Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
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Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Pozdrav svijetu", written by Milan Lentić, and performed by Ivan. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1969.
Yugoslavia| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1969 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) | |||
| Country | Yugoslavia | |||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1969 | |||
| Selection date | 15 February 1969 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Pozdrav svijetu" | |||
| Artist | Ivan and 3M | |||
| Songwriter | Milan Lentić | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 5 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1969
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 15 February at the RTV Zagreb studios in Zagreb. The host was Oliver Mlakar. There were 17 songs in the final, from six subnational public broadcasters. 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 "Pozdrav svijetu", written and composed by Milan Lentić, and performed by the Croatian group 4M, comprising members Ivica Krajač, Branko Marušić, Saša Sablić and Željko Ružić. Lola Jovanović represented Yugoslavia in 1962 and Vice Vukov represented the country twice, in 1963 and 1965.
| R/O | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  RTV Skopje | Slave Dimitrov and Vera Janova | "Bitola" | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | RTV Skopje | Nina Spirova | "Blagodaram" | 0 | 14 |
| 3 |  RTV Belgrade | Korni grupa | "Cigu, cigu ligu" | 8 | 3 |
| 4 |  RTV Zagreb | Vice Vukov | "Cvijeće za Mariju" | 3 | 8 |
| 5 |  RTV Ljubljana | Marjana Deržaj | "Čarovnica" | 3 | 8 |
| 6 |  RTV Sarajevo | Neda Ukraden | "Dilema" | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | RTV Ljubljana | Majda Sepe | "Grad iz peska" | 11 | 2 |
| 8 | RTV Belgrade | Žarko Dančuo | "Kome da dam svoju ljubav" | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | RTV Sarajevo | Josipa Lisac | "Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)" | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | RTV Zagreb | Ivo Robić | "Naš rastanak" | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | RTV Skopje | Olivera Vučo | "Poigraj, poigraj devojče" | 8 | 3 |
| 12 | RTV Ljubljana | Alenka Pinterič | "Povprašaj Mona Lizo" | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | RTV Zagreb | 4M | "Pozdrav svijetu" | 25 | 1 |
| 14 | RTV Belgrade | Lola Jovanović | "Sećanje" | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | RTV Titograd | Mili Knežević | "Taj ludi mladi svijet" | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | RTV Sarajevo | Indexi | "Zaborav" | 7 | 5 |
| 17 | RTV Titograd | Vlado Mračević | "Zalazi sunce ljubavi" | 0 | 14 |
| R/O | Song | Mario Bogliuni |
Branko Gligorov |
Dušan Hren |
Cvetko Jovanović |
Sunčica Komadina |
Jasmina Marinović |
Slavko Mihalić |
Dejan Zagorac |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bitola" | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | "Blagodaram" | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | "Cigu, cigu ligu" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | "Cvijeće za Mariju" | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | "Čarovnica" | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | "Dilema" | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 7 | "Grad iz peska" | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 8 | "Kome da dam svoju ljubav" | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | "Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)" | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | "Naš rastanak" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 11 | "Poigraj, poigraj devojče" | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 12 | "Povprašaj Mona Lizo" | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 13 | "Pozdrav svijetu" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | "Sećanje" | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 | "Taj ludi mladi svijet" | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | "Zaborav" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 17 | "Zalazi sunce ljubavi" | 0 |
At Eurovision
The contest was broadcast on Televizija Beograd, Televizija Zagreb, and Televizija Ljubljana.[1][2][3]
Because groups weren't allowed at the contest, lead singer Ivica Krajač was credited as Ivan, and the three other members of the group accompanied him as backing singers under the collective title 3M.
They performed 1st on the night of the contest, preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting the song had received 5 points, coming 13th in the field of 16 competing countries.[4]
