Yugoslavia was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Lejla" (Лејла), written by Ranko Boban, and performed by Seid Memić Vajta. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT), selected its entry through Jugovizija 1981.
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) | |||
| Country |  Yugoslavia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1981 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 February 1981 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Seid Memić Vajta | |||
| Selected song | "Lejla" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Ranko Boban | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 35 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1981
After a four-year break, Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija (JRT) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981.[1]
TV Belgrade (TVBg) staged the Yugoslav national final, Jugovizija 1981, on 28 February at its television studios in Belgrade, hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović.[2] Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Skopje, Novi Sad, Titograd, Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana, and Pristina).
The winning entry was "Lejla", performed by Bosnian singer Seid Memić Vajta and written by Ranko Boban.
| Draw | Artist | Song | TV station | Points | TVSa |
TVSk |
TVNS |
TVTg |
TVZg |
TVBg |
TVLj |
TVPr |
Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neda Ukraden | Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa |  TVSa | 33 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7th | |
| 2 | Verica Ristevska | Bez nežnosti |  TVSk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13th | |||||
| 3 | Dejan Petković | Emanuelle |  TVNS | 38 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6th | |
| 4 | Ratko Kraljević | Propustila si šansu | TVTg | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10th | |||
| 5 | Biserka Spevec | Sama | TVNS | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11th | ||||
| 6 | Novi fosili | Oko moje |  TVZg | 67 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2nd | |
| 7 | Maja Odžaklievska | Ne podnosim dan | TVBg | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9th | ||
| 8 | Margica Antevska, Lazar Nečovski and Marina Puharić | Mojot son | TVSk | 3 | 3 | 14th | |||||||
| 9 | Hazard | Marie, ne piši pesmi več |  TVLj | 41 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5th | |
| 10 | Seid Memić "Vajta" | Lejla | TVSa | 71 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1st | |
| 11 | Alenka Pinterič | V meni je kar hočeš | TVLj | 3 | 3 | 14th | |||||||
| 12 | Shpresa Gashi | Malli i mëngjesit | TVPr | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12th | |||||
| 13 | Srebrna krila | Kulminacija | TVZg | 61 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3rd | |
| 14 | Sabri Fejzullahu | Vala e lazdruar | TVPr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16th | ||||||
| 15 | Slađana Milošević | Recept za ljubav | TVBg | 28 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8th | ||
| 16 | Srđan Marjanović | Ti me nazovi | TVTg | 50 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4th |
At Eurovision
Yugoslavia performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Finland. At the close of voting it had received 35 points, placing 15th out of 20 contestants.[3] The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.
Voting
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References
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