# Festival Omladina

Festival Omladina (English: Youth Festival), also known as Omladinski Festival, is a music festival held in Subotica, Serbia. The festival was founded in 1961 as a competition of young composers of popular music. Their compositions were initially performed by pop singers, but soon the performers of competing compositions became rock bands. In the 1970s, the non-competitive part, featuring established rock acts, was added to the program, and in the 1980s the festival became a competition of young rock bands. During the years, some of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav pop and rock scene performed on the festival.
In 1990, at the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia, the festival ceased to exist. In 2011 the festival anniversary was celebrated with a concert of famous acts who made their first steps on the festival, and in 2012 the festival was reestablished.

## 1961

The festival was founded by the members of Mladost (Youth) Society for Culture and Arts, as a competition of young popular music composers. More than 120 compositions by composers from all parts of Yugoslavia were sent to the competition, 9 of which were chosen to be performed at the festival. The festival was held on 4 and 5 December at the Subotica National Theatre. The songs were performed by young singers who were members of Mladost society. The youngest of them was six-year-old Evika Stražarković. The singers were accompanied by Mladost Brass and String Pop Orchestra conducted by Josip Kovač. The festival was recorded by Radio Belgrade.

### Performers

* Marika Matijević
* Franjo Niderholcer
* Katarina Dorožmai
* Dijana Jančikin
* Eva Stražarković
* Marija Vuković
* Ernest Zvekan
* Viktor Sabo
* Ilija Vorgučin
* Vladimir Štulić
* Gabor Gencel

### Awards

* First Prize – "Daj mi osmeh" by Kornelije Kovač
* Second Prize – "Zvezde sreće" by Sylvester Levay
* Third Prize – "Leto je prošlo" by Živko Janjić and Vlado Ljubičić
* Audience's Choice Award – "Macko" by Lajoš Kurai
* Best Lyrics Award – "Traganje u kiši" by Vojin Dolinka
* Youngest Performer Award – Eva Stražarković (six years old)

## 1962

Around 120 songs were submitted for competition with 10 of them chosen to be performed at the festival. They were performed by budding singers. The festival was held on 17 and 18 November in Subotica National Theatre. The jury featured Radio Television Belgrade journalists Žika Dimitrijević, Stevan Markićević, and Aleksandar Korać, Mladost magazine journalist Gordana Jakovljević and Subotica city representatives Pavle Bačić and Josip Kovač. Each song was performed in two versions, by two different singers.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | First performer | Second performer |
| "Vedri nokturno" | Marija Radić | Tona Andin | Katarina Dorožmai | Marija Vuković |
| "Samo iluzije" | Ferid Mujković | Ivan Perčić | Marija Vuković | Balaž Aranjoš and choir |
| "Sumrak" | Sylvester Levay | Branko Temunović | Marika Matijević and choir | Naum Brzanov |
| "Susret" | Kornelije Kovač | Bogdan Stojadinović | Eva Berleković | Svetozar Litavski |
| "Priča barke" | Kornelije Kovač | Bogdan Stojadinović | Teri Kovač and choir | Stevan Nađ |
| "Poljubac kraj reke" | Anton Zupanc | Anton Zupanc | Katarina Dorožmai | Duet Stevanov |
| "Sve devojke" | Anton Zupanc | Anton Zupanc | Margita Pastor | Svetozar Litavski |
| "Maturant" | Sylvester Levay | Branko Temunović | Margita Pastor | Marika Matijević |
| "Mala kafana" | Sylvester Levay | Branko Temunović | Marika Matijević | Franjo Niderholcer |
| "Vizija" | Gojko Novaković | Gojko Novaković | Teri Kovač | Imre Juhas |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Susret" by Kornelije Kovač
* Second Prize – "Vizija" by Gojko Novaković
* Third Prize – "Sumrak" by Sylvester Levay
* Audience's Choice Award – "Sumrak" by Sylvester Levay
* Best Lyrics Award – "Susret" by Bogdan Stojadinović
* Youngest Composer Award – Sylvester Levay
* Most Rhythmic Composition Award – "Poljubac kraj reke" by Anton Zupanc

## 1963

The festival was held during 13, 14 and 15 September in Subotica National Theatre. 224 compositions were sent to the contest, 16 of which were performed on the festival. The performers were accompanied by Mladost orchestra. Once again, every song was performed in two different versions.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | Arranger | First performer | Second performer |
| "Radoznali sunčev zrak" | Lajoš Kurai | Lajoš Kurai | Stevan Radosavljević | Margita Kovač | Margita Pastor |
| "Nova ljubav" | Vladislav Kanić | Vladislav Kanić | Ilija Genić / Milan Kostić | Vladislav Kanić | Biljana Pilić |
| "Opet sam sam" | Svetozar Radić | Svetozar Radić | Josip Kovač / Stevan Radosavljević | Margita Pastor | Stevan Zarić |
| "Proleće ljubavi" | Srećko Zubak | Arpaš sisters | Jožef Arpaš / Predrag Stevanović | Duo Arpaš | Duo Stevanov |
| "Čežnja" | Jovan Adamov | Živko Popadić | Jožef Gubicak / Josip Kovač | Balaž Aranjoš | Teri Kovač |
| "Dođi" | Margareta Gobor | Margareta Gobor | Ilija Genić / Josip Kovač | Slavko Lalić | Mirjana Stilinović |
| "Kandidat" | Roman Butina | Blanka Hudoba | Ilija Genić / Milan Kotlić | Duo M | Duo Radosavljević |
| "Zapisano u vetrovima" | Vera Radman and Veljko Vujčić | Branko Kucinić | Stevan Radosavljević | Ratko Bošković | Nevenka Ivošević |
| "Osvajač" | Roman Butina | Blanka Hudoba | Josip Kovač / Milan Kotlić | Nada Radojević | Duo Stevanov |
| "Jesen" | Zvonko Čulina | Zvonko Čulina | Stevan Radosavljević / Josip Kovač | Teri Kovač | Svetozar Litavski |
| "Medison, Medison" | Srećko Zubak | Blanka Hudoba | Stevan Radosavljević | Margita Kovač | Katarina Dorožmai |
| "Kao varka" | Lajoš Kurai | Ivan Jovanović | Stevan Radosavljević | Stevan Zarić | Ratko Bošković |
| "Nakon studija" | Roman Butina | Blanka Hudoba | Ilija Genić / Milan Kotlić | Biljana Pilić | Vera Radojević |
| "Vrbe" | Zdenko Runjić | Zdenko Runjić | Josip Kovač / Jožef Gubičak | Ernest Zvekan | Svetozar Litavski |
| "Bez oproštaja" | Zoran Rambosek | Vuk Stambolović | Ilija Genić / Alojz Skeri | Zoran Rambosek | Vuk Stambolović |
| "Oči boje lešnika" | Kornelije Kovač | Kornelije Kovač | Stevan Radosavljević / Josip Kovač | Mirjana Stilinović | Stevan Zarić |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Zapisano u vetrovima" by Vera Radman and Veljko Vujčić
* Second Prize – "Dođi" by Margareta Gobor
* Third Prize – "Oči boje lešnika" by Kornelije Kovač
* Audience's Choice Award – "Vrbe" by Zdenko Runjić
* Best Lyrics Award – "Radoznali sunčev zrak" by Lajoš Kurai
* Youngest Composer Award – Svetozar Radić
* Most Cheerful Melody Award – "Nova ljubav" by Vladislav Kanić

## 1964

The fourth edition of the festival was held from 14 to 16 May, in National Theatre. It was the first edition of the festival to be held in May, which would become a tradition in the following years. Eighteen songs were performed at the festival, once again in two different versions. The performers included some of the future stars of the Yugoslav pop scene, like Bisera Veletanlić, Zafir Hadžimanov and Zoran Rambosek.

