Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster	Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT)
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1990
Selection date(s)	3 March 1990
Selected artist(s)	Tajči
Selected song	"Hajde da ludujemo"
Selected songwriter(s)	Zrinko Tutić; Alka Vuica;
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 81 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Hajde da ludujemo" (Хајде да лудујемо), composed by Zrinko Tutić, with lyrics by Alka Vuica, and performed by Tajči. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1990. In addition, Radiotelevizija Zagreb (RTV Zagreb), on behalf of JRT, was the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, after their win at the previous edition with the song "Rock Me" by Riva.

Before Eurovision

Jugovizija 1990

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1990, was held on 3 March 1990 in Zadar, Croatia, and was hosted by Ana Brbora Hum and Branko Uvodić.^[1]

Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by the JRT affiliates to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Titograd, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Priština, and Novi Sad). The winning entry was "Hajde da ludujemo" (Let's go crazy), one of the entries submitted on behalf of TV Zagreb and performed by Croatian singer Tajči.^[2]

Final – 3 March 1990
Draw	TV station	Artist	Song	Conductor	Points	Place
1	TVSk	Intervali	"Kako magija"	Alan Bjelinski	13	12
2	TVPr	Armend Rexhepagiqi	"Mami mami"	Alan Bjelinski	24	6
3	TVBg	Viktorija	"Rat i mir"	Slobodan Marković	27	5
4	TVZg	Massimo Savić	"Pjesma za tebe"	Stipica Kalogjera	21	8
5	TVZg	Tajči	"Hajde da ludujemo"	N/A^[a]	114	1
6	TVBg	Amsterdam	"Đavolica"	Slobodan Marković	0	15
7	TVSa	Narcis Vučina and Arnela Konaković	"Sitna kiša padala"	Esad Arnautalić	20	9
8	TVBg	BG Sound	"Ti i ja"	Slobodan Marković	31	4
9	TVLj	Pop Design	"Hasta la vista"	Alan Bjelinski	18	10
10	TVSk	Top-Expres	"Baby"	Alan Bjelinski	22	7
11	TVSa	Toni Janković	"Novi ples"	Esad Arnautalić	2	14
12	TVNS	Boris Novković and Noćna straža	"Dajana"	Stipica Kalogjera	61	2
13	TVZg	Oliver Dragojević and Zorica Kondža	"Sreća je tamo gdje si ti"	Stipica Kalogjera	58	3
14	TVTg	Foto-Model	"Tvoja oka dva"	Radovan Papović	3	13
15	TVLj	Urša	"Crazy Baby"	Alan Bjelinski	0	15
16	TVLj	Helena Blagne and Abrakadabra	"Ti in jaz, jaz in ti"	Alan Bjelinski	18	10

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	TVSk			TVPr			TVBg			TVZg			TVSa			TVLj			TVNS			TVTg			Total
1	"Kako magija"	3															2		5						3	13
2	"Mami mami"			2	7	3	5										7									24
3	"Rat i mir"							2		3				2	3	1		2	2	5	3		2		2	27
4	"Pjesma za tebe"	2	3	1							5		5						1		1	3				21
5	"Hajde da ludujemo"	7	7	7	3	2		3	5	5	3	1		7	2	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	5	114
6	"Đavolica"																									0
7	"Sitna kiša padala"								1		7		1	1	5	2				2		1				20
8	"Ti i ja"			3	1			7	7	7		2	2								2					31
9	"Hasta la vista"				5	1	7											5								18
10	"Baby"	1	2	5				5	3	2	1	3														22
11	"Novi ples"																							2		2
12	"Dajana"		1			7	1			1				5	7	3	1	3	3	3	5	2	5	7	7	61
13	"Sreća je tamo gdje si ti"	5	5		2	5	3	1	2		2	5	7	3		5						5	3	5		58
14	"Tvoja oka dva"																			1				1	1	3
15	"Crazy Baby"																									0
16	"Ti in jaz, jaz in ti"						2					7	3		1		3	1					1			18

Jury members

TVSk, Skopje: Gordana Kunovska (chairperson), Ljubomir Branđolica, Suzana Stefanovska, Meto Jovanovski
TVPr, Prishtina: Mustafë Halili, Sonja Spasić, Valton Beqiri
TVBg, Belgrade: Dragana Marković (chairperson), Rade Radivojević, Đorđe Marjanović, Branislav Karaulić
TVZg, Zagreb: Doris Vrandečić (chairperson), Josip Klima, Ksenija Pajić, Miljenko Prohaska ^[b]
TVSa, Sarajevo: Sanja Damić (chairperson), Dino Merlin (introduced as Dino Dervišhalidović) ^[c], Brano Likić, Zdravko Radulović
TVLj, Ljubljana: Miša Molk (chairperson), Bojan Adamič, Dragan Bulič, Mirjam Korbar
TVNS, Novi Sad: Boško Negovanović (chairperson), Branislav Krstić, Siniša Mihajlović, Josip Lorbek
TVTg, Titograd: Zvezdana Tomović (chairperson), Marko Klepić, Vasilisa Radojević, Dejan Perišić

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Yugoslavia performed 15th in the running order, following France and preceding Portugal. At the close of voting, "Hajde da ludujemo" had picked up 81 points, placing Yugoslavia in 7th place out of 22 entries.^[3] The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to runner-up France.

Voting

Points awarded to Yugoslavia^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel Turkey
10 points	Cyprus Iceland Italy
8 points
7 points	Denmark
6 points
5 points	Ireland United Kingdom
4 points
3 points	Norway Spain
2 points	France
1 point	Finland Sweden

Points awarded by Yugoslavia^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	France
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Austria
7 points	Turkey
6 points	Italy
5 points	Switzerland
4 points	Iceland
3 points	Spain
2 points	Luxembourg
1 point	Israel

Notes

^ The song was performed without orchestral accompaniment for the national final; at Eurovision, it was conducted by Stjepan Mihaljinec.
^ Conductor for Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, 1968, 1969 and 1971, and for Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
^ Bosnian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 and 2011

References

^ "Yugoslavia: Jugovizjia 1990". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "1990. – Zadar - eurosong.hr". eurosong.hr. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[3] The song was performed without orchestral accompaniment for the national final; at Eurovision, it was conducted by Stjepan Mihaljinec.

[4] Conductor for Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, 1968, 1969 and 1971, and for Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

[5] Bosnian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 and 2011

[1] "Yugoslavia: Jugovizjia 1990". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[2] "1990. – Zadar - eurosong.hr". eurosong.hr. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[6] "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1990detailed-7] "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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v t e Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Anastasiou Azúcar Moreno Beat Christos Callow and Wave Céline Carzo Toto Cutugno Lonnie Devantier Edin-Ådahl Egon Egemann Emma Kayahan Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac Philippe Lafontaine Maywood Nucha Liam Reilly Rita Simone Stjórnin Ketil Stokkan Tajči Joëlle Ursull
Songs	"Bandido" "Brandenburger Tor" "Eitt lag enn" "Frei zu leben" "Fri?" "Give a Little Love Back to the World" "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim" "Há sempre alguém" "Hajde da ludujemo" "Hallo Hallo" "Horis skopo" "Ik wil alles met je delen" "Insieme: 1992" "Keine Mauern mehr" "Macédomienne" "Milas poli" "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus" "Quand je te rêve" "Shara Barkhovot" "Som en vind" "Somewhere in Europe" "White and Black Blues"