Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Participating broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT)
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1983
Selection date(s)	4 March 1983
Selected artist(s)	Danijel
Selected song	"Džuli"
Selected songwriter(s)	Danijel Popović; Mario Mihaljević;
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 125 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Džuli" (Џули), composed by Danijel Popović, with lyrics by Mario Mihaljević, and performed by Danijel himself. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1983.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1983

Jugovizija 1983 took place on 4 March 1983 at the Studio M in Novi Sad, hosted by Vesna Momirov and Tomislav Dražić.^[1] The winner of the national final was selected by 6 state, and 2 autonomous areas juries.

Draw	TV Station	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	TVNS	Milorad Nonin	"Sviraj za Mariju"	31	8
2	TVTg	Brano Mališić	"Vrati se"	18	11
3	TVNS	Sunčeve pege	"Ti si nemoguć"	24	9
4	TVZg	Mišo Kovač	"Posadi cvijet"	22	10
5	TVLj	Marjan Smode	"Adrijana"	44	4
6	TVSk	Silva Deloska and Kim	"Opera"	12	13
7	TVBg	Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh	"Sitnije, Cile, sitnije"	34	7
8	TVLj	Hazard	"Najlepše pesmi"	9	14
9	TVSa	Grupa Cod	"Dođi da me vidiš"	16	12
10	TVPr	Shpresa Gashi and Sabri Fejzullahu	"Fjala bëhet zog, dielli bëhet sy"	3	15
11	TVSk	Maja Odžaklievska	"Lidu lidu du"	46	3
12	TVPr	Milica Milisavljević Dugalić and Gazmend Pallaska	"Dashuria në lulezim"	3	15
13	TVBg	Bebi Dol	"Rudi"	36	6
14	TVSa	Indexi	"Na svoj način"	40	5
15	TVZg	Novi fosili	"Volim te od 9 do 2"	54	2
16	TVTg	Danijel	"Džuli"	72	1

At Eurovision

On the night of contest Yugoslavia performed 12th, following Netherlands and preceding Cyprus. At the close of voting "Džuli" had received 125 points, placing 4th out of 20 competing countries, which was Yugoslavia's joint-best placing at the contest, sharing with 1962 Yugoslav entry "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" by Lola Novaković, and would remain so until their victory in 1989.^[2]

The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Luxembourg.

The contest was broadcast on TV Beograd 1, TV Novi Sad, TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary by Oliver Mlakar,^[3]^[4]^[5] and on TV Ljubljana 1 [sl].^[6]

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia^[7]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium Denmark Finland Turkey United Kingdom
10 points	Israel Spain
8 points	Cyprus Luxembourg Norway
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Germany Greece
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	Austria Italy

Points awarded by Yugoslavia^[7]
Score	Country
12 points	Luxembourg
10 points	Israel
8 points	Italy
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Austria
3 points	France
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Sweden

References

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^ "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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^ "Szombat – Április 23" [Saturday - April 23]. 7 Nap melléklet [hu] (in Hungarian). No. 16. Subotica, SAP Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. 23–29 April 1983. p. 34. Retrieved 29 June 2024 – via Vajdasági Magyar Digitális Adattár.
^ "TVN Program – nedjelja, 24. travnja – prvi program" [TVN Program – Sunday 24 April – first program]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 22 April 1983. p. 12. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "RTV – Televizija danes" [RTV – Television today]. Delo (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. 23 April 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2024 – via Digital Library of Slovenia.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[1] "Arhiv Slobodne Dalmacije - digitalni arhiv tiskanih izdanja Slobodne Dalmacije".

[2] "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[3] "Телевизија" [Television]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script)). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 23–24 April 1983. p. 10. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024 – via Belgrade University Library.

[4] "Szombat – Április 23" [Saturday - April 23]. 7 Nap melléklet [hu] (in Hungarian). No. 16. Subotica, SAP Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. 23–29 April 1983. p. 34. Retrieved 29 June 2024 – via Vajdasági Magyar Digitális Adattár.

[5] "TVN Program – nedjelja, 24. travnja – prvi program" [TVN Program – Sunday 24 April – first program]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 22 April 1983. p. 12. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[6] "RTV – Televizija danes" [RTV – Television today]. Delo (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. 23 April 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2024 – via Digital Library of Slovenia.

[1983detailed-7] "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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