Yugoslavia participated in the Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992, with the exceptions of 1977 to 1980 and 1985.
Ljiljana Petrović was the country's first entrant and placed eighth. The following year, Lola Novaković gave the country its first top five result, finishing fourth. This would remain the country's only top five result until 1983, when Danijel finished in 4th place with the song "Džuli". Novi fosili also finished in the same position in 1987 with "Ja sam za ples". Two years later in Lausanne, the country achieved its only victory when Riva won with the song "Rock Me" and hosted the following year's Contest in Zagreb.
Since the country's dissolution in 1992, that year saw the nation enter as FR Yugoslavia and since then independent nations Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia have all participated in the Contest.
Participants[]
| Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Ljiljana Petrović | "Neke davne zvezde" | Serbian | Some distant stars | 8 | 9 | No semi-finals | |
| 1962 | Lola Novaković | "Ne pali svetlo u sumrak" | Don't turn the lights on at twilight | 4 | 10 | |||
| 1963 | Vice Vukov | "Brodovi" | Croatian | Ships | 11 | 3 | ||
| 1964 | Sabahudin Kurt | "Život je sklopio krug" | Bosnian | Life has come full circle | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | Vice Vukov | "Čežnja" | Croatian | Longing | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1966 | Berta Ambrož | "Brez besed" | Slovenian | Without words | 7 | 9 | ||
| 1967 | Lado Leskovar | "Vse rože sveta" | All the flowers of the world | 8 | 7 | |||
| 1968 | Dubrovački trubaduri | "Jedan dan" | Croatian | One day | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1969 | Ivan & 3M | "Pozdrav svijetu" | Croatian, English, French, German, Spanish | Greetings to the world | 13 | 5 | ||
| 1970 | Eva Sršen | "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" | Slovenian | Come, I’ll give you the flower | 11 | 4 | ||
| 1971 | Krunoslav Slabinac | "Tvoj dječak je tužan" | Croatian | Your boy is sad | 14 | 68 | ||
| 1972 | Téréza | "Muzika i ti" | Music and you | 9 | 87 | |||
| 1973 | Zdravko Čolić | "Gori vatra" | Bosnian | The fire is burning | 15 | 65 | ||
| 1974 | Korni | "Generacija '42" | Serbo-Croatian | Generation '42 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1975 | Pepel in Kri | "Dan ljubezni" | Slovenian | A day of love | 13 | 22 | ||
| 1976 | Ambasadori | "Ne mogu skriti svoju bol" | Serbo-Croatian | I can't hide my pain | 17 | 10 | ||
| Did not participate from 1977 to 1980 | ||||||||
| 1981 | Seid Memić Vajta | "Lejla" | Bosnian | - | 15 | 35 | No semi-finals | |
| 1982 | Aska | "Halo, halo" | Serbo-Croatian | Hello, hello | 14 | 21 | ||
| 1983 | Danijel | "Džuli" | Montenegrin | Julie | 4 | 125 | ||
| 1984 | Ida & Vlado | "Ciao amore" | Goodbye love | 18 | 26 | |||
| Did not participate in 1985 | ||||||||
| 1986 | Doris Dragović | "Željo moja" | Croatian | My desire | 11 | 49 | No semi-finals | |
| 1987 | Novi fosili | "Ja sam za ples" | I wanna dance | 4 | 92 | |||
| 1988 | Srebrna krila | "Mangup" | Silly boy | 6 | 87 | |||
| 1989 | Riva | "Rock Me" | - | 1 | 137 | |||
| 1990 | Tajči | "Hajde da ludujemo" | Let's go crazy | 7 | 81 | Host country | ||
| 1991 | Baby Doll | "Brazil" | Serbian | - | 21 | 1 | No semi-finals | |
| 1992 | Extra Nena | "Ljubim te pesmama" | I'm kissing you with songs | 13 | 44 | |||