Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "", composed by Danijel PopoviÃÂ, with lyrics by Mario MihaljeviÃÂ, and performed by Danijel himself. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through 1983.
1983 took place on 4 March 1983 at the Studio M in Novi Sad, hosted by Vesna Momirov and Tomislav Draà ¾iÃÂ. Each of the eight (JRT) participating sub-national broadcasters (RTV Sarajevo, RTV Skopje, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Zagreb, RTV Belgrade, RTV Ljubljana, and RTV Pristina) entered two songs to , making a national final of sixteen songs. The winner was decided by the votes of the regional juries of the eight broadcasters, which could not vote for their own entries.
The winner was "Dà ¾uli" representing RTV Titograd, written by Danijel Popoviàand Mario MihaljeviÃÂ, and performed by Danijel himself.
The contest was broadcast on , TV Novi Sad, TV Prishtina, and TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary by Oliver Mlakar, as well as on TV Ljubljana 1.
On the night of contest Yugoslavia performed 12th, following Netherlands and preceding Cyprus. At the close of voting "Dà ¾uli" had received 125 points, placing 4th out of 20 competing countries, which was Yugoslavia's joint-best placing at the contest, sharing with 1962 Yugoslav entry "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" by Lola NovakoviÃÂ, and would remain so until their victory in 1989. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Luxembourg.