Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Participating broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT)
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1970
Selection date(s)	14 February 1970
Selected artist(s)	Eva Sršen
Selected song	"Pridi, dala ti bom cvet"
Selected songwriter(s)	Mojmir Sepe; Dušan Velkaverh;
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 4 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1970.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1970

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 14 February at the TV Belgrade Studios in Belgrade. The host was Mića Orlović. 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.^[a] 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.^[1]

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	"Sreča je spati na svojem"	0	10
7	RTV Sarajevo	Nedžad Salković	"Čuj me"	3	6
8	RTV Sarajevo	Mišo Kovač	"Idi, samo idi"	3	6
9	RTV Sarajevo	Hamdija Čustović	"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

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.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia^[3]
Score	Country
4 points	United Kingdom

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

Notes

^ According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals' Homepage, the winning song was chosen by a jury of 9 people.

References

^ "Yugoslavian National Final 1970 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1970". EBU. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

External links

[1] According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals' Homepage, the winning song was chosen by a jury of 9 people.

[2] "Yugoslavian National Final 1970 at Eurodalmatia official ESC club". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[3] "Eurovision Song Contest 1970". EBU. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[1970detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Amsterdam 1970". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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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 Ida 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 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

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Countries	Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Guy Bonnet Dana Henri Dès Dominique Dussault Katja Ebstein Mary Hopkin Julio Iglesias Gianni Morandi Patricia and Hearts of Soul Eva Sršen Jean Vallée David Alexandre Winter
Songs	"All Kinds of Everything" "Gwendolyne" "Je suis tombé du ciel" "Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Marie-Blanche" "Marlène" "Occhi di ragazza" "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" "Retour" "Viens l'oublier" "Waterman" "Wunder gibt es immer wieder"