Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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For the most recent participation, see Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. For the upcoming participation, see Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Serbia
Participating broadcasterRadio-televizija Srbije (RTS)
Participation summary
Appearances15 (12 finals)
First appearance2007
Highest placement1st: 2007
Host2008
Participation history
Related articles
External links
Serbia's page at Eurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Nije ljubav stvar" by Željko Joksimović, and fifth place in 2022 with "In corpore sano" by Konstrakta. Serbia's other top ten results are sixth place (2008) and tenth place (2015
).

History

2000s

As Serbia was part of

Riva
. Yugoslavia participated regularly until its breakup between 1991 and 1992.

After a period of absence from 1993 until 2003, Serbia and Montenegro returned to the contest in 2004. They finished in second place with song "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović. By 2006, Serbia and Montenegro split, and with Serbia making its debut entry as an independent nation with the ballad "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. "Molitva" won the 2007 contest, receiving 268 points, making Serbia the first country to win with a debut entry after Switzerland's win at the first edition. Subsequently, Serbia was host of the 2008 contest in its capital Belgrade.

The second Serbian entry, performed in Belgrade was written by past entrant for Serbia as part of Serbia and Montenegro and contest host

Oro", an ethnic ballad, performed by Jelena Tomašević
came 6th and received 160 points in the overall rankings.

In 2009, Serbia selected Marko Kon and Milaan to represent them in the second semi-final on 14 May. The duo failed to qualify for the final, marking it the first time Serbia failed to qualify for the final since the introduction of semi-finals.

2010s

In 2010,

Ljubav je svuda". They would finish 11th in the first semi-final, therefore not qualifying for the final. This was the second time that Serbia did not qualify for the final. On 22 November 2013, Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) announced that it would not participate in the 2014 contest due to financial difficulties and a lack of available sponsorship for a potential Serbian entry.[1]
They did, however, broadcast all three shows.

On 26 September 2014, it was reported that Serbia had decided to return to the

Beauty Never Lies
". Despite being low with the odds and fan votings, Bojana surprised everyone in the first semifinal and became one of the big press and fan favourites. She qualified to the final with 9th place in Semi-Final 1, but managed to achieve another top 10 result for Serbia in the Grand Final, scoring 53 points and the 10th place.

In March 2016,

Eurovision 2016, she performed in the second semi-final, qualifying through. In the grand final, Vučić placed 18th by scoring 115 points.[4] The following Eurovision, Serbia was represented by Tijana Bogićević in Kyiv, Ukraine, again chosen by the national broadcaster.[5] She failed to qualify from the second semi-final by finishing 11th.[6]

In February 2018,

Beovizija 2019 was won by Nevena Božović and "Kruna", who therefore represented Serbia in Tel Aviv, Israel.[9] Božović, who qualified from the first semi-final, scored 89 points in the final and thus placed 18th.[10]

2020s

On March 1, 2020, girl group

Loco loco", in the second semi-final, going through. In the final they went on to place 15th with 102 points.[13]

The following year,

Marcel Bezençon Award and two Eurovision Awards - the Most Innovative Staging and the Best Lyrics.[16][17]

At the beginning of March 2023, RTS organized Pesma za Evroviziju '23, where Luke Black with "Samo mi se spava" was declared the winner and Serbian representative in Liverpool, United Kingdom.[18] In Liverpool, Luke finished in 24th place with 30 points.

Pesma za Evroviziju '24 was held to select the Serbian representative in 2024,[19] resulting as Teya Dora with the song "Ramonda".

Participation overview

For contestants prior to 2007, see Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest and Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Prior to

Serbian federal unit represented Yugoslavia in 1961, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1991 and as a republic unit in 1992 and 2004
.

Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
X Entry selected but did not compete
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
2007 Marija Šerifović "Molitva" (Молитва) Serbian 1 268 1 298
2008 Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić "
Oro
" (Оро) 		Serbian 6 160 Host country
2009 Marko Kon and Milaan "
Cipela
" (Ципела) 		Serbian Failed to qualify 10[a] 60
2010 Milan Stanković "
Ovo je Balkan
" (Ово је Балкан) 		Serbian 13 72 5 79
2011 Nina "
Čaroban
" (Чаробан) 		Serbian 14 85 8 67
2012 Željko Joksimović "
Nije ljubav stvar
" (Није љубав ствар) 		Serbian 3 214 2 159
2013 Moje 3 "
Ljubav je svuda
" (Љубав је свуда) 		Serbian Failed to qualify 11 46
2015 Bojana Stamenov "
Beauty Never Lies
" 		English 10 53 9 63
2016 Sanja Vučić Zaa "
Goodbye (Shelter)
" 		English 18 115 10 105
2017 Tijana Bogićević "
In Too Deep
" 		English Failed to qualify 11 98
2018 Sanja Ilić and Balkanika "
Nova deca
" (Нова деца) 		Serbian 19 113 9 117
2019 Nevena Božović "Kruna" (Круна) Serbian 18 89 7 156
2020 Hurricane "Hasta la vista" Serbian Contest cancelled[b] X
2021 Hurricane "
Loco loco
" 		Serbian 15 102 8 124
2022 Konstrakta "In corpore sano" Serbian, Latin 5 312 3 237
2023 Luke Black "Samo mi se spava" (Само ми се спава) Serbian, English 24 30 10 37
2024 Teya Dora "Ramonda" (Рамонда) Serbian Upcoming †

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenters Image
2008 Belgrade Belgrade Arena
Jovana Janković and Željko Joksimović

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards
Year Category Performer Song Final Points Host city Ref.
2007 Artistic Award Marija Šerifović "Molitva" (Молитва) 1 268 Finland Helsinki
[20]
2022 Artistic Award Konstrakta "In corpore sano" 5 312 Italy Turin
[21]

Winner by OGAE members

Further information: OGAE
Year Song Performer Final Points Host city Ref.
2007 "Molitva" (Молитва) Marija Šerifović 1 268 Finland Helsinki
[22]

Barbara Dex Award

Further information: Barbara Dex Award
Year Performer Host city Ref.
2010 Milan Stanković Norway Oslo
[23]
2013 Moje 3 Sweden Malmö
[23]

Related involvement

Heads of delegations

Year Head of delegation Ref.
2007–2009 Anja Rogljić
2010–2016 Dragan Ilić
[24]
2017–2022 Anja Rogljić
[25][26]
2023–present Uroš Marković
[27]

Commentators and spokespersons

All the events were broadcast on

RTS2 and 2023
semi-finals which were broadcast on cable channel RTS3.

Year Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2007 Duška Vučinić-Lučić Maja Nikolić
2008 Dragan Ilić, Mladen Popović Dušica Spasić [28]
2009 Dragan Ilić (semi-final 1)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 2, final)
Jovana Janković
2010 Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 1, final)
Dragan Ilić (semi-final 2)		 Maja Nikolić
2011 Marina Nikolić (semi-final 1)
Dragan Ilić (semi-final 2)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (final)		 Dušica Spasić [29]
2012 Dragan Ilić (semi-final 1)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 2, final)		 Maja Nikolić [30]
2013 Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 1)
Marina Nikolić (semi-final 2)
Silvana Grujić (final)		 [31][32]
2014 Silvana Grujić (all shows)
Dragan Ilić (final)		 Did not participate [33][34]
2015 Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 1, final)
Silvana Grujić (semi-final 2)		 Maja Nikolić [35][36][37]
2016 Dragan Ilić (semi-final 1)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 2, final)		 Dragana Kosjerina [38][39][40]
2017 Silvana Grujić, Olga Kapor (semi-final 1)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 2, final)		 Sanja Vučić [41][42][43]
2018 Silvana Grujić, Tamara Petković (semi-final 1)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 2, final)		 Dragana Kosjerina [44][45][46]
2019 Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 1, final)
Tamara Petković, Katarina Epštajn (semi-final 2)		 [47][48][49]
2021 Duška Vučinić-Lučić [50][51][52]
2022 Silvana Grujić (semi-final 1)
Duška Vučinić-Lučić (semi-final 2, final)		 [53][54][55]
2023 Duška Vučinić-Lučić [56][57]

Kosovan entrants

Main article:
Kosovo in the Eurovision Song Contest

After

Lindita, and Albina Kelmendi and her family, who represented Albania in 2012, 2017 and 2023
, respectively.

Several Kosovo Serb artists have competed in the Serbian national selections organised by RTS. Kosovo-born Nevena Božović represented Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, first as a member of Moje 3 in 2013 and later as a solo artist in 2019.

Photogallery

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In 2008 and 2009 the top nine countries in each semi-final as determined by televoting qualified automatically, with the tenth place determined based on the votes of the back-up juries among the remaining countries. This resulted in Croatia advancing to the final instead of Serbia in 2009.
  2. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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External links

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