Riva (band)


Riva was a pop rock band from Zadar, Croatia, then Yugoslavia, in the late 1980s.
After forming in 1986, the band appeared on Zagrebfest 1988. Their song "Rock Me" won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Switzerland, with a score of 137 points. According to author John Kennedy O'Connor in The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History it was an unexpected win. The band proved sceptics wrong, bringing the first and only victory for Yugoslavia. The contest was then hosted in Zagreb, representing Yugoslav Radio Television, in 1990. The group members parted ways in 1991.

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