Serbia: Petar Aničić to sing "Heartbeat" at Junior Eurovision 2020

Serbia: Petar Aničić to sing
Friday, 25 September 2020

  • Serbian TV, RTS, has announced that Petar Aničić with the song "Heartbeat" ("Otkucaj") is the country's representative  at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

    The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has unveiled that the 14 yo Petar Aničić will be representing the nation at the upcoming Junior Eurovision in Warsaw with his entry titled "Heartbeat". Serbia has selected since its comeback to the contest all the country's representatives internally apart from 2017.

    Petar's JESC entry will be released the days to come. 

     

    A few words about Petar

     

    Born in 2006, the yung act studies in the 8th grade of primary school in Belgrade, and has been involved in music since he was 4 years old. When he was six, he enrolled the "Mokranjac" Junior Music School in Belgrade, the piano section, and as soon as the following year he composed his first piece titled "I run fast". 

    During his education, Petar performed at numerous concerts, public lessons and contests where he won several awards. At the National Competition for Students of Music Schools in 2017, he won the second prize, at the municipal-level contest for solo singers "Golden Mermaid" - Demus 2017/2018 he won the first prize, and then also the first prize at the city-level contest, winning a landslide victory with 99 points.

    In addition to music, Petar is also a fan of history and geography, languages and sports. He is currently practicing rowing at the Rowing Club Partizan and he would recommend this sport to everyone because, according to Petar, the water has a calming and inspiring effect, while rowing activates all the body muscles and helps develop both physical and mental strength. 

     

    Serbia in Junior Eurovision 

    Serbia debuted as an independent country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in the 2006 edition, previously in the 2005 edition participated under the name "Serbia and Montenegro" when both countries were one.

    The country has participated since 2006 in all editions with the exception of the three-year parenthesis (2011 - 2013), still Serbia's best position in third place in the 2007 and 2010 editions and whike worst result was in the edition 2016 ranking last.

    Last year the Balkan country was represented by Darija Vračević  performed "Podigni glas" achieve a top 10 placing as she finished 10th with 109 points. 

    Source/Cover photo: RTS