Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country	Yugoslavia
National selection
Selection process	Jugovizija 1981
Selection date(s)	28 february 1981
Selected entrant	Seid Memić-Vajta
Selected song	"Lejla"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 35 points
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, held in Dublin, Ireland, after opting out of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 contest in The Hague, Netherlands.

National final

After a four year break Yugoslavia returns to Eurovision Song Contest 1981. The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1981, was held on 28 February at the Studio TV - TV Beograd in Belgrade, and was hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović

Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Skopje, Novi Sad, Titograd, Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana and Pristina).

The winning entry was "Lejla," performed by Bosnian singer Seid Memić-Vajta and composed by Ranko Boban.

Draw	Artist	Song	TV station	Points	TVSa	TVSk	TVNS	TVTg	TVZg	TVBg	TVLj	TVPr	Place
1	Neda Ukraden	Sve sto se odgađa, to se ne događa	TVSa	33		6	5	6	6	6	3	1	7
2	Verica Ristevska	Bez nežnosti	TVSk	5			1		1	3			13
3	Dejan Petković	Emanuel	TVNS	38	4	2		5	10	5	6	6	6
4	Ratko Kraljević	Propustila si šansu	TVTg	19	7	1	7		3		1		10
5	Biserka Spevec	Sama	TVNS	17	6				4	2	5		11
6	Novi fosili	Oko moje	TVZg	67	12	10	12	8		10	7	8	2
7	Maja Odzaklijevska	Ne podnosim dan	TVBg	20		3	2	4	5		2	4	9
8	M.Antevska,M.Puharić,P.Nečovski,P.Mitrevski	Mojot son	TVSk	3				3					14-15
9	Hazard	Marie, ne piši pesmi več	TVLj	41	5	7	6	7	7	4		5	5
10	Seid Memić "Vajta"	Lejla	TVSa	71		12	4	12	12	7	12	12	1st
11	Alenka Pinterič	V meni je kar hočeš	TVLj	3								3	14-15'
12	Shpresa Gashi	Malli i mengjesit	TVPr	6	3			2		1			12
13	Srebrna Krila	Kulminacija	TVZg	61	8	8	10	10		8	10	7	3
14	Sabri Fejzulahu	Vala e lazdruar	TVPr	2	1			1					16
15	Sladjana Milosević	Recept za ljubav	TVBg	28	2	4	8		8		4	2	8
16	Srdjan Marjanović	Ti me nazovi	TVTg	50	10	5	3		2	12	8	10	4