Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", written by Zrinko Tutić, and performed by Doris Dragović. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through 1986.
Before Eurovision
1986 The Yugoslav national final to select their entry was held on 7 March 1986, at the Palace of Youth and Sports in Pristina, and was hosted by Enver Petrovci. 350 songs were submitted for the national final.
Each of the eight JRT participating sub-national broadcasters (RTV Sarajevo, RTV Skopje, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, RTV Ljubljana, and RTV Pristina) entered two songs to , making a national final of sixteen songs. The winner was decided by the votes of the regional juries of the eight broadcasters, which could not vote for their own entries.
The winner was "Željo moja" representing RTV Zagreb, written by Zrinko Tutić, and performed by Doris Dragović.
+ 1986 – 7 March 1986 Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place 1 RTV Zagreb Novi fosili "Boby br. 1" 52 2 2 RTV Pristina Ferki Shala, Ivana Vitalić and Shermin Zaim "Sve u svoje vreme" 11 14 3 RTV Ljubljana "C'est la vie" 14 13 4 RTV Pristina Violeta Rexhepagiq and Milica Milisavljević Dugalić "Nora"267 5 RTV Sarajevo Hari Mata Hari "U tvojoj kosi" 42 5 6 RTV Skopje Seid Memić Vajta "Sandra" 18 12 7 RTV Belgrade Dado Topić "Ljubav" 47 4 8 RTV Novi Sad Lepa Brena "Miki Mico" 20 10 9 RTV Ljubljana "Gugu gre v Hollywood" 39 6 10 RTV Skopje Vermoment "Bel gulabe" 10 15 11 RTV Sarajevo Neda Ukraden "Šaj, rode, šaj" 24 8 12 RTV Titograd Daniel "Peggy Sue" 19 1113 RTV Zagreb Doris Dragović "Željo moja"571 14 RTV Novi Sad Denis & Denis "Braća Grimm i Andersen" 51 3 15 RTV Titograd Snježana Naumovska "Ostani tu" 24 8 16 RTV Belgrade Mira Beširević "Ne idi" 10 15
+ Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Boby br. 1" 7 10 3 6 8 8 10 52 2 "Sve u svoje vreme" 7 1 2 1 11 3 "C'est la vie" 2 3 1 3 4 1 14 4 "Nora" 12 2 7 3 2 26 5 "U tvojoj kosi" 8 5 2 10 10 7 42 6 "Sandra" 3 1 6 4 4 18 7 "Ljubav" 1 12 2 12 5 7 8 47 8 "Miki Mico" 5 3 12 20 9 "Gugu gre v Hollywood" 6 5 7 4 5 6 6 39 10 "Bel gulabe" 10 10 11 "Šaj, rode, šaj" 6 3 1 6 5 3 24 12 "Peggy Sue" 4 4 10 1 19 13 "Željo moja" 4 12 10 12 7 12 57 14 "Braća Grimm i Andersen" 10 8 8 8 12 5 51 15 "Ostani tu" 5 2 7 6 4 24 16 "Ne idi" 8 2 10
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on several channels of JRT. The contest was broadcast on television on , TV Novi Sad, TV Sarajevo 1, TV Titograd 1, and TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary provided by , as well as on TV Koper-Capodistria, TV Ljubljana 1, TV Prishtina, and TV Skopje 1. The contest was also broadcast on radio on Radio Ljubljana 2.
Dragović was the second performer on the night of the Contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 20 competing countries. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Turkey.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Yugoslavia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Yugoslavia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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