Lejla, or Leila as it is listed in the official Eurovision website, was the Yugoslavian

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 April 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin. The presenter was Doireann Ní Bhriain...

, performed in Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian language

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 by Seid-Memić Vajta

Vajta

Vajta is a Bosnian singer and the vocalist for the Yugoslav rock band Teška industrija.From 1975 to 1976 Vajta was a vocalist for Teška industrija, who enjoyed great commercial success throughout the Balkan countries but later dissolved.He became popular in the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest during...

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The song was performed seventh on the night, following Denmark

Denmark

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's Tommy Seebach

Tommy Seebach

Tommy Seebach , born Tommy Seebach Mortensen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a popular Danish singer, composer, organist, pianist and producer. He is best known as front man of Sir Henry and his Butlers and for numerous contributions to the Danish version of the Eurovision Song contest, Dansk Melodi...

 and Debbie Cameron

Debbie Cameron

Deborah Cameron is an American singer of Bahamian ethnicity who has had a career in music in Denmark....

 with "Krøller eller ej

Krøller Eller Ej

"Krøller eller ej" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in Danish by Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron....

" and preceding Finland

Finland

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's Riki Sorsa

Riki Sorsa

Esko Richard "Riki" Sorsa is a popular pop Finnish singer. He has started his career in 1975 in the band ZOO. In Eurovision Song Contest 1981 has represented his country with the entry Reggae OK, a typical rock song in Finnish which has ended in 16th...

 with "Reggae OK

Reggae OK

"Reggae OK" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in Finnish by Riki Sorsa.The song was performed eighth on the night...

". At the close of voting, it had received 35 points, placing 15th in a field of 20.

The song is a ballad that talks about a man who is very passioned by a special woman called Lejla, he says that "No one will ever love you like I do" and was a great success in former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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It was succeeded as Yugoslavian representative

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1982 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1982

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 by Aska

Aska

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 with "Halo, Halo

Halo, Halo

"Halo, Halo" was the Yugoslavian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Aska.The song was performed 14th on the night, following Denmark's Brixx with "Video, Video" and preceding Israel's Avi Toledano with "Hora"...

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