Serbia: National final 'Pesma za Evroviziju 24' set for March 2

Serbia: National final 'Pesma za Evroviziju 24' set for March 2
Thursday, 07 December 2023

  • RTS, Serbia's national broadcaster, has confirmed that the Serbian national final for Eurovision 2024, Pesma za Evroviziju 2024. will be held on March 2. 

    Olivera Kovačević, the creative supervisor for Pesma za Evroviziju revelad during the RTS podcast Evrovizijske priče (Eurovision stories) that the grand final of  Pesma za Evroviziju 2024 will take place on March 2, with the two semi-finals preliminary set for February 27 and 29. 

    According to Olivera's statment the broadcaster received almost 50 proposals more than last year, reaching this year the number of 235 compositios. On December 11 the committee will assess the submitted songs. However, the place which will host the selection and the exact number of participants will be decided on a later date. 

     

    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 15 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 2022 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. 

    Luke Black represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool with the song “Samo Mi Se Spava” and finished 24th in the Grand final. 

     

    News Source: RTS

    Image: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett 

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  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.