eurovision 1984
Vlado Kalember
Vlado Kalember, billed as Vlado, represented Yugoslavia at Eurovision 1984 in Luxembourg City with “Ciao, amore”, finishing 18th of 19.
- who
- Croatian pop singer
- born
- 26 April 1953, Karlovac
- billed as
- Vlado
- contest
- 1984
- best result
- 18th, 1984
- music
- pop
- active
- since 1970
- record labels
- Croatia Records
- sang for
- Yugoslavia
Biography
Vlado Kalember is a Croatian pop singer with a husky voice that is easy to recognise, who sang with the pop band Srebrna krila in the 1970s. As Ida and Vlado, Kalember and Izolda Barudžija finished 18th of 19 for Yugoslavia in Luxembourg in 1984 with “Ciao, amore”.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Vlado Kalember”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1984 Luxembourg City
“Ciao, amore”
18th of 19 Finished 18th of 19, with 26 points.
- Billed as
- Ida and Vlado
- With
- Ida
- Sung in
- Serbo-Croatian
- Written by
- Slobodan Bučevac, Milan Perić
- Conductor
- Mato Došen
- Running order
- 12th of 19
- Age on the night
- 31
- Won that year
- Sweden: Herreys, “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley”
The story of Eurovision 1984: The youngest host, and the night the booing started
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