Worst to best result — Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest (1961–2005) скачать в хорошем качестве

Worst to best result — Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest (1961–2005)

In this video you see a ranking from the worst to the best result of all Yugoslav (and Serbia & Montenegrin) Eurovision entries. The ranking is based on both placements and amount of points. Pause the video during the info-texts in the beginning to read more about how I have calculated the ranking. Feel free to ask any questions! Yugoslavia debuted in 1961. They were never really successful until the late 80s. Between 1977 and 1980 they didn’t even compete. They held like a mini-Eurovision every year to determine their entry, where all Yugoslav broadcasters could send entries. The Croatian and Serbian entries dominated and in terms of Eurovision results the Croatians did the best. No Macedonian or Kosovar song was ever chosen to represent Yugoslavia. The heart-shaped-flag used today is shown on the screen to indicate which broadcaster they represented. In 1991 nationalistic separatists escalated their protests leading to a split up between the Yugoslav states. When the wars broke out, the UN sanctioned Yugoslavia by forbidding them from taking part in international events. Thus 1992 would turn out to be the last time we saw Yugoslavia on the Eurovision stage. The following year the three new countries Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia & Herzegovina did however debut. In 2003 Yugoslavia ceased to exist and the new foundation Serbia & Montenegro was established with a new constitution. They participated in the Eurovision in 2004 and 2005. With two top 10-placements, they succeeded a lot better than Yugoslavia. Since it was the exact same country with basically the same borders as when they competed under Yugoslav flag, I decided to fuse their two entries with the Yugoslav entries. In 2006 they would’ve competed, but a scandal in the national selection led to a withdrawal. The juries seemed to vote for only the artists from their own region. This makes the only time in history when a non-participating country voted. The spokesperson Jovana told us, they would be back next year with the best song… and they did. The day after the final Montenegro voted for independence and the two countries participated independently the following year and Serbia won.