eurovision 1962
Lola Novaković
Lola Novaković represented Yugoslavia at Eurovision 1962 in Luxembourg City with “Ne pali svetla u sumrak”, finishing 4th of 16.
- who
- Serbian singer
- born
- 25 April 1935, Belgrade
- died
- 3 April 2016 (aged 80), Belgrade, Serbia
- contest
- 1962
- best result
- 4th, 1962
- music
- pop
- active
- from 1957
- sang for
- Yugoslavia
Biography
Lola Novaković, who died in 2016, was a Serbian singer, born in Belgrade and hugely popular in the 1960s. “Ne pali svetla u sumrak” finished joint fourth in Luxembourg in 1962, the best result Yugoslavia had had up to then.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Lola Novaković”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1962 Luxembourg City
“Ne pali svetla u sumrak (Не пали светла у сумрак)”
4th of 16 Finished 4th of 16, with 10 points.
- Sung in
- Serbo-Croatian
- Written by
- Dragutin Britvić, Jože Privšek
- Conductor
- Jože Privšek
- Running order
- 12th of 16
- Age on the night
- 26
- Won that year
- France: Isabelle Aubret, “Un premier amour”
The story of Eurovision 1962: The lights go out, and nul points is born
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