National Final
The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Yugoslav Final 1989, was held on 4 March at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.
Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Titograd, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Priština and Novi Sad).
The winning entry was "Rock me," performed by Croatian band Riva and composed by Rajko Dujmić.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | TVSA | TVLJ | TVBG | TVZG | TVSK | TVPR | TVNS | TVTG | place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jelena Džoja & Ambasadori | Kad ljubav umire | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2+1 | 7+5+7 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Caffe, Mojca & Marta | Kadar sem sama | 13 | 7+1 | 3+2 | 12 | ||||||
| 3 | BG Sound | Voli me opet | 54 | 5+1+3 | 5+5+7 | 2+3 | 1+1+5 | 3+5 | 3+2+3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Massimo Savić | Plavi anđeo | 65 | 3 | 7+7+5 | 7+3+5 | 7+5 | 1+5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Zdravko Skender & Intervali | Ogan gori | 18 | 1+2 | 1+1 | 3+2+7 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Riva | Rock me | 66 | 7+7 | 3+3+5 | 3 | 7+7+7 | 7+7 | 2+1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Trio Rona | Fjollat | 7 | 1 | 2+2+2 | 15 | ||||||
| 8 | Toni Janković | Pričaj mi | 8 | 3+5 | 14 | |||||||
| 9 | Vesna Ivić & Tedi Bajić | Pregrni me nežno | 38 | 5+7 | 3+7 | 5+3+2 | 3+3 | 4 | ||||
| 10 | Pop Design | Baby blue | 20 | 1+5+3 | 1 | 2 | 3+5 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | Jasna Zlokić | Sve duge godine | 34 | 2+5+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 5+7+7 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Ana Kostovska | Umesto da se ljubimo | 14 | 2+2+2 | 2+1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | Frenki | Reka bez povratka | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 14 | Lidija Kocovska | Tajna | 29 | 1 | 7+7+5 | 5+1+3 | 6 | |||||
| 15 | Biljana Krstić & Srđan Marjanović | Još jedan poljubac za kraj | 26 | 3 | 1+3+2 | 5+7+5 | 7 | |||||
| 16 | Foto Model | Neću da te delim | 10 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
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