Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "", composed by Srđan Matijević, with lyrics by Stevan Raičković, and performed by Sabahudin Kurt. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT), selected its entry through 1964.
Before Eurovision
1964 The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 5 February at the Delavski Dom in Trbovlje, SR Slovenia, hosted by Helena Koder. There were 8 songs in the final, each from the four subnational public broadcasters: RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, and RTV Sarajevo. The winner was chosen by the votes of an eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six republics and the two autonomous provinces. At the end of the contest, there was a tie between Sabahudin Kurt's song "" and Marjana Deržaj's "Zlati April". Since the Bosnian singer Sabahudin Kurt and his song received more top marks than Marjana Deržaj's, it was chosen as the winner. "" was written by Srđan Matijević and Stevan Raičković.
+ Final – 6 February 1964 Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place 1 RTV Sarajevo Boško Orobović "Veče" 5 5 2 RTV Belgrade "Oka tvog da nema" 1 7 3 RTV Ljubljana "Kakor bela snežinka" 3 6 4 RTV Zagreb Ivo Robić "Njen prvi ples" 0 8 5 RTV Sarajevo Sabahudin Kurt "Život je sklopio krug" 21 1 6 RTV Belgrade Lola Novaković "Tragom zvezda" 8 4 7 RTV Ljubljana "Zlati April" 21 2 8 RTV Zagreb Arsen Dedić "Odluči se" 13 3
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on , , and .
Sabahudin Kurt performed 13th on the night of the Contest following Italy and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 0 points (nul points), sharing 13th (last) place in the field of 16 competing countries.
Voting Yugoslavia did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.
+ Points awarded by Yugoslavia Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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