Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1987
Selection date(s)	7 March 1987
Selected entrant	Novi fosili
Selected song	"Ja sam za ples"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rajko Dujmić ; Stevo Cvikić;
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 92 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Last updated August 17, 2023

Yugoslavia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, held in Brussels, Belgium. It was represented by song "Ja sam za ples", performed by band Novi fosili. The selection process used a revised system for nominations and scoring. In the Contest itself the song was ranked fourth out of 22, winning 92 points.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1987

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was held on 7 March 1987 at the Sava Centre in Belgrade, and was hosted by Dejan Đurović and Ivana Stanković.^[1]

In 1987, new controversial procedures were introduced about the selection of the songs and voting, which remained in force until the last all-Yugoslav pre-selection in 1991. All TV studios nominated two songs as guaranteed participants (a total of 16) and 8 more were selected based on their quality. Some of the studios did not enter any extra songs chosen, while TV Zagreb entered four, making six in total (Two of these were the top scorers, while another two won no points). The total of 24 songs competing was the greatest number for the period 1981-1991. The new voting system allowed the juries of the individual TV studios to be able to vote for their own entries, and most of them took this opportunity, as they did in the following four years. Every jury member (3 from each TV studio – 24 in total) could vote only for five songs, and this marginalized many of the songs, with five songs failing to win any points.

The winning entry was "Ja sam za ples", performed by Novi fosili, composed by Rajko Dujmić and written by Stevo Cvikić.

Final – 7 March 1987
Draw	TV station	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	TVLj	Hazard	"Nocoj"	0	20
2	TVTg	Makadam	"Usne od nara"	1	18
3	TVLj	Moulin Rouge	"Bye Bye Baby"	26	6
4	TVSk	Kaliopi	"Emanuel"	19	10
5	RTNS	Suzana Perović	"U meni vatru ugasi"	0	20
6	TVLj	Big Ben	"Moja Marie"	5	17
7	TVBg	Tereza Kesovija	"Ko mi je kriv"	46	3
8	TVPr	Violeta Redžepagić	"Nuk te haroj"	0	20
9	TVZg	Group 777	"Spavaj samo spavaj"	7	15
10	TVZg	Novi fosili	"Ja sam za ples"	74	1
11	RTNS	Crveni koralji	"Dovoljno je"	1	18
12	TVTg	Daniel and Ana Sasso	"Oprosti mi"	12	12
13	TVZg	Josipa Lisac	"Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo"	24	8
14	TVPr	Vivien	"Fedora"	10	13
15	TVZg	Andrea and Tomica Jambrošić	"Poljubi me"	0	20
16	TVTg	Group Familija	"Samo ljubav"	26	6
17	TVSa	Hari Mata Hari	"Nebeska kraljica"	8	14
18	TVZg	Meri Trošelj	"Ludo zelena"	0	20
19	TVBg	Suzana Mančić	"Vreme nežnosti"	16	11
20	TVZg	Massimo Savić	"Samo jedan dan"	53	2
21	TVSk	Ana Kostovska	"Anuška"	31	5
22	TVBg	Bebi Dol	"Zrno nežnosti"	43	4
23	TVSa	Seid Memić Vajta	"Opusti se"	6	16
24	TVSa	Indexi	"Bila jednom ljubav jedna"	24	8

