of 12 competing countries. ^[6]

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia [7] Score Country 4 points   United Kingdom

Points awarded by Yugoslavia [7] Score Country 4 points   United Kingdom 3 points   Netherlands 2 points   France 1 point   Italy

References

1. "Телевизија" [Television]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)). Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 21 March 1970. p. 20. Retrieved 25 May 2024– via Belgrade University Library.
2. "Televizija" [Television]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Serbo-Croatian). Split, Yugoslavia. 21 March 1970. p. 17. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
3. M. B. (23 March 1970). "Чуда се не догађају увек" [Miracles don't always happen]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)). Belgrade, Yugoslavia. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2024– via Belgrade University Library.
4. "RTV Ljubljana". Delo (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. 21 March 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2024– via Digital Library of Slovenia.
5. B.Š. (26 March 1970). "Naša skupna zabloda" [Our common delusion]. Tedenska tribuna (in Slovenian). Vol. 18, no. 13. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: Delo. p. 11. Retrieved 1 July 2025– via Digital Library of Slovenia. Televizijski komentator prenosa iz Amsterdama Aleksander Čolnik, se je takole obrnil k slovenskim televizijskim poslušalcem, ki so spremljali nastop naše pevke [...][Television commentator Aleksander [Sandi] Čolnik, who broadcast from Amsterdam, addressed Slovenian television listeners who were watching the performance of our singer [...]]
6. "Eurovision Song Contest 1970". EBU . Retrieved 25 May 2020.
7. "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.