Serbia: RTS confirms Junior Eurovision 2022 participation

Serbia: RTS confirms Junior Eurovision 2022 participation
Tuesday, 26 July 2022

  • Serbia has confirmed that it will be participating in the 20th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Yerevan, Armenia this December. 

    The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has confirmed that they will be present at Junior Eurovision 2022 and has released the rules and regulations of the internal selection process.  

    RTS has also opened the submission window for interested acts to send in their applications, the deadline for which expired on September 15, 2022. Then an committee of experts will assess the submissions and will internally select the next Serbian Junior Eurovision representative. 

     

    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 came in the 2007 and 2010 editions, while worst result was in the 2016 edition ranking last.

    In 2019 the Balkan country was represented by Darija Vračević  performed "Podigni glas" achieve a top 10 placing as she finished 10th with 109 points. In 2020 in Warsaw Petar Aničić represented the nation with his song “Heartbeat” finishing 11th with a total of 85 points. 

    Last year the duo Jovana and Dunja sang in Paris “Oči Deteta (Children’s Eyes)” representing the nation and finished 13th with a total of 86 points. 

     

    News Source:  Eurofestivales / Eurovