Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987


In the Eurovision Song Contest of 1987, the former nation of Yugoslavia entered the song Ja sam za ples, performed by the Croatian band Novi Fosili. The selection process used a revised system for nominations and scoring. In the Contest itself the song was ranked fourth out of 22, winning 92 points.

Before Eurovision

''Jugovizija 1987''

The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was held on 7 March 1987 at Sava Centre in Belgrade, and was hosted by Dubravka Miloševic.
In 1987 new controversial procedures were introduced about the selection of the songs and voting, which remained in force until the last all-Yugoslav pre-selection in 1991. All TV studios nominated two songs as guaranteed participants and a few more from which another 8 were selected based on their quality. Some of the studios did not enter any extra songs chosen, while TV Zagreb entered four extras, making six in total.. The total of 24 songs competing was the greatest number for the period 1981-1991. The new voting system allowed the TV studio's jury to be able to vote for their own entries, and most of them took this opportunity, as they did in the following four years. Every jury member could vote only for five songs, and this marginalized many of the songs, with five songs failing to win any points.
The winning entry was Ja sam za ples, performed by Novi Fosili, composed by Rajko Dujmić and written by Stevo Cvikić.

At Eurovision

Yugoslavia performed 21st on the night of the contest, following Ireland and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 92 points, placing 4th in a field of 22 competing countries. The 12 points from the Yugoslav jury were awarded to contest winners Ireland.
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