Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "", composed by Joà ¾e Privà ¡ek, with lyrics by Miroslav AntiÃÂ, and performed by Ljiljana PetroviÃÂ. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through the first edition of . This was the first-ever entry from Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Serbo-Croatian in the contest.
(JRT) held the first edition of on 16 February at the Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961. The show was staged by RTV Ljubljana and hosted by Milanka Bavcon. There were nine songs in the final, from three JRT subnational affiliates: RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, and RTV Belgrade. The winner was chosen by the votes of an eight-member jury of experts, one juror for each of the six Yugoslavian republics and the two autonomous provinces. The winning entry was "", composed by Joà ¾e Privà ¡ek, with lyrics by Miroslav AntiÃÂ, and performed by Serbian singer Ljiljana PetroviÃÂ.
The contest was broadcast on , (with commentary by Saà ¡a Novak) and . It was also broadcast on radio stations and Radio Ljubljana 2.
Ljiljana PetroviÃÂ performed "" 5th on the evening of the contest following Finland and preceding Netherlands. At the close of the voting the song had received 9 points, placing 8th equal in a field of 16 competing countries.
The Yugoslav jury was made up of 3 members each from the Belgrade, Ljubljana and Zagreb studios.