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	TVPr			TVZg			TVSk			TVSa			TvNs			TVBg			TVTg			TVLj			Total
1	"Nocoj"																									0
2	"Usne od nara"						1																			1
3	"Bye Bye Baby"	3	1														2	3		7		5	3	1	1	26
4	"Emanuel"							5	5	7		1								1						19
5	"U meni vatru ugasi"																									0
6	"Moja Marie"										1			1		3										5
7	"Ko mi je kriv"		2	1	3		3				3			2	2	2	7	2	7	5		7				46
8	"Nuk te haroj"																									0
9	"Spavaj samo spavaj"																				5			2		7
10	"Ja sam za ples"	7	7	7	5	7	7	3	2	3			2				3	7	3	2	2	2	2	3		74
11	"Dovoljno je"															1										1
12	"Oprosti mi"			2						1										3	3	3				12
13	"Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo"							1	3				1								1	1	5	5	7	24
14	"Fedora"	1	3	3								3														10
15	"Poljubi me"																									0
16	"Samo ljubav"				1			2	1	2				3	1								7	7	2	26
17	"Nebeska kraljica"					3								5												8
18	"Ludo zelena"																									0
19	"Vreme nežnosti"	5	5	5		1																				16
20	"Samo jedan dan"				7	5	5				7	5	7	7	3			5	2							53
21	"Anuška"	2			2			7	7	5					5		1	1	1							31
22	"Zrno nežnosti"										2	2	5		7	7	5		5		7				3	43
23	"Opusti se"																						1		5	6
24	"Bila jednom ljubav jedna"					2	2				5	7	3			5										24

At Eurovision

Yugoslavia performed 21st on the night of the contest, following Ireland and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 92 points, placing 4th in a field of 22 competing countries.^[2] The 12 points from the Yugoslav jury were awarded to Italy.

The members of the Yugoslav jury included Fedor Janušić, Valentina Miovska, Ljubiša Terzić, Vera Županić, Ljiljana Ljolja, Mirjana Vukčević, Karolina Savić, Branislav Kitanović, Dušan Cincar, Dimitrije Savić, and Slobodanka Veselinović.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Norway Turkey
10 points	Cyprus Iceland
8 points	Austria Belgium Denmark
7 points	Israel
6 points	Portugal Spain
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points	France Greece
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Yugoslavia^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy
10 points	Cyprus
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Germany
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Greece
4 points	Belgium
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Finland

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v t e Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Jugovizija
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Artists	Ambasadori Berta Ambrož Aska Baby Doll Luči Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić Zdravko Čolić Daniel Doris Dragović Extra Nena Ivan and 4M Tereza Kesovija Korni Grupa Sabahudin Kurt Lado Leskovar Seid Memić Vajta Lola Novaković Novi fosili Pepel in kri Ljiljana Petrović Riva Krunoslav Slabinac Srebrna krila Eva Sršen Tajči Vlado and Isolda Vice Vukov
Songs	"Brazil" "Brez besed" "Brodovi" "Čežnja" "Ciao, amore" "Dan ljubezni" " Džuli " "Gori vatra" "Hajde da ludujemo" "Halo, Halo" "Ja sam za ples" "Jedan dan" "Lejla" "Ljubim te pesmama" "Mangup" "Moja generacija" "Muzika i ti" "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" "Neke davne zvezde" "Pozdrav svijetu" " Pridi, dala ti bom cvet " "Rock Me" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Vse rože sveta" "Željo moja" "Život je sklopio krug"
Successor states: Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo (none) Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006) Slovenia

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Alexia Bang Datner and Kushnir Lotta Engberg Kate Gulbrandsen Halla Margrét Anne-Cathrine Herdorf and Bandjo Patricia Kraus Johnny Logan Gary Lux Marcha Christine Minier Nevada Novi fosili Plastic Bertrand Carol Rich Rikki Vicky Rosti and Boulevard Liliane Saint-Pierre Seyyal Taner and Lokomotif Umberto Tozzi and Raf Wind
Songs	"Amour, amour" "Aspro mavro" "Boogaloo" " Gente di mare " "Hægt og hljótt" "Hold Me Now" "Ja sam za ples" "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" "En lille melodi" "Mitt liv" "Moitié, moitié" "Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche" "Neste barco à vela" "No estás solo" "Nur noch Gefühl" "Only the Light" "Rechtop in de wind" "Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne" "Sata salamaa" " Shir Habatlanim " "Soldiers of Love" "Stop"