Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "", written by Ranko Boban, and performed by Seid Memić Vajta. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through 1981.
Before Eurovision
1981 After a four-year break, (JRT) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.
RTV Belgrade staged the Yugoslav national final, 1981, on 28 February at its television studios in Belgrade, hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović. Each of the eight JRT participating sub-national broadcasters (RTV Sarajevo, RTV Skopje, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, RTV Ljubljana, and RTV Pristina) entered two songs to , making a national final of sixteen songs. The winner was decided by the votes of the regional juries of the eight broadcasters, which could not vote for their own entries.
The winner was "Lejla" representing RTV Sarajevo, written by Ranko Boban, and performed by Seid Memić Vajta.
+ 1981 – 28 February 1981 Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place 1 RTV Sarajevo Neda Ukraden "Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa" 33 7 2 RTV Skopje Verica Ristevska "Bez nežnosti" 5 13 3 RTV Novi Sad Dejan Petković "Emanuelle" 38 6 4 RTV Titograd Ratko Kraljević "Propustila si šansu" 19 10 5 RTV Novi Sad Biserka Spevec "Sama" 17 11 6 RTV Zagreb Novi fosili "Oko moje" 67 2 7 RTV Belgrade Maja Odžaklievska "Ne podnosim dan" 20 9 8 RTV Skopje Margica Antevska, Lazar Nečovski and Marina Puharić "Mojot son" 3 14 9 RTV Ljubljana Hazard "Marie, ne piši pesmi več" 41 5 10 RTV Sarajevo Seid Memić "Vajta" "Lejla" 71 1 11 RTV Ljubljana "V meni je kar hočeš" 3 14 12 RTV Pristina Shpresa Gashi "Malli i mëngjesit" 6 12 13 RTV Zagreb Srebrna krila "Kulminacija" 613 14 RTV Pristina "Vala e lazdruar" 2 16 15 RTV Belgrade Slađana Milošević "Recept za ljubav" 28 8 16 RTV Titograd Srđan Marjanović "Ti me nazovi" 50 4
+ Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Points 1 "Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa" 6566631 33 2 "Bez nežnosti" 1 13 5 3 "Emanuelle" 42 510566 38 4 "Propustila si šansu" 717 3 1 19 5 "Sama" 6 425 17 6 "Oko moje" 1210128 1078 67 7 "Ne podnosim dan" 3245 24 20 8 "Mojot son" 3 3 9 "Marie, ne piši pesmi več" 576774 5 41 10 "Lejla" 124121271212 71 11 "V meni je kar hočeš" 3 3 12 "Malli i mëngjesit" 3 2 1 6 13 "Kulminacija" 881010 8107 61 14 "Vala e lazdruar" 1 1 2 15 "Recept za ljubav" 248 8 42 28 16 "Ti me nazovi" 1053 212810 50
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on , TV Zagreb 1, TV Novi Sad, and TV Prishtina, all with commentary provided by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović, as well as TV Ljubljana 1.
Yugoslavia performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Finland. At the close of voting it had received 35 points, placing 15th out of 20 contestants. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Yugoslavia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Yugoslavia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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