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, (JRT), selected its entry through 1969.
Before Eurovision 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 and Vice Vukov represented the country twice, in and .
+ Final – 15 February 1969 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 "Čarovnica" 3 8 6 RTV Sarajevo Neda Ukraden "Dilema" 1 11 7 RTV Ljubljana Majda Sepe "Grad iz peska" 11 2 8 RTV Belgrade "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 "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
+ Detailed Jury Votes Song Total 1 "Bitola"11 2 "Blagodaram"0 3 "Cigu, cigu ligu"13138 4 "Cvijeće za Mariju"33 5 "Čarovnica"33 6 "Dilema"11 7 "Grad iz peska"55111 8 "Kome da dam svoju ljubav"11 9 "Na, na, na, na (Najljepši dan)"0 10 "Naš rastanak"1135 11 "Poigraj, poigraj devojče"358 12 "Povprašaj Mona Lizo"55 13 "Pozdrav svijetu"5555525 14 "Sećanje"33 15 "Taj ludi mladi svijet"0 16 "Zaborav"3317 17 "Zalazi sunce ljubavi"0
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on , , and .
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.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Yugoslavia Score Country 3 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Yugoslavia Score Country 3 points 2 points 1 point
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