Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, held in Dublin, Ireland, after opting out of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 contest in The Hague, Netherlands.
National final
After a four-year break Yugoslavia returns to Eurovision Song Contest 1981.
The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Jugovizija 1981, was held on 28 February at the Studio TV - TV Beograd in Belgrade, and was hosted by Minja Subota and Helga Vlahović
Sixteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by JRT to all of the regions of Yugoslavia. The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Skopje, Novi Sad, Titograd, Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana and Pristina).
The winning entry was "Lejla," performed by Bosnian singer Seid Memić-Vajta and composed by Ranko Boban.
| Draw | Artist | Song | TV station | Points | TVSa | TVSk | TVNS | TVTg | TVZg | TVBg | TVLj | TVPr | Place |
| 1 | Neda Ukraden | Sve sto se odgađa, to se ne događa | TVSa | 33 | | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Verica Ristevska | Bez nežnosti | TVSk | 5 | | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | | | 13 |
| 3 | Dejan Petković | Emanuel | TVNS | 38 | 4 | 2 | | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ratko Kraljević | Propustila si šansu | TVTg | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | | 3 | | 1 | | 10 |
| 5 | Biserka Spevec | Sama | TVNS | 17 | 6 | | | | 4 | 2 | 5 | | 11 |
| 6 | Novi fosili | Oko moje | TVZg | 67 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | Maja Odzaklijevska | Ne podnosim dan | TVBg | 20 | | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | M.Antevska,M.Puharić,P.Nečovski,P.Mitrevski | Mojot son | TVSk | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | | 14-15 |
| 9 | Hazard | Marie, ne piši pesmi več | TVLj | 41 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Seid Memić "Vajta" | Lejla | TVSa | 71 | | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1st |
| 11 | Alenka Pinterič | V meni je kar hočeš | TVLj | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | 14-15' |
| 12 | Shpresa Gashi | Malli i mëngjesit | TVPr | 6 | 3 | | | 2 | | 1 | | | 12 |
| 13 | Srebrna Krila | Kulminacija | TVZg | 61 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | Sabri Fejzulahu | Vala e lazdruar | TVPr | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 16 |
| 15 | Sladjana Milosević | Recept za ljubav | TVBg | 28 | 2 | 4 | 8 | | 8 | | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 16 | Srdjan Marjanović | Ti me nazovi | TVTg | 50 | 10 | 5 | 3 | | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
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1Competed as FR Yugoslavia in 1992 (Note: Entries scored out are when Yugoslavia did not compete) |