Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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Eurovision Song Contest 1962 | ||||
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Country | Yugoslavia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Jugovizija 1962 | |||
Selection date(s) | 23 January 1962 | |||
Selected entrant | Lola Novaković | |||
Selected song | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 4th, 10 points | |||
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Jugovizija 1962
The Yugoslav national final, to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the RTV Zagreb Studios in Zagreb. The host was Mladen Delić. There were 12 songs in the final from four subnational public broadcasters.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] The subnational public broadcaster RTV Sarajevo made its debut in the contest. 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.[lower-alpha 4] The winning entry was "Ne pali svetla u sumrak," performed by Serbian singer Lola Novaković, composed by Jože Privšek and written by Dragutin Britvić. She previously came 4th in the 1961 Yugoslav Final. [1]
Final – 23 January 1962 | |||||
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Draw[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] | Broadcaster | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
RTV Ljubljana | Lola Novaković | "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" | 19 | 1 | |
RTV Zagreb | Ivo Robić | "Alija" | 18 | 2 | |
RTV Ljubljana | Majda Sepe | "Sulamit" | 15 | 3 | |
RTV Sarajevo | Lola Novaković | "Noć nad gradom"[lower-alpha 7] | 13 | 4 | |
RTV Zagreb | Gabi Novak | "Volim kišu" | 7 | 5 | |
RTV Ljubljana | Jelka Cvetezar | "Na planincah" | 2 | 6 | |
RTV Sarajevo | Boško Orlović | "Neka zvoni pjesma" | 2 | 6 | |
RTV Zagreb | Vice Vukov | "Pitanja"[lower-alpha 8] | 2 | 6 | |
RTV Belgrade | Anica Zubović | "Istinita priča" | 1 | 9 | |
RTV Ljubljana | Marjana Deržaj | "Popevka za nas" | 1 | 9 | |
RTV Belgrade | Zvonko Živanović | "Rok o roku" | 0 | 11 | |
RTV Sarajevo | Sabahudin Kurt | "Volimo se" | 0 | 11 |
Lola Novaković performed 12th on the night of the Contest following Switzerland and preceding United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 10 points, placing 4th equal in a field of 16 competing countries.[2]
Voting
- According to Eurovision Song Contest National Finals' Homepage, some of the other participants were: Zdenka Vučković with the song: Ti si moj zavičaj, Ljiljana Petrović with the song: K´o crne ruže cvijet, and the group Melos with the song: Negdje.
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