### Competition

| Composition | First performer | Second performer |
| "Plave kovrdže" | Silvija Franc | Stevan Zarić |
| "Ti si opet tu" | Silvija Franc | Stevan Zarić |
| "Mister Morse" | Jarmila Cikotska | Stevan Zarić |
| "Hol a szerelem?" | Emilija Sabo | Jarmila Cikotska |
| "Ona voli samo tvist" | Zoran Rambosek | Zafir Hadžimanov |
| "Prvi školski dan" | Elvina Štelc | Ivanka Pavlović |
| "Izgubljeni put" | Mirjana Beširević | Bisera Veletanlić |
| "Voli me" | Zafir Hadžimanov | Zoran Rambosek |
| "Pevaj pesmu" | Vladislav Kanić | Bisera Veletanlić |
| "Naš put" | Antika Stipić | Biljana Pilić |
| "Tiha Luna" | Ervina Štelcl | Jurica Pavuković |
| "Znam" | Biserka Spevec | Gordana Dimitrijević |
| "Mari" | Jurica Pavuković | Marjan Mumelaš |
| "Školsko zvono, mi i tvist" | Ivanka Pavlović | Katarina Dorožmai |
| "Mislim o tebi" | Gordana Dimitrijević | Mirjana Beširević |
| "Sećanje na susret" | Katica Bidleg | Biserka Spevec |
| "Ja danas neću doći" | Marjan Mumelaš | Biljana Pilić |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Sećanje na susret" by Vera Radman
* Second Prize – "Mister Morse" by Brana Honjec
* Third Prize – "Školsko zvono, mi i tvist" by Laslo Balaž
* Audience's Choice Award – "Sećanje na susret" by Vera Radman
* Youngest Composer Award – Laslo Balaž
* Best Interpretation Award – Biserka Spevec
* Best Composition about Life of the Youth Award – "Znam" by Jovan Adamov

## 1965

The fifth edition of the festival was held in Subotica National Theatre. Besides the Mladost society and Mladost magazine, the Society of Jazz and Pop Musicians and Ritam magazine also took part in the organization. The jury featured composers Bojan Adamič, Vojislav Simić and Aleksandar Korać and poet Miroslav Antić.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | First performer | Second performer |
| "Cvetić" | Lajoš Kurai | Stevan Pupovac | Blaga Petreska | Mahir Paloš |
| "Kraj Tise, sam" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Mirjana Beširević |
| "Prvi randevu" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Katarina Dorožmai |
| "Žalim" | Jovan Adamov | Tibor Balaš | Biserka Spevec | Silvija Franc |
| "Nedovršene Misli" | Jovan Adamov | Tibor Balaš | Antika Stipić | Vladislav Kanić |
| "Sreli smo se" | Jovan Adamov | Tibor Balaš | Marjan Mumelaš | Katica Bidleg |
| "Uspomena još o tebi priča" | Jovan Adamov | Tibor Balaš | Mirjana Beširević | Jurica Pavuković |
| "Divno je to" | Laslo Špang | Laslo Špang | Bisera Veletanlić | Vesna Ugar |
| "Priča o izletu" | Laslo Špang | Laslo Špang | Jelica Kukić | Blaga Petreska |
| "Miris lipe" | Stojan Nenadović | Stojan Nenadović | Mahir Paloš | Antika Stipić |
| "Oči neba" | Marko Tipurić | Marko Tipurić | Tamara Šarić | Ivanka Pavlović |
| "Proljeće" | Emil Glavnik | Ljubo Slavko | Jurica Pavuković | Marjan Mumelaš |
| "Možda te volim" | Želimir Kalanj | Želimir Kalanj | Ivanka Pavlović | Katarina Dorožmai |
| "Šetajući s tobom" | Vladislav Kanić | Vladislav Kanić | Tamara Šarić | Albertina Trbojević |
| "Semiramida" | Zdenko Runjić | Marija Mandić | Vinko Ivanović | Stevan Zarić |
| "Ja samo tebe volim" | Želimir Damić | Želimir Damić | Albertina Trbojević | Jelica Kukić |
| "Posle tvog odlaska" | Stevan Zarić | Stevan Zarić | Stevan Zarić | Silvija Franc |
| "Čas koji čekam" | Svetozar Radić | Svetozar Radić | Vesna Ungar | Bisera Veletanlić |
| "Kiša je počela" | Miroslav Veličković | Miroslav Veličković | Vladislav Kanić | Vinko Ivanović |
| "Naš dan" | Zvonko Čulina | Zvonko Čulina | Katica Bidleg | Biserka Spevec |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Naš dan" by Zvonko Čulina
* Second Prize – "Nedovršene misli" by Jovan Adamov
* Third Prize – "Oči neba" by Marko Tipurić
* Audience's Choice Award – "Šetajući s tobom" by Vladimir Kanić
* Best Lyrics Award – "Šetajući s tobom" by Vladimir Kanić
* Most Cheerlful Composition Award – "Šetajući s tobom" by Vladimir Kanić
* Youngest Composer Award – Tibor Balaš
* Best Interpretation Award – Biserka Spevec
* Youngest Performer Award – Tamara Šarić

## 1966

The sixth edition festival, held in Subotica National Theatre, featured 18 compositions performed by 21 artists. Once again, each song was performed in two versions, by two different singers.
The festival featured the very first public appearance by 17-year-old Kemal Monteno who would later go on to become one of Yugoslavia's most notable singer-songwriters.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | First performer | Second performer |
| "Otkud tebe znam" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Mića Novaković | Vladislav Kanić |
| "Dan koji pamtim" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Vladislav Kanić | Ivana Nikolić |
| "Izbeledeli san" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Radoslav Rukavina | Katica Bidleg |
| "Želim da znaš" | Petar Bahun | Petar Bahun | Stevan Zarić | Kemal Monteno |
| "Taj grad" | Jovan Adamov | Stevan Zarić | Ivana Nikolić | Stevan Zarić |
| "Daleko od tebe" | Jovan Adamov | Albertina Trbojević | Marjan Mumelaš | Katica Bidleg |
| "Ne budi tužna" | Laslo Špang | Laslo Špang | Vjekoslav Jut | Igor Jakac |
| "Serenada" | Laslo Špang | Laslo Špang | Kemal Monteno | Radoslav Rukavina |
| "Pred odlazak tvoj" | Laslo Špang | Laslo Špang | Aranjoš Balaž | Vjekoslav Jut |
| "Oči neba" | Marko Tipurić | Marko Tipurić | Tamara Šarić | Ivanka Pavlović |
| "Ti sanjaš večeras" | Vladislav Kanić | Vinko Ivanović and Vladislav Kanić | Vinko Ivanović | Marija Beširević |
| "Čuj me, devojko" | Vladislav Kanić | Vladislav Kanić | Mihajlo Dimitrijević | Dragan Jović |
| "Moje obećanje" | Vladislav Kanić | Vladislav Kanić | Mirjana Beširević | Marjan Mumelaš |
| "Odrasla si" | Jerko Rošin | Vanja Kraljević | Igor Jakac | Milan Mutavdžić |
| "Ti si deo mene" | Kornelije Kovač | Zdravko Ostojić | Biserka Spevec | Mihailo Kovač |
| "Sjena na plaži" | Zdenko Runjić | Vinko Ivanović | Dragan Jović | Vinko Ivanović |
| "More i ti" | Svetlana Ivanović | Vinko Ivanović | Katarina Dorožmai | Zlatko Golubović |
| "Ti i tvoje oči" | Slave Dimitrov | Vinko Ivanović | Mirjana Beširević | Biserka Spevec |
| "Srećna ljubav" | Mihajlo Apostolovski | Mihajlo Apostolovski and A. Stošić | Zlatko Golubović | Mihailo Dimitrijević |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Želim da znam" by Petar Bahun
* Second Prize – "Odrasla si" by Jerko Rošin
* Third Prize – "Ti i tvoje oči" by Slave Dimitrov
* Audience's Choice Award – "Odrasla si" by Jerko Rošin
* Best Lyrics Award – "Odrasla si" by Vanja Kraljević
* Most Cheerful Composition Award – "Serenada" by Laslo Špang
* Youngest Composer Award – Svetlana Ivanović (fifteen years old)
* Best Interpretation Award – Mirjana Beširević and Milan Mutavdžić
* Youngest Performer Award – Kemal Monteno and Radoslav Rukavina

