Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "", composed by Rajko DujmiÃÂ, with lyrics by Stevo CvikiÃÂ, and performed by the band Novi fosili. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through 1987. The selection process used a revised system for nominations and scoring. In the Contest itself the song was ranked fourth out of 22, winning 92 points.
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest was held on 7 March 1987 at the Sava Centre in Belgrade, and was hosted by Dejan ÃÂuroviÃÂ and Ivana StankoviÃÂ.
In 1987, new procedures were introduced about the selection of the songs and voting: all TV studios nominated two songs as guaranteed participants (a total of 16) and 8 more were selected based on their quality. Some of the studios did not enter any extra songs chosen, while TV Zagreb entered four, making six in total. The total of 24 songs competing was the greatest number for the period 1981-1991. The new voting system allowed the juries of the individual TV studios to be able to vote for their own entries, and most of them took this opportunity, as they did in the following four years. Every jury member (3 from each TV studio – 24 in total) could vote only for five songs, and this marginalized many of the songs, with five songs failing to win any points.
The winning entry was "", performed by Novi fosili, composed by Rajko DujmiÃÂ and written by Stevo CvikiÃÂ.
The contest was broadcast on television on: , TV Zagreb 1, TV Novi Sad, TV Sarajevo 1, and TV Titograd 1, all with commentary provided by ; TV Ljubljana 1 with commentary provided by Vesna Pfeifer; and on TV Koper-Capodistria, TV Prishtina, and TV Skopje 1.
Yugoslavia performed 21st on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 92 points, placing 4th in a field of 22 competing countries. The 12 points from the Yugoslav jury were awarded to .
The members of the Yugoslav jury included Fedor Januà ¡iÃÂ, Valentina Miovska, Ljubià ¡a TerziÃÂ, Vera à ½upaniÃÂ, Ljiljana Ljolja, Mirjana VukÃÂeviÃÂ, Karolina SaviÃÂ, Branislav KitanoviÃÂ, Duà ¡an Cincar, Dimitrije SaviÃÂ, and Slobodanka VeselinoviÃÂ.