Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", written by Zrinko TutiÃÂ, and performed by Doris DragoviÃÂ. The Yugoslav participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through 1986.
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry was held on 7 March 1986, at the Palace of Youth and Sports in Pristina, and was hosted by Enver Petrovci. 350 songs were submitted for the national final.
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 "à ½eljo moja" representing RTV Zagreb, written by Zrinko TutiÃÂ, and performed by Doris DragoviÃÂ.
The contest was broadcast on several channels of JRT. The contest was broadcast on television on , TV Novi Sad, TV Sarajevo 1, TV Titograd 1, and TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary provided by , as well as on TV Koper-Capodistria, TV Ljubljana 1, TV Prishtina, and TV Skopje 1. The contest was also broadcast on radio on Radio Ljubljana 2.
DragoviÃÂ was the second performer on the night of the Contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 20 competing countries. The Yugoslav jury awarded its 12 points to Turkey.