Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in Dublin, Ireland.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1988 | ||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Jugovizija 1988 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 12 March 1988 | |||
| Selected entrant | Srebrna krila | |||
| Selected song | "Mangup" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 87 points | |||
| Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1988
The final was held on 12 March 1988 in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and Bogdan Barovič. There were originally meant to be 16 songs competing, but "Noć u suzama" (Night in tears) performed by Jasna Gospić had to be withdrawn as the singer was ill in hospital. The winning song was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries.
The new voting system introduced in 1987 allowed the TV studio's jury to be able to vote for their own entries, most of them used the most this opportunity, in the next years as well. Every jury member (3 from ever TV studio - 24 in total) could vote only for 5 songs.[1]
| Final – 12 March 1988 | |||||
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| Draw | TV station | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVLj |
Moni,Simona & Ursa | "Lahko je reči ljubim te" | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVSk |
Maja Odžaklievska & Gu-Gu | "Te ljubam ludo" | 42 | 5 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVSa |
Zerina Cokoja & Narcis Vučina | "Voljeću te" | 21 | 8 |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVPr |
Edmond Islami | "Kaltrina" | 10 | 11 |
| 5 | TVSa |
Arnela Konaković | "Slatki snovi" | 12 | 10 |
| 6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVTg |
Mito Zoranić | "To mora da je ljubav" | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | TVLj |
Meta Močnik | "Še in še" | 10 | 11 |
| 8 | TVNS |
Sunceve pege | "Zaboravi sve" | 39 | 6 |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} TVZg |
Oliver Dragojević | "Dženi" | 51 | 2 |
| 10 | TVBg |
Alen Slavica | "Suzan" | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | TVNS |
Meri Cetinic | "Ne sudite mi noćas" | 15 | 9 |
| 12 | TVBg |
Bebi Dol | "Zatvori mama prozore" | 49 | 3 |
| 13 | TVZg |
Srebrna Krila | "Mangup" | 87 | 1 |
| 14 | TVLj |
Moulin Rouge | "Johnny je moj" | 43 | 4 |
| 15 | TVZg |
grupa 777 | "Tiha noć" | 38 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | TVSa | TVLj | TVSk | TVPr | TVTg | TVNS | TVZg | TVBg | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | "Lahko je reči ljubim te" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | "Te ljubam ludo" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "Voljeću te" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | "Kaltrina" | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | "Slatki snovi" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | "To mora da je ljubav" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | "Še in še" | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Zaboravi sve" | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 39 | |||||||||
| 9 | "Dženi" | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 51 | |||||||||||
| 10 | "Suzan" | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "Ne sudite mi noćas" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "Zatvori mama prozore" | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 49 | ||||||||||
| 13 | "Mangup" | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 87 | |||||||
| 14 | "Johnny je moj" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | "Tiha noć" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
At Eurovision
On the night of the contest Yugoslavia performed last 21st, following Portugal. At the close of voting it had received 87 points (including maximum 12 points from Denmark, Iceland and Israel), placing 6th in a field of 21.
Yugoslavia gave the decisive votes of the contest: with United Kingdom leading Switzerland by five points at the top of the scoreboard, Yugoslavia gave 6 points to Switzerland, edging it into a one-point lead over the UK. After earlier strong votes from most countries to the UK, it seemed highly likely that the UK would be given one of the higher remaining set of points. However as Yugoslavia announced its seven, eight, ten and twelve points, it transpired that it had awarded the UK no points at all, as the Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to France, and after all Switzerland was the winner of the contest with its one-point lead.
Yugoslavia, as being the last jury to announce its votes, had caused the similar situation to happen when after their voting UK lost to Spain by 1 point in the 1968 Contest.
Points awarded to Yugoslavia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Yugoslavia
| 12 points |  France |
| 10 points |  Norway |
| 8 points |  Germany |
| 7 points |  Netherlands |
| 6 points |  Switzerland |
| 5 points |  Italy |
| 4 points |  Spain |
| 3 points |  Luxembourg |
| 2 points |  Ireland |
| 1 point |  Israel |
References
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