Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "", composed by Aleksandar Ilić, with lyrics by Miro Zec, and performed by the group Aska. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through 1982.
Before Eurovision
1982 RTV Ljubljana staged 1982 on 12 March at its television studios in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk. 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 "Halo, halo" representing RTV Belgrade, written by Aleksandar Ilić and Miro Zec, and performed by Aska.
Broadcaster Artist Song Points Place 1 RTV Zagreb Novi fosili "Vikend tata, vikend mama" 53 4 2 RTV Zagreb Srebrna krila "Julija i Romeo" 53 4 3 RTV Titograd Makadam "Balerina" 34 7 4 RTV Sarajevo Seid Memić Vajta "Ne zaboravi me" 54 3 5 RTV Pristina "Kujtimi për ty" 1 16 6 RTV Skopje Marjana and Rosana Savić "Molci, molci" 11 12 7 RTV Belgrade Aska "Halo, halo" 60 1 8 RTV Sarajevo Indexi "To se traži" 24 9 9 RTV Titograd Srđan Marjanović "Poljubi me" 15 11 10 RTV Ljubljana Oliver Antauer "Irena" 9 13 11 RTV Pristina Bedri Islami "Bregu ëndërtar" 2 15 12 RTV Ljubljana Hazard "Bistro" 20 10 13 RTV Novi Sad Bata Nonin "Ja te razumem" 3 14 14 RTV Belgrade Kim "Sve i svašta" 32 8 15 RTV Skopje Maja Odžaklievska "Julija" 57 2 16 RTV Novi Sad Sunčeve pege "Noć je stvorena za ples" 36 6
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on , TV Zagreb 1, and TV Novi Sad, all with commentary by Oliver Mlakar, as well as TV Ljubljana 1, and TV Koper-Capodistria.
On the night of the contest Yugoslavia performed 14th, following Denmark and preceding Israel. At the close of voting it had received 21 points, placing 14th out of 18 countries. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Germany.
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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