Yugoslavia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Rock Me", composed by Rajko DujmiÃÂ, with lyrics by Stevo CvikiÃÂ, and performed by the band Riva. The Yugoslavian participating broadcaster, (JRT), selected its entry through a national final. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first and only time for Yugoslavia.
Jugoslavenska ratiotelevizija (JRT) held a national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. The national final was a cooperation and competition between eight of the subnational broadcasters that made up JRT at the time: RTV Beograd (SR Serbia), RTV Ljubljana (SR Slovenia), RTV Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina), RTV Prià ¡tina (SAP Kosovo), RTV Sarajevo (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina), RTV Skopje (SR Macedonia), RTV Titograd (SR Montenegro), and RTV Zagreb (SR Croatia). Each broadcaster submitted their own songs, provided their own jury, and managed the broadcasting of the contest.
The national final had several names in TV-guides from the time, such as: "" in Slovene; and "" in Serbo-Croatian. The title card at the beginning of the national final read "". However, the national final along with every other Yugoslav national final has been referred to post hoc as Jugovizija by several sources.
JRT opened a submission period for interested songwriters to submit entries to one of the eight subnational broadcasters until 15 December 1988. Each subnational broadcaster selected one song to go forward to the national final, and up to three others to be sent to an expert JRT jury, consisting of members from all eight subnational broadcasters. The expert JRT jury selected another eight entries from the submissions that were sent to it, therefore sixteen songs competed in total. The expert JRT jury consisted of Vartkes Baronijan, Kiril Vangelov, , , Petar JuriÃÂ, Slobodan BuÃÂevac, Milan Stupar, and Akil Koci. Around 200 submissions were received in total by all sub-national broadcasters.
The national final was held in the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad at 21:00 CET on 4 March 1989, and was organised by RTV Novi Sad. The show was hosted by and Bosko NegovanoviÃÂ. The RTV Novi Sad Orchestra accomponied each performance, with different conductors for each entry. Interval acts were provided by the RTV Novi Sad Orchestra, Moulin Rouge, Josipa Lisac, and Daniel.
The results were decided by three jurors in each of the eight subnational broadcasters handing out points in a 7-5-3-2-1 fashion, with 7 points going to their favourite song.
The contest was broadcast on several channels of JRT. It is known to have been broadcast on television on Televizija Zagreb 1, , Televizija Beograd 1, Televizija Prià ¡tina, and Televizija Novi Sad.
The contest was broadcast on television on: , TV Novi Sad, and TV Zagreb 1, all with commentary provided by Oliver Mlakar; and on TV Ljubljana 1, TV Prishtina, and TV Skopje 1.
Riva was the twenty-second and last performer on the night of the contest, following . Their song "Rock Me" won the contest with a score of 137 points and won the contest.