Serbia: Contestants for Pesma za Evroviziju 23 announced
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Serbia's national broadcaster RTS has announced the participants of Pesma za Evroviziju 23.
A total of 32 participants will take part in Pesma za Evroviziju 23. The list of the contestants includes Tijana Dapcević, who represented North Macedonia with the song ''To The Sky'' in Eurovision Song Contest of 2014. The renewed female group Hurricane who's previous members represented Serbia in Eurovision 2020 with ''Hasta La Vista'' and 2021 with "Loco Loco" will also participate.
The national broadcaster received 200 submissions but here are the 32 acts who will compete to represent Serbia this year:
- Nađa – “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši”
- Tijana Dapčević – “Kad smo sami”
- Petar Pupić – “Ako shvatim”
- Stefan Zdravković – “Cvet sa Istoka”
- Frajle – “Neka, neka”
- Angellina – “Lanac”
- Eegor – Starac dana
- Boris Subotić – “Nedostupan”
- Nađa Terzić – “Devojka tvog dečka”
- Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava”
- Filip Baloš – “Novi plan drugi san”
- Zejna – “Rumba”
- Dzipsii – “Greh”
- Igor Vins & Bane Lalić – “Zato što volim”
- Gift – “Liberta”
- Ivona – “U noćima”
- Filarri – “Posle mene”
- Hurricane – “Zumi zimi zami”
- Mattia Zanatta – “Novi svet”
- Hercenšlus – “Vremenska zona”
- Adem Mehmedovi – “Osmeh”
- Igor Stanojević – “Iza duge”
- CHEGI & Braća bluz bend – “Svadba ili kavga”
- Aleksandar Simić & Nenad Osmanović – “Viva la vida”
- Doris Milošević – “Tišina”
- Milan Bujaković, Zoran Todorović & Sanja Anastasija – “Fenomen”
- Emphaty Soul Project – “Indigo”
- Filip Žmahe – “Čujemo se sutra”
- Stefan Maljković Shy – “Od jastuka do jastuka”
- Jovana Tomašević – “Kao grom iz vedra neba”
- Drai – “Loše procene”
- Savo Perović – “Presidente”
The national selection will be broaadcast as follows:
- Semi-Final One – March 1
- Semi-Final Two – March 2
- Grand Final – March 4
A 50/50 jury-public televoting will be used to choose Serbia's representative for the 2023 Eurovision.
Serbia In Eurovision
Serbia participated as an independent state in the contest in 2007, a year which the country was crowned winner with Marija Šerifović and her entry Molitva and remains the only country to win on its debut in the contest. (apart from Switzerland which won in the first edition of the contest back in 1956).
The nation has a total of 11 participations and one year of absence (2014) It has achieved to qualify 7 times in the Grand final while 3 times it fiailed for only one place (10th in 2009, 11th in 2013& 2017). Apart from its victory Serbia has achieveda top 10 placing three more times (6th in 2008, 3rd in 2012, 10th in 2015).
Serbia participated twice as part of the Serbia- Montenegrin Federation (2nd in 2004 and 7th in 2005), while since 1961 until 1992 participated as part of the united then Yugoslavia. Six of these Yugoslavian entries came from the Serbian region. Yugoslavia had won the contest once, in 1989.
In 2020 the female group Hurricane was set to represent the country with their song ‘Hasta La Vista’ in the contest in Rotterdam which was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. Hurricane were internally confirmed for Rotterdam in this year's contest where they gave an energetic performance of their song "Loco Loco" which came 15th in the Grand final, placed 21st by the juries and 9th in the televoting.
last year national final winner Konstrakta flew the flag in Turin singing 'Il corpore sano' which finished 3rd in the semi-final and brought to Serbia a 5th placing in the Grand final the country's best result since 2012.
News Source/Image: RTS
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