eurovision 1971

Kićo Slabinac

Kićo Slabinac represented Yugoslavia at Eurovision 1971 in Dublin with “Tvoj dječak je tužan”, finishing 14th of 18.

Yugoslavia

1971

who
Croatian singer, guitarist, composer
born
28 March 1944, Osijek
died
13 November 2020 (aged 76), Zagreb, Croatia
contest
1971
best result
14th, 1971
music
pop, rock, folk
active
1969 to 2020
sang for
Yugoslavia

Biography

Kićo Slabinac, who died in 2020, was a Croatian pop singer, known for modern songs that drew on the folk music of Slavonia. Billed as Krunoslav Slabinac, the singer finished joint 14th for Yugoslavia in Dublin in 1971 with “Tvoj dječak je tužan”.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Kićo Slabinac”.

At Eurovision

One song, and what became of it.

  1. 1971 Dublin

    Yugoslavia

    “Tvoj dječak je tužan (Твој дјечак је тужан)”

    14th of 18 Finished 14th of 18, with 68 points.

    Sung in
    Serbo-Croatian
    Written by
    Zvonimir Golob, Ivica Krajač
    Conductor
    Miljenko Prohaska
    Running order
    16th of 18
    Age on the night
    27
    Won that year
    Monaco: Séverine, “Un banc, un arbre, une rue”

    The story of Eurovision 1971: Pickets outside, jurors on the stage

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