Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Mangup", written by Rajko Dujmić and Stevo Cvikić, and performed by Srebrna krila. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, Yugoslav Radio Television, selected its entry through Jugovizija 1988.
Before Eurovision
''1988''
The Yugoslav national final was held on 12 March 1988 at the Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, hosted by Miša Molk and. There were originally meant to be 16 songs competing, but "Noć u suzama" performed by Jasna Gospić had to be withdrawn as the singer was ill in hospital.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 juries from each TV studio to be able to vote for their own entries. Most of them used this opportunity, as well as in the following years. Every jury member could vote only for 5 songs.
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| 1 |  SR SloveniaAt EurovisionThe contest was broadcast on television on: TV Belgrade, TV Novi Sad, TV Prishtina, TV Sarajevo 1, and TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary provided by Oliver Mlakar; and on TV Ljubljana 1.On the night of the contest Yugoslavia performed last 21st, following Portugal. At the close of voting it had received 87 points, placing 6th in a field of 21. Voting
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