# Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Rock Me", composed by Rajko Dujmić, with lyrics by Stevo Cvikić, and performed by the band Riva. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1989. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first and only time for Yugoslavia.

## Before Eurovision
### Jugovizija 1989

The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1989, was held on 4 March 1989 at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.
The winning song was chosen, from a selection of 16 songs, by the votes of 8 regional juries. Each JRT affiliate had to choose one song to be entered directly into the competition, and most submitted a few more songs from which the remaining eight songs were chosen.
Final – 4 March 1989 :
| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Conductor | Points | Place |
| 1 | TVSa | Jelena Džoja and Ambasadori | "Kad ljubav umire" | Ranko Rihtman | 26 | 7 |
| 2 | TVLj | Caffe, Mojca and Marta | "Kadar sem sama" | Emil Spruk | 13 | 12 |
| 3 | TVBg | BG Sound | "Voli me opet" | Slobodan Marković | 54 | 3 |
| 4 | TVZg | Massimo Savić | "Plavi anđeo" | Nikica Kalogjera | 65 | 2 |
| 5 | TVSk | Zdravko Škender and Intervali | "Ogan gori" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | TVZg | Riva | "Rock Me" | Nikica Kalogjera | 66 | 1 |
| 7 | TVPr | Trio Rona | "Fjollat" | Shefqet Hoxha-Sheki | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | TVSa | Toni Janković | "Pričaj mi" | Ranko Rihtman | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | TVSk | Vesna Ivić and Tedi Bajić | "Pregrni me nežno" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 38 | 4 |
| 10 | TVLj | Miran Rudan and Pop Design | "Baby Blue" | Stipica Kalogjera | 20 | 9 |
| 11 | TVZg | Jasna Zlokić | "Sve duge godine" | Nikica Kalogjera | 34 | 5 |
| 12 | TVNS | Ana Kostovska | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | Kornelije Kovač | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | TVBg | Frenki | "Reka bez povratka" | Milivoje Marković | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | TVSk | Lidija Kočovska | "Tajna" | Aleksandar Džambazov | 29 | 6 |
| 15 | TVTg | Biljana Krstić and Srđan Marjanović | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | Radovan Papović | 26 | 7 |
| 16 | TVNS | Foto Model | "Neću da te delim" | Slobodan Marković | 10 | 13 |
Detailed Regional Jury Votes :
| Draw | Song | TVSA | TVSA | TVSA | TVLJ | TVLJ | TVLJ | TVBG | TVBG | TVBG | TVZG | TVZG | TVZG | TVSK | TVSK | TVSK | TVPR | TVPR | TVPR | TVNS | TVNS | TVNS | TVTG | TVTG | TVTG | Total |
| 1 | "Kad ljubav umire" | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | "Kadar sem sama" | 7 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 3 | "Voli me opet" | 5 | 1 | 3 | | | | 5 | 5 | 7 | | 2 | 3 | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 |
| 4 | "Plavi anđeo" | | 3 | | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | | 1 | 5 | | | | 1 | 7 | | | | | 2 | 65 |
| 5 | "Ogan gori" | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | 1 | | 18 |
| 6 | "Rock Me" | | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 5 | | | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 7 | 2 | | 1 | 66 |
| 7 | "Fjollat" | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 |
| 8 | "Pričaj mi" | 3 | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 9 | "Pregrni me nežno" | | | | 5 | | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | 5 | 3 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 38 |
| 10 | "Baby Blue" | | | | 1 | 5 | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 11 | "Sve duge godine" | 2 | 5 | 2 | | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 34 |
| 12 | "Umesto da se ljubimo" | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | 14 |
| 13 | "Reka bez povratka" | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 14 | "Tajna" | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | 5 | | | | 5 | 1 | 3 | | | | 29 |
| 15 | "Još jedan poljubac za kraj" | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 16 | "Neću da te delim" | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 5 | | | | | 10 |

#### Jury members

* TVSa, Sarajevo: Zlatko Daniš, Miroljub Mitrović, Ismet Arnautalić
* TVLj, Ljubljana: Mario Rijavec, Brane Küzmič, Simona Weiss
* TVBg, Belgrade: Vojkan Borisavljević, Branka Šaper, Maja Sabljić
* TVZg, Zagreb: Anja Šovagović-Despot, Đorđe Novković, Drago Diklić
* TVSk, Skopje: Ljubomir Brangjolica, Sinolička Trpkova, Dimitar Čemkov
* TVPr, Prishtina: Gjon Gjevelekaj, Liliana Çavolli, Ivana Vitalić
* TVNS, Novi Sad: Đorđe Balašević, Mladen Vranešević, Žarko Petrović
* TVTg, Titograd: Mirsad Serhatlić, Bojan Bajramović, Rade Vojvodić

## At Eurovision

Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the Contest, following Germany. Their song "Rock Me" won the contest with a score of 137 points. However, according to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History it was a very unexpected win and BBC TV commentator Terry Wogan described it as "the death knell" for the contest.