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Tereza Kesovija
Tereza Kesovija sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1966 and 1972, for Monaco and Yugoslavia. The best result was 9th place in 1972, with “Muzika i ti”.
- who
- Croatian pop singer
- born
- 3 October 1938, Dubrovnik
- contests
- 1966, 1972
- best result
- 9th, 1972
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1961
- record labels
- Croatia Records, Jugoton
- sang for
- Monaco Yugoslavia
Biography
Tereza Kesovija is a Croatian recording artist with an international reputation, one of the best-known figures in the music of the former Yugoslavia. Kesovija sang for two countries: “Bien plus fort” finished joint last for Monaco in 1966, without a point, and “Muzika i ti” ninth for Yugoslavia in Edinburgh in 1972.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Tereza Kesovija”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1966 Luxembourg City
“Bien plus fort”
17th of 18 Finished 17th of 18, with no points.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Gérard Bourgeois, Jean-Max Rivière
- Conductor
- Alain Goraguer
- Running order
- 13th of 18
- Age on the night
- 27
- Won that year
- Austria: Udo Jürgens, “Merci, Chérie”
The story of Eurovision 1966: Third time lucky for Udo Jürgens — and nul points for Modugno
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1972 Edinburgh
“Muzika i ti (Музика и ти)”
9th of 18 Finished 9th of 18, with 87 points.
- Billed as
- Tereza
- Sung in
- Serbo-Croatian
- Written by
- Nikica Kalogjera, Ivica Krajač
- Conductor
- Nikica Kalogjera
- Running order
- 13th of 18
- Age on the night
- 33
- Won that year
- Luxembourg: Vicky Leandros, “Après toi”
The story of Eurovision 1972: The contest nobody wanted to host
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In our contest stories
What we wrote about Tereza Kesovija, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1972 The same eighteen
Every country from 1971 came back. Vicky Leandros returned for Luxembourg, five years after "L'amour est bleu". Tereza Kesovija, who had sung for Monaco in 1966, now sang for Yugoslavia. Sweden sent the Family Four for the second year running, and Portugal brought back Carlos Mendes.
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