eurovision 1969
Ivica Krajač
Ivica Krajač represented Yugoslavia at Eurovision 1969 in Madrid with “Pozdrav svijetu”, finishing 13th of 16.
Yugoslavia
1969
- who
- Croatian screenwriter, singer and composer
- born
- 2 April 1938, Belgrade
- died
- 7 November 2024 (aged 86), Zagreb, Croatia
- contest
- 1969
- best result
- 13th, 1969
- music
- pop
- sang for
- Yugoslavia
Biography
Ivica Krajač, who died in 2024, was a Croatian composer of popular music and chanson, singer, lyricist, theatre director, screenwriter, librettist and translator, and the founder, in 1957, of the vocal quartet 4M, the most popular Croatian group of its day. Billed as Ivan, Krajač sang “Pozdrav svijetu” for Yugoslavia in Madrid in 1969 and finished joint 13th.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (Croatian), “Ivica Krajač”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1969 Madrid
“Pozdrav svijetu (Поздрав свијету)”
13th of 16 Finished 13th of 16, with 5 points.
- Sung in
- Serbo-Croatian
- Written by
- Milan Lentić
- Conductor
- Miljenko Prohaska
- Running order
- 1st of 16
- Age on the night
- 30
- Won that year
- France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
The story of Eurovision 1969: Four winners and not enough medals
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