## 1967

The seventh edition of the festival, held in Subotica National Theater, was the first one to be broadcast by television. Twenty songs were performed at the festival, each by two different singers.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | First performer | Second performer |
| "Ti moraš znati" | Georgi Dimitrovski | Kornelije Kovač | Zoran Milivojević | Blaga Petreska |
| "Veterot, ti i jas" | Georgi Dimitrovski | Slobodanka Karać | Blaga Petreska | Mihajlo Dimitrijević |
| "Sanjarenje" | Vojkan Borisavljević | Ivan Nandor | Diego Varagić | Miodrag Popov |
| "Ljubav na plaži" | Vojkan Borisavljević | Vojkan Borisavljević | Milica Štrbac | Selma Koluder |
| "Kaži mi" | Slave Dimitrov | Slave Dimitrov | Slave Dimitrov | Stojan Zerzevski |
| "Neću takvu ljubav" | Mihajlo Kovač | Mihajlo Kovač | Mihajlo Kovač | Seka Kojadinović |
| "Poklonjeni cvet" | Tomislav Pavlović | Tomislav Pavlović | Marija Babić | Kemal Monteno |
| "Bili smo tako mladi" | Marko Tipurić | Ivica Lepak and Marko Tipurić | Marija Maravić | Zoran Milivojević |
| "Svi moji prijatelji" | Jerko Rošin | Jerko Rošin | Vjekoslav Jut | Milan Mutavdžić |
| "Lepo je život" | Jerko Rošin | Jerko Rošin | Seka Kojadinović and Koja Kojadinović | Rebus Quartet |
| "Sunčana" | Ifeta Olujić | Ifeta Olujić | Mihajlo Dimitrijević | Diego Varagić |
| "Te ljubam ko nebo" | Simeon Gerasimov | Đoko Georgijev | Slave Dimitrov | Stojan Zerzevski |
| "Ljubav u troje" | Stevan Burka | Nada Stojanov | Milica Štrbac | Selma Koluder |
| "Druga ljubav" | Janko Solak | Janko Solak | Mihajlo Kovač | Miodrag Popov |
| "Bila sam daleko" | Lajoš Pongo | Tibor Balaš | Ivica Martinčević | Kemal Monteno |
| "Još pamtim" | Lajoš Pongo | Tibor Balaš | Milan Mutavdžić | Katica Bidleg |
| "Stani za čas" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Ljiljana Petrović | Vjekoslav Jut |
| "Dok sam bila sa drugim" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Marija Babić | Katica Bidleg |
| "Sunčan dan, kišni dan" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Ivica Martinčević | Rebus Quartet |
| "Tri dana" | Tibor Balaš | Tibor Balaš | Ljiljana Petrović | Marija Maravić |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Neću takvu ljubav" by Mihajlo Kovač
* Second Prize – "Ljubav na plaži" by Vojkan Borisavljević
* Third Prize – "Stani na čas" by Tibor Balaš
* Audience's Choice Award – "Bio sam daleko" by Lajoš Pongo
* Best Lyrics Award – "Svi moji prijatelji" by Jerko Rošin
* Most Cheerful Composition Award – "Stani na čas" by Tibor Balaš
* Most Modern Composition Award – "Ljubav na plaži" by Vojkan Borisavljević
* Youngest Composer Award – Ifeta Olujić (nineteen years old)
* Best Interpretation Award – Blaga Petreska and Mihajlo Dimitrijević
* Youngest Performer Award – Ljiljana Petrović (thirteen years old)

## 1968

In the eighth edition of the festival, held at the Subotica National Theatre, 20 songs were performed, each by two different performers. It was the last edition organized by Mladost Society for Culture and Arts.
This was the first edition of the festival to include rock bands as performers, with the bands Džentlmeni and Zlatni Akordi performing songs by competing composers. The band Zlatni Akordi featured the then unknown singer Josipa Lisac, which was her only appearance at the festival.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | First performer | Second performer |
| "Lutanje" | Dražen Zimonjić | Karlo Klemenčić | Mladen Biočina |
| "Kad je spavao grad" | Ifeta Olujić | Dragan Jović | Stojan Zerzevski |
| "Daj mi vremena" | Mihajlo Kovač | Mihajlo Kovač | Žarko Dančuo |
| "Više ne postojiš" | Tibor Balaš | Katja Markotić | Kemal Monteno |
| "Veseli svet" | Đorđe Uzelac | Džentlmeni | Zoran Vidović |
| "Eja shpirti im" | Selma Balata | Selma Balata | Jasmina Baralić |
| "Moja ulica" | Boža Knežević | Dragan Komadinić | Boža Knežević |
| "Drugu ljubiš" | Slave Dimitrov | Slave Dimitrov | Zlatni Akordi |
| "San" | Nenad Đukić | Daliborka Stojšić | Branka Kovačević |
| "Ponekad" | Lajoš Pongo | Neda Ukraden | Tatjana Gros |
| "Balada" | Dražen Zimonjić | Dragan Komadinić | Kemal Monteno |
| "Ako želiš kraj" | Slave Dimitrov | Dragan Jović | Neda Ukraden |
| "Úgy várlak, kedvesem" | Nikola Jager | Julija Bisak | Tatjana Gros |
| "Radujmo se" | Stjepan Martinović | Karlo Klemenčić | Žarko Dančuo |
| "Sunce sja za nas" | Frano Parac | Akordi | Daliborka Stojšić and Stjepan Martinović |
| "Vrati se" | Jovan Krakovski | Stojan Zerzevski | Katja Markotić |
| "Varaš se" | Tibor Balaš | Branka Kovačević | Slave Dimitrov |
| "Naša mladost" | Dragan Jelić | Zoran Vidović | Džentlmeni |
| "A sad odlazi" | Novak Tešić | Jasmina Baralić | Mihajlo Kovač |
| "Četrnaest mi godina nije" | Slobodan Stupar | Stjepan Martinović | Mladen Biočina |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Drugu ljubiš" by Slave Dimitrov
* Second Prize – "Sunce sja za nas" by Frano Parac
* Third Prize – "Ponekad" by Lajoš Pongo
* Audience's Choice Award – "Balada" by Dražen Zimonjić
* Most Modern Composition Award – "Drugu ljubiš" by Slave Dimitrov
* Youngest Composer Award – Slobodan Stupar (seventeen years old)
* Best Interpretation Award – Žarko Dančuo and Tatjana Gros

## 1969

The ninth edition of the festival was the first one to be organized by Subotica Culture Center and Radio Belgrade. It was also the first edition of the festival which was not held in Subotica National Theatre, but in Subotica Sports Hall, from 2 to 4 May. The jury consisted of former contestants, Kornelije Kovač, Lajoš Kurai, Jovan Adamov and Vojkan Borisavljević, and poet Petar Pajić. Until this edition of the festival, only the composers came from all parts of the country, while the performers were predominately the members of Mladost society; the ninth edition gave musicians from all parts of Yugoslavia the opportunity to perform, so the performers included established acts like Ibrica Jusić, Ivica Percl, Indexi, Delfini, Džentlmeni, Bele Vrane and others. From this edition of the festival the songs were performed in one version only.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | Arranger | Performer |
| "Nisam taj" | Elizabeta Berčev | Elizabeta Berčev | Jovan Adamov | Marinko Rudić |
| "Nikad neću biti sretan" | Darji Billege | Josip Kokot | Alfons Vučer | Boris Babarović |
| "Pleši, pleši, momo mila" | Marko Demichell | Marko Demichell | Ante Cetinić | Delfini |
| "Ljiljana" | Slave Dimitrov | Slave Dimitrov | Slave Dimitrov | Slave Dimitrov |
| "Možda čudne stvari" | Nebojša Ignjatović | Robert Nemeček | Radan Bosner | Ibrica Jusić |
| "Sećanje na san" | Nebojša Ignjatović | Robert Nemeček | Vojkan Borisavljević | Dušan Prelević |
| "Vreme će zbrisati uspomene stare" | Aleksandar Ilić | Stjepo Martinović | Vojkan Borisavljević | Snežana Petčev |
| "U lud tonem sam" | Dragan Jelić | Stjepo Martinović | Vojkan Borisavljević | Džentlmeni |
| "Da li znaš" | Petko Katrandžijev | Petko Katrandžijev | Kornelije Kovač | Žarko Dančuo |
| "Mjesto pod suncem" | Petko Katrandžijev | Maja Perfiljeva | Kornelije Kovač | Indexi |
| "Ona koju želim" | Boža Knežević | Boža Knežević | Slave Dimitrov | Boža Knežević |
| "Prolaze godine" | Ferenc Kovač | Jovica Živković | Kornelije Kovač | Dalibor Brun |
| "Mini Moris" | Mihajlo Kovač | Mihajlo Kovač | Igor Savin | Sabina Varešanović |
| "Kasno je već" | Mihajlo Kovač | Ratko Kraljić | Kornelije Kovač | Vjekoslav Jut |
| "Kako site mladi" | Trajče Organdžijev | Trajče Organdžijev | Đorđe Novković | Seka Kojadinović |
| "Sve sam pokušala da te zavolim" | Frano Parać | Frano Parać | Frano Parać | Marcela Munger |
| "Postoji jedno mesto na svetu" | Tamara Pavlović and Nenad Pavlović | Stjepo Martinović | Vojkan Borisavljević | Tamara Pavlović |
| "Svaki dan sam" | Ivica Percl | Ivica Percl | Vojkan Borisavljević | Ivica Percl |
| "A sad odlazi" | Zoran Simjanović | Zoran Simjanović | Zoran Simjanović | Lidija Kodrič |
| "Kad bi htjela" | Goran Škerlep | Goran Škerlep | Dragica Kozlica | Goran Škerlep |
| "Vreme u nama" | Novak Tešić and Radenka Tešić | Novak Tešić | Slave Dimitrov | Vera Jankova |
| "Jesen na njenom dlanu" | Đorđe Uzelac | Stjepo Martinović | Jure Robežnik | Bele Vrane |
| "Picigin" | Nenad Vilović | Nenad Vilović | Kornelije Kovač | Dinamiti |
| "Zvezdani bulevar" | Dražen Zimonjić | Dražen Zimonjić | Vojkan Borisavljević | Daliborka Stojšić |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Jesen na njenom dlanu" by Đorđe Uzelac
* Second Prize – "Ljiljana" by Slave Dimitrov
* Third Prize – "Pleši, pleši, momo mila" by Marko Demichelli
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Prolaze godine" by Ferenc Kovač
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Svaki dan sam" by Ivica Percl
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Nikad neću biti sam" by Darko Billege
* Best Lyrics Award – "Ona koju želim" by Božo Knežević
* Best Interpretation Award – Dalibor Brun
* Youngest Composer Award – Elizabeta Berčev (seventeen years old)

## 1970

As a part of the tenth anniversary celebration, the festival included a non-competitive part featuring performances by well known and less known rock acts. It was the first edition of the festival to feature a non-competitive program.
The Third Prize was awarded to Miodrag Cokić's composition "Kažu". On the final evening, during which the awarded compositions were performed once again, the performer of "Kažu", Dušan Prelević, went on the stage intoxicated. Because of this scandal he was banned from Radio Television Belgrade programs for a year.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | Performer |
| "Eden poraz ne e kraj" | Slave Dimitrov | M. Ilieva | Saša Petkovska |
| "Padao je sneg" | Gabor Lenđel | Ruža Rudić | Mihajlo Kovač |
| "Naši dani, Valerija" | Stjepo Martinović | Stjepo Martinović | Stjepo Martinović |
| "U predvečerje" | Slobodan Samardžić | Slobodan Samardžić | Slobodan Samardžić |
| "Starac iz moje ulice" | Slobodan Samardžić | Slobodan Samardžić | Jasmina Baralić |
| "Nada" | Z. Tepeš and R. Pintarić | Z. Tepeš and R. Pintarić | Duo Pintarić – Tepeš |
| "Kažu" | Miodrag Conić | Dragan Nadimović | Dušan Prelević |
| "Jednog dana jedno sunce" | Džemal Salković | Džemal Salković | Džemal Salković |
| "Ne reci nikome tajnu" | Džemal Salković | Džemal Salković | Tamara Pavlović |
| "Mala moja devojčice" | Radomir Dabić | Radomir Dabić | Džentlmeni |
| "Sakrij bol" | Suzana Saulić | Suzana Saulić | Sabina Varešanović |
| "Ljubav ti više nije važna" | Neven Mijat | Neven Mijat | Mi |
| "Sve što želim" | Petar Kantradžijev | T. Slinka | Zdenko Juraj |
| "Din, Don, Dan" | Vojko Sabolović | Vojko Sabolović | Vojko Sabolović |
| "Šta je dobro, šta je zlo" | Vojko Sabolović | Dubravka Dimić | Dubravka Dimić |
| "Kad su zvijezde padale" | Rajmond Rujić | T. Slinka | Mladi Levi |
| "Trenutak sreće" | Rajmond Rujić | I. Glišić | Dalibor Brun |
| "Slike iz mog kraja" | Krunoslav Slabinac | Krunoslav Slabinac | Ladislav Ledel |
| "Jedne noći u decembru" | Kemal Monteno | Kemal Monteno | Kemal Monteno |
| "Ja odlazim sutra" | Slobodan Kovačević and Ranko Rihtman | Nikola Borota | Indexi |
| "Jučer si otišla" | Fadil Redžić | B. Falatal | Indexi |
| "Sećanje na 14. april 19..." | Đorđe Uzelac | Božo Knežević | Seka Kojadinović |
| "Svjetlost" | Nebojša Ignjatović | Nebojša Ignjatović | Boris Babarović |
| "U kišni dan" | Krunoslav Slabinac | Krunoslav Slabinac | Krunoslav Slabinac |

### Awards

* First Prize – "U predvečerju" by Slobodan Samardžić
* Second Prize – "Ljubav ti više nije važna" by Neven Mijat
* Third Prize – "Kažu" by Miodrag Cokić
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Padao je sneg" by Gabor Lenđel
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Jedne noći u decembru" by Kemal Monteno
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Naši dani, Valerija" by Stjepo Martinović
* Best Lyrics Award – "Kažu" by Dragan Nedimović
* Best Debutant – Saša Petkovska
* Youngest Composer Award – Suzana Saulić
* Youngest Performer Award – Ladislav Mezel

### Non-competitive program

* Korni Grupa
* Indexi
* Mladi Levi
* Entuzijasti

## 1971

In 1971, the festival was held in June. Twenty-two compositions were performed at the festival.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Nikad mi nije dosta da te gledam" by Husein Kazas; performed by Husein Kazas
* Second Prize – "Ovce, ovce" by Nikola Borota; performed by Kamen Na Kamen
* Third Prize – "Teuta, ljubavi moja" by Tomor Beriša; performed by Ljuba Ninković
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ti si" by Stevan Burka; performed by Daniela Pančetović
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Otišla je" by Branko Grga; performed by Mija Muratović
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Jutri bo vse dobro" by Tomaž Domicelj; performed by Tomaž Domicelj
* Best Lyrics Award – Snežana Lipovska
* Best Interpretation Award – Oto Presner

## 1972

In 1972, the festival started on Youth Day (25 May), with a midnight concert. This was the first edition of the festival to feature, besides musical program, art exhibitions and poetry evenings.
The band Lutajuća Srca, who won the First Prize, Audience's Choice First Prize and the Best Lyrics Award, were unable to perform on the final evening, so, on their recommendation, at the time little known singer-songwriter Nenad Milosavljević performed instead of them. The song "Mom bratu" was performed by sixteen year old Vesna Čipčić, who would several years later start a successful acting career.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | Arranger | Performer |
| "Još ću noćas čekati" | Đurađ Mitraković | Stanko Pivašević | Nikica Kalođera | Nuki Šundić |
| "Noć naše ljubavi" | Ištvan Boroš | Ištvan Boroš | Stevan Radosavljević | Marija Babić |
| "Srećna deca smo bili" | Tomor Beriša | Duško Barak | Anti Soss | Milica Milisavljević |
| "I ako si mala" | Kemal Mandžuka | Kemal Mandžuka | Stipica Kalođera | Zoran Pavković |
| "Itd" | Ante Parat | Ante Parat | Ozren Depolo | Ante Parat |
| "Još malo" | Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković | Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković | Jure Robežnik | Lutajuća Srca |
| "Što da ti pružim" | Vladimir Delač | Marijan Kašaj | Igor Savin | Grešnici |
| "Pastirica" | Jovica Škaro | Jovica Škaro | Bojan Adamič | Jovica Škaro |
| "Mom bratu" | Jovica Škaro | Jovica Škaro | Ilija Genić | Vesna Čipčić |
| "Kako da te ostavim" | Đuroslava Bakić | Đuroslava Bakić | Zvonimir Skerl | Marjan Dugec |
| "Baš me briga" | Gabor Lenđel | Dragan Nedimović | Dečo Žgur | Anelidi |
| "Samo ljubi" | Ištvan Boroš | Ištvan Boroš | Vojkan Borisavljević | Maja Odžaklievska |
| "Tvoja igra" | Svetozar Nećak | Amalija Petrović | Aleksandar Nećak | Marija Kovač |
| "Serenada" | Husein Kazas | Orhan Dišo | Vojislav Simić | Vančo Tarabunov |
| "Spomen moj dalečen" | Todor Bojadžijev | Blagoje Stefanovski | Mihajlo Živanović | Vele Matevski |
| "Svaka reka" | Ferenc Kovač | Geza Varka | Stjepan Mihaljinec | Ladislav Mezel |
| "Budan ne mogu te naći" | Ljubiša Lolić | Ljubiša Lolić | Radan Bosner | Ljubiša Lolić |
| "Kristina" | Vančo Tarabunov | Vančo Tarabunov | Franjo Jenč | Rodoljub Vulović [de] |
| "Raspevana gitara" | Stevo Prodanović | Stevo Prodanović | Ivan Kelemen | Mija Muratović |
| "Kaži mi" | Miodrag Božinovski | Miodrag Božinovski | Dragan Đakonovski | Miroljub Marković |
| "Mrtev in bel" | Tomaž Domicelj | Tomaž Domicelj | Tomaž Habe | Tomaž Domicelj |
| "Zbog tebe" | Nenad Vilović | Nenad Vilović | Julio Marić | Divna Berić |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Još malo" by Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković
* Second Prize – "Pastirica" by Jovica Škaro
* Third Prize – "Samo ljubi" by Ištvan Boroš
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Još malo" by Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Raspevana gitara" by Stevo Prodanović
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Pastirica" by Jovica Škoro
* Best Lyrics Award – "Mrtev in bel" by Tomaž Domicelj and "Još malo" by Miroljub Jovanović and Milan Marković
* Best Interpretation Award – Vele Matevski
* Youngest Composer Award – Svetozar Nećak (seventeen years old)
* Youngest Performer Award – Ladislav Mezel

## 1973

522 compositions were sent to the contest, more than to any of the previous editions. The performers were accompanied by Radio Television Belgrade Big Band, conducted by Bojan Adamič.

### Competition

| Composition | Composer | Lyricist | Arranger | Performer |
| "Kate ljubavi" | Jovica Škaro | Jovica Škaro | Ilija Škaro | Jovica Škaro |
| "Tri ženske" | Marko Brecelj | Marko Brecelj | Bojan Adamič | Krik |
| "Ne reci da je kraj" | Ladislav Mezel | Ferenc Salma | Mihajlo Živanović | Zoran Milivojević |
| "Kanga e hestrum" | Lorenc Vučaj | Enver Derčeki | Vojislav Simić | Luan Hajra |
| "Tražim" | Srđan Marjanović | Srđan Marjanović | Miljenko Prohaska | Srđan Marjanović |
| "Pred kraj neba" | Nenad Pavlović | Dušan Govedarica | Vojislav Simić | Tamara Pavlović and Nenad Pavlović |
| "Mama, daj mi denar" | Tomaž Domicelj | Tomaž Domicelj | Dečo Žgur | Srce |
| "Ne plaši se, draga moja" | Gazmend Palaska | Gazmend Palaska | Vojkan Borisavljević | Gazmend Palaska |
| "Mom bratu" | Jovica Škaro | Jovica Škaro | Ilija Genić | Jovica Škaro |
| "Ti ne znaš gdje živi on" | Vlado Miloš | Vlado Miloš | Ismet Arnautalić | Jadranka Stojaković |
| "Svena edna roza" | Miodrag Božinovski | Miodrag Božinovski | Stipica Kalođera | Vančo Tarabunov |
| "Lutaj sam" | Zoran Markulj | Ruža Auguštin | Zlatko Dvoržak | Sandra Kulier |
| "Uspomena" | Pero Ćuković | Pero Ćuković | Stipica Kalođera | Tihomir Bralić |
| "Zemlja se vrti" | Tomaž Mancini | Tomaž Mancini | Jure Robežnik | Meta Močnik |
| "Kad sunce zalazi" | Miroslav Mihajlović | Miodrag Mihajlović | Radan Bosner | Boro Platiša |
| "Kara te gozlum" | Husein Kazas | Orhan Dišo | Bojan Adamič | Husein Kazas |
| "Tike – ti" | Zoran Grgurić | Zoran Grgurić | Ivan Kelemen | Senada Kospić |
| "Kroz tužnu umornu jesen" | Koši Halim | Nada Petrović | Jovan Adamov | Ratko Kraljević |
| "Susret" | Vladimir Delač | Marjan Kašaj | Igor Savin | Grešnici |
| "Sanjala sam" | Zoran Markulj | Ruža Auguštin | Zvonimir Skerl | Daniela Pančetović |
| "Lutanja" | Vladimir Marković and R. Lovrić | Vladimir Marković and R. Lovrić | Zvonimir Skerl | Vlada i Bajka |
| "Ne ke me poznavaš" | Dragan Mijalkovski | Đoko Georgijev | Jane Kodžabašija | Dragan Mijalkovski |
| "Nek se ljudi čude" | Gabor Lenđel | Gabor Lenđel | Franjo Jenč | Ljubiša Lolić |
| "Vrati se" | Dragan Mijalkovski | Dragan Mijalkovski | Kire Kostov | Lena Trajkovska |
| "Pevaj moju pesmu" | Zoran Salčić | Dušan Mihajlović | Franjo Jenč | Marjan Dugec |

### Awards

* First Prize – "Tražim" by Srđan Marjanović
* Second Prize – "Pred kraj neba" by Nenad Pavlović
* Third Prize – "Kara Gozlum" by Husein Kazas
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ti ne znaš dom gdje živi on" by Vlado Miloš
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Nek se ljudi čude" by Ljubiša Lolić
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Sanjala sma" by Zoran Markulj
* Best Lyrics Award – "Pred kraj neba" by Dušan Govedarica
* Best Interpretation Award – Srđan Marjanović
* Youngest Composer Award – Božidar Vučur
* Youngest Performer Award – Gazmend Palaska

## 1974

On the fourteenth edition of the festival the Union of Composers of Yugoslavia Award was introduced.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Ostanite tu" by Faruk Hasanbegović; performed by Ivica Tomović
* Second Prize – "Legenda" by Predrag Jovičić; performed by San
* Third Prize – "I gde je ljubav" by Slavica Stojković; performed by Sunce
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ostanite tu" by Faruk Hasanbegović; performed by Ivica Tomović
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Ona" by Milan Ukić; performed by Borivoje Platiša
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Nemam vremena" by Gabor Lenđel; performed by Iver
* Union of Composers of Yugoslavia Award – "Duša in jaz" by Marko Brecelj; performed by Marko Brecelj
* Best Interpretation Award – Borivoje Platiša

## 1975

The fifteenth edition of the festival was the first one organised by Subotica Youth Center and Radio Television Novi Sad. It was marked by an unusual move: all 22 competing compositions were proclaimed the winning compositions.

## 1976

650 compositions were sent to the contest, from all parts of Yugoslavia, but also from Yugoslavs living abroad, 24 of which were chosen to compete at the festival. The festival was held in Subotica Sports Hall, in front of more than 5,000 spectators.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Mojot son" by Jordan Velinov; performed by Marija Ćuruvija
* Second Prize – "Daj na neba" by Miladin Šobić; performed by Miladin Šobić
* Third Prize – "I rešeto ima buze" by Ivica Čotić; performed by Zajedno
* Fourth Prize – "Gde ćeš biti, lepa Kejo" by Ljubiša Lolić; performed by Suncokret
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Ti si ta što ja znam" by Mane Kolovski; performed by Momir Nikolovski
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Ona je tu" by Zoran Ristivojević; performed by Marjan Miše
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "I rešeto ima buze" by Ivica Čotić; performed by Zajedno

## 1977

The festival featured three parts: the competition, rock evening, featuring well known and less known rock acts, and the evening of patriotic songs, entitled "Mladi pevaju Titu" ("Youth Sings to Tito"). The organizers decided to include the evening of patriotic songs in every future edition of the festival.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Zašto ponekad iz sna me bude zvuci nečijeg pijanina" by Ivo Lesić; performed by Đorđe Apostolovski
* Second Prize – "Ne kucaj, srce, tako nemirno" by Mustafa Ismailovski; performed by Vesna Kartuš
* Third Prize – "Koliko puta" by Zoran Todorović; performed by Hava
* Audience's Choice Award – "Ne kucaj, srce, tako nemirno" by Mustafa Ismailovski; performed by Vesna Kartuš

### Non-competitive program

* Leb i Sol
* Teška Industrija
* Sonori
* Drago Mlinarec
* Suncokret
* Ibn Tup
* Jadranka Stojaković
* Miladin Šobić

## 1978

   Omladinski festival was considered something you had to graduate from in order to even appear on our [Yugoslav] [music] scene. It was a dream for all of us that had played our guitars on our [apartment buildings]' stoops and stairwells. I was even naive enough to mail my material [to Subotica] several times, believing that they've got a commission there that carefully combs through it all before sending out invitations. But the first time they actually invited me was after some of my, let's say, hits had already brought me some attention: first "U razdeljak te ljubim" with Žetva [...] then "Prva ljubav" with Rani Mraz. No one [from the festival] even asked me what we [Rani Mraz] would be performing. I did some 3 or 4 songs, one of which was "Računajte na nas", which at that point in time and in that place really resonated because we all loved that country back then. It wasn't a pro-regime, communist song. Later on it got a little twisted, receiving some other labels, and I stopped performing it when I realized it was being used for [political] sloganeering. However, beck then when it functioned as a patriotic song, it had a certain [true] emotion... I remember, that year, the festival [also] had Galija, Atomsko Sklonište, etc. and when I came off stage [following the performance] into the backstage area I recall everyone being on the verge of tears. Looking back on that song now, its emotion is probably somewhat clumsily undercut by my decision as its author to mention Tito explicitly in the lyrics. I shouldn't have done that. The songs was strong enough even without him. However, the times back then were such that even a douchebag off the street like me, having never been a member of any communist organizations, decided to bring him up in a song. Who could've thought at the time that my songs would have a longer shelf life than Tito [and Titoism]. But that song really did leave a strong impression in Subotica that year. Getting that reaction there stayed with me as a big moment and success in the initial part of my career. Considering how much that festival meant to me, I really haven't been mentioning it enough, probably due to all the subsequent weirdness that song generated.
-Đorđe Balašević in 2010 recalling Rani Mraz's 1978 appearance at the festival.
The eighteenth edition of the festival was held from 11 to 13 May, in Subotica National Theatre and Subotica Sports Hall.
Rani Mraz's performance on the evening of patriotic tunes would go on to become one of the most memorable moments in festival's history. On this occasion, the band for the first time publicly performed their song "Računajte na nas" ("We Can Be Counted On"), which—in addition to expressing devotion to the Yugoslav lifetime president Josip Broz Tito—praises his guerrilla fighters' participation in World War II (known in the Yugoslav historiography as the People's Liberation War (NOB)) from the perspective of the country's youth born after World War II, embodied in the band and its 25-year-old singer Đorđe Balašević who also authored the song. Despite not winning any of the prizes at the festival, the song left the biggest impression on its audience and would go on to wide-spread popularity in Yugoslavia.
Released as a seven-inch single later that year, "Računajte na nas" became an unofficial anthem of the Yugoslav youth, receiving extensive air play in the country's electronic media. It would further be generally extolled in the country's public sphere as a positive example of the post-war communist youth respecting its elders and their "ultimate sacrifice in the struggle against fascism". The song further became omnipresent at various communist events, national holidays, and commemorative anniversaries in Yugoslavia such as the running of the Relay of Youth, Liberation Day, and Republic Day. Eventually, by the mid 1980s, the song would also be heard at student protests and political rallies via being chanted by protesters and political party activists. By 1987, its author and singer Balašević—who had by this point built a successful solo career in Yugoslavia—stopped performing the song live and semi-renounced it.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Kad prođe vreme" by Miomir Pavlović; performed by Miomir Pavlović and Icina Deca
* Second Prize – "Igraj, Makedonko" by Sotir Spasevski; performed by BT Top
* Third Prize – "Zbogom, Bijelo Dugme" by Jerko Šunjko; performed by Vitomir Petković
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Uz huk mora" by Mirsad Huljić; performed by Zoran Miladinović
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Ne mogu srce da prevarim" by Bodin Starčević; performed by Mira Ostojić
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Neko te drugi ljubi" by Ivica Čotić; performed by Ivica Čotić
* Best Interpretation Award – Mira Ostojić

### Non-competitive program

* Džambo Džet
* Korak
* Galija
* Atomsko Sklonište
* Generacija 5
* Rani Mraz
* Laboratorija Zvuka
* Igra Staklenih Perli
* Meta Sekcija
* Tako

## 1979

The nineteenth edition of the festival was held from 17 to 19 May. It was crucial in festival's transition from competition of young composers to competition of young rock acts. Prior to the nineteenth edition, unaffirmed rock bands were invited to perform at the festival, but only in the non-competitive part, with mostly pop, pop rock and soft rock acts competing for awards; in 1979, the organizers decided that from this edition all unaffirmed acts which were invited to perform would be competing for awards. The competition featured 37 compositions.
The bands Pekinška Patka and Prljavo Kazalište were the first punk rock acts to perform at the festival. These two bands did not apply for the competition, but, alongside progressive rock band Boomerang and jazz rock band Den Za Den, got special invitation from the festival director Vitomir Simurdić, who wanted the festival to move away from pop format. Boomerang won the First Prize, Pekinška Patka won the Audience's Choice Second Prize, and Prljavo Kazalište was disqualified from the contest after performing gay-related song "Neki dječaci". Then little known musicians Robert Funčić and Vesna Vrandečić, who performed Funčić's song "Veruj mi" and won Audience's Choice First Prize, would two years later form the band Xenia.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Živjeti iznad tebe barem dan" by Zlatko Klun; performed by Boomerang
* Second Prize – "Dubina" by Aleksandar Dujin; performed by Meta Sekcija
* Third Prize – "Stiže poslednji autobus" by Branko Kovačić; performed by Branko Kovačić
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Veruj mi" by Robert Funčić; performed by Robert Funčić, Vesna Vrandečić and Marijan Balina.
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Bela šljiva" by Nebojša Čonkić; performed by Pekinška Patka
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Stiže poslednji autobus" by Branko Kovačić; performed by Branko Kovačić
* Best Interpretation Award – Obećanje Proleća (performing "1979" by Branko Bogunović)

## 1980

   It had never happened before, nor would ever again this many hot, new performers arrive to Subotica in a single year. This edition of the festival would be remembered as exceptional in every way, including the date—the festival had regularly been held in May, in accordance with the practice of holding youth events in the month of relay and Tito's birthday. But that year, May was the month of nationwide grief, so Omladina Festival was postponed until autumn. Thanks to that rescheduling, a lot of bands that had just been making their first steps in the May of that year entered the program: Električni Orgazam, Idoli, Šarlo Akrobata, Haustor, and if we add Film and Na Lepem Prijazni [...] it becomes clear that Subotica in the autumn of 1980 was one of the most interesting and most important meeting points in the history of Yugoslav rock. Most of those musicians, arriving from different cities, would meet each others and hear each other perform for the very first time here. Fuzzy and foggy ideas musicians from Zagreb had about the new scene in Belgrade—and vice versa—would be given image and tone here.
-Igor Mirković in 2003
   The festival in Subotica was a key event, because we spent several days with those guys [from the other bands], and those several days seemed like several weeks. It was very motivating [...] we were some sort of newly-found heroes to each other, and we tried to live up to that heroic mission.
-Darko Rundek (formerly of Haustor) in 2003
Due to the death of Josip Broz Tito on 4 May, the twentieth edition of the festival was, instead in May, held in October. Twenty-four compositions competed for the awards. All three prizes by the jury and all three by the audience were given to rock bands. The festival anniversary was celebrated with performances of numerous artists who received acknowledgment after appearing on the festival: Bisera Veletanlić, Dalibor Brun, Kemal Monteno, Tomaž Domicelj, Lutajuća Srca, Miladin Šobić, Jadranka Stojaković, Leb i Sol, Boomerang and others. On its anniversary, the festival received numerous accolades: the Seven Secretaries of SKOJ Award, the Liberation of Subotica Award, the Radio Belgrade Golden Microphone Award, the PGP-RTB Silver Plaque, the FIDOF Award and several others.
The twentieth edition of the festival is notable as one of the most important moments in the history of Yugoslav new wave scene, as it included performance of some of the most notable new wave acts from Belgrade and Zagreb: Šarlo Akrobata, Idoli, Električni Orgazam, Film and Haustor. As on the previous edition of the festival, young bands did not apply for the competition, but got special invitations from the festival director Vitomir Simurdić. Other bands which got the invitation were the jazz rock band Na Lepem Prijazni and ska band Kontraritam. Film would be Awarded the First Prize, Šarlo Akrobata the Second Prize and Idoli the Audience's Choice Third Prize. The organizers initially did not take Električni Orgazam into consideration, but were persuaded to include the band into the program by Riblja Čorba leader Bora Đorđević. Električni Orgazam caused a scandal with their performance, which included damaging microphones and cymbals and destroying colored light bulbs which were part of the scenery, and were disqualified from the competition.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Neprilagođen" by Jura Stublić; performed by Film
* Second Prize – "Ona se budi" by Milan Mladenović; performed by Šarlo Akrobata
* Third Prize – "Masaž" by Vojko Aleksić; performed by Na Lepem Prijazni
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Szulettem" by Sabo Zoltan; performed by Eridanus
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Gdje sam sad" by Branko Dabić; performed by Pauk
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Zašto su danas devojke ljute" by Vlada Divljan and Srđan Šaper; performed by Idoli
* Best Interpretation Award – Mateja Koležnik

### Non-competitive part

* Stevan Zarić
* Bisera Veletanlić
* Dalibor Brun
* Ratko Kraljević
* Kemal Monteno
* Tomaž Domicelj
* Lutajuća Srca
* Ivica Tomović
* Verica Ristevska
* Miladin Šobić
* Sabri Fejhulahu
* Jadranka Stojaković
* Leb i Sol
* Boomerang

## 1981

On the twenty-first edition of the festival the Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics was introduced.
The competitors included young new wave bands Petar i Zli Vuci, Stidljiva Ljubičica, Modeli, Lačni Franz, Buldogi, Piloti, Termiti, Čista Proza and La Strada, all of them later becoming notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.

### Awards

* First Prize – "Ogledalo" by Petar i Zli Vuci; performed by Petar i Zli Vuci
* Second Prize – "Moj prijatelj ide u vojsku" by Zlatko Đurašin; performed by Stidljiva Ljubičica
* Third Prize – "Jutarnji modeli" by Vjeko Zajec; performed by Modeli
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Uzalud te čekam" by Milorad Nonin; performed by Dragica Stankov and Radio Television Novi Sad Big Band
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Moj prijatelj ide u vojsku" by Zlatko Đurašin; performed by Stidljiva Ljubičica
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Biće bolje" by Dimitrije Maksić; performed by Osma Sila
* Best Interpretation Award – Lačni Franz (performing "Šank rock")
* Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics – Radivoj Šajtinac

## 1982
### Awards

* First Prize – "Kar si skuhal, pojej" by Andrej Turku; performed by Martin Krpan
* Second Prize – "Sladoled za vrane" by Đorđe Vasić; performed by Makakus
* Third Prize – "Volim svoju povratnu kartu Sisak-Zagreb" by Mladen Šestić; performed by Zmijski Ugriz Mladog Lava
* Audience's Choice First Prize – "Sladoled za vrane" by Đorđe Vasić; performed by Makakus
* Audience's Choice Second Prize – "Čupave glave" by Metro; performed by Metro
* Audience's Choice Third Prize – "Za dan, za san" by Vlasta Topličić; performed by Život
* Best Interpretation Award – Meri Trošeljeva of Tadaima (performing "Pitaš li me kuda odlaze ptice")
* Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics – Tadaima (performing "Pitaš li me kuda odlaze ptice")

## 1983

At the twenty-third edition of the festival, held from 19 to 26 May, 36 compositions competed for awards. On this edition, rock compositions and pop compositions were finally separated. Two separate competitions were held: Rock Evening and Schlager Evening.
The hard rock band Kerber, which won the Rock Evening First Prize, would two months after the festival release their debut album and become one of the most popular bands on the Yugoslav hard rock scene. The best Interpretation Award was won by little-known young singer Mladen Vojičić of the band Top, who would a year later gain nationwide popularity when he became the new singer of Bijelo Dugme.

### Awards

* Rock Evening First Prize – "Mezimac" by Zoran Stamenković; performed by Kerber
* Rock Evening Second Prize – "Nekje k votu" by Đorđe Vasić; performed by Ultimat
* Rock Evening Third Prize – "Karasko" by Ljupče Karo; performed by Tokmu Taka
* Schlager Evening First Prize – "1. maj" by Miljenko Šercer; performed by Miljenko Šercer
* Schlager Evening Second Prize – "Sve je muzika" by Ivana Vitaljić; performed by Ivana Vitaljić
* Schlager Evening Third Prize – "Doviđenja, doviđenja" by Ljupčo Stojanovski; performed by Ljupčo Stojanovski
* Audience's Choice Award – "Cesta" by Dragan Pavković; performed by Parudaštri
* Best Interpretation Award – Mladen Vojičić of Top (performing "Lagala si")

## 1984

The twenty-fourth edition of the festival was held from 17 to 20 May. A smaller number of awards was given than during the previous editions, partially due to funding problems. On the Rock Evening, for the first time the award was given to the band for their complete performance, not for one composition.
The First Prize on the rock evening was won by the band Automobili. The prize included the recording of a studio album. As they were already working in studio on their debut album, they decided to give up on the prize in favor of the runner-up, the band Beta Centaury. With the release of their debut album later that year Automobili would rise to popularity. The band Zabranjeno Pušenje was invited to perform in the non-competitive part, but refused due to the fact that their applications from the time when they were an unaffirmed band were regularly refused.

### Awards

* Rock Evening First Prize – Automobili
* Schlager Evening First Prize – "Balada za..." by Matej Zakonjšek; performed by Matej Zakonjšek
* Audience's Choice Award – "Nemoj da mi kažeš" by Ljilja Mladenović and M. Stanisavljević; performed by Ljilja Mladenović and Tina Mladenović
* Best Interpretation Award – Gordana Kostić and Goran Despotović (performing "Milo moje")
* Journalists' Award for Best Lyrics – "Balada za..." by Matej Zakonjšek; performed by Matej Zakonjšek

## 1985
### Awards

* First Prize – Rock 'n' Feller (Ljubljana)
* Audience's Choice Award – Rock Street (Belgrade)

## 1986

In 1986, the concept of competition of composers was officially abandoned, the festival was renamed to Festival pop i rok muzike (Festival of Pop and Rock Music) and became a competition of young unaffirmed bands.

### Awards

* First Prize – Bas Dans (Banja Luka)
* Audience's Choice Award – Bas Dans

## 1987

The 1987 edition of the festival was marked by the jury's decision that all the bands which entered the finals – KUD Idijoti, Indust Bag, Mizar, Tužne Uši and Grad – are the winners. With the exception of Tužne Uši, all of the bands would rise to prominence, KUD Idijoti becoming one of the most notable punk rock bands and Mizar one of the most notable dark wave bands on the Yugoslav scene. The alternative rock band Center Za Dehumanizacijo, which would later also rise to prominence, also competed, but did not manage to enter the finals.
The non-competitive part included notable rock acts – Električni Orgazam, Gast'r'bajtr's, Kerber, Bambinosi, Autopsia, Tutti Frutti Balkan Band – as well as acts which would rise to fame in the following years – Zijan, Dr. Steel, Let 3, Blues Trio, Vrisak Generacije, Grč, Cacadou Look.

### Competitors

* Indust Bag (Metlika)
* Plastic Face (Lazarevac)
* KUD Idijoti (Pula)
* Heavy Company (Jesenice)
* Grad (Rijeka)
* Bojler (Idrija)
* Center Za Dehumanizacijo (Trate)
* Oslobodioci (Obrenovac)
* Tužne Uši (Split)
* Mizar (Skopje)

### Winners

* KUD Idijoti
* Indust Bag
* Mizar
* Tužne Uši
* Grad

### Non-competitive program

* Zijan
* S.O.R.
* Električni Orgazam
* The End Band
* Gast'r'bajtr's
* Bać Franje Iđe U Feketić
* Heroji Ulice
* Anno Dominni
* Aragon
* A Train
* Bolid
* Dr. Steel
* Let 3
* Blues Trio
* Jovančić Jazz Quartet
* Trio Dejana Pečenka
* Vrisak Generacije
* Grč
* Cacadou Look
* Bambinosi
* Gasmasks
* Dr Živago Dark Stars
* Autopsia
* Tikmajer Formatio
* Bas Dans
* Human Telex
* Kerber
* Fit
* Radio
* Tutti Frutti Balkan Band

## 1988

Both the First Prize and the Audience's Choice Award were won by the band Zijan, which, a year later, also won both the First Prize and the Audience's Choice Award at the Zaječar Gitarijada Festival.

### Competitors

* Del Arno Band (Belgrade)
* Ludi Gavran (Belgrade)
* Keith (Banja Luka)
* Idejni Nemiri (Rijeka)
* Sing Sing Singers (Novi Sad)
* Zijan (Gevgelija)
* Laufer (Rijeka)
* Saygon (Skopje)

### Awards

* First Prize – Zijan
* Audience's Choice Award – Zijan

## 1989
### Competitors

* Arhangel (Skopje)
* Telo – Nauka Sovršena (Struga)
* Obojeni Program (Novi Sad)
* Super Nova (Skopje)
* Civili (Zaječar)
* Greaseballs (Zagreb)
* Ponoćni Kauboj (Novi Sad)
* Torpeda (Sarajevo)
* Nesalomivi (Belgrade)

### Awards

* First Prize – Torpeda
* Audience's Choice Award – Torpeda

## 1990

As Yugoslav Wars started in 1991, this edition of the festival would be the last before the anniversary edition in 2011.

### Competitors

* Daleka Obala (Split)
* Royal Albert Hall (Skopje)
* Budweiser (Belgrade)
* Strogo Zaupno (Ruše)
* Majke (Vinkovci)
* Strelnikoff (Štore)
* Kleopatra (Skopje)
* Deca Loših Muzičara (Belgrade)

### Awards

* First Prize – Deca Loših Muzičara
* Audience's Choice Award – Deca Loših Muzičara
* Journalists' Choice Award – Deca Loših Muzičara

## 2011

In 2011, in order to mark the festival's 40th anniversary, a concert was held in Subotica Sports Hall, featuring numerous artists who gained first acknowledgements after their appearance on the festival. The performers were accompanied by orchestra led by Gabor Bunford. The bands Lutajuća Srca, Suncokret and Rezonansa all made reunions just for this occasion, while the band Generacija 5 reunited in the original lineup.

### Performers

* Leo Martin
* Kemal Monteno
* Ibrica Jusić
* Zafir Hadžimanov
* Vlada i Bajka
* Lado Leskovar
* Rezonansa
* Bolid
* Srđan Marjanović
* Bisera Veletanlić
* Lutajuća Srca
* Tomaž Domicelj
* Suncokret
* Borivoj Platiša
* Slave Dimitrov
* Ratko Kraljević and Vesna Čipčić
* Dušan Svilar
* Stevan Zarić
* Kornelije Kovač and Saša Vasić
* Maja Odžaklievska
* Atomsko Sklonište
* Generacija 5
* Severni Vetar
* Goran Šepa
* Mi
* Narcis Vučina
* Sylvester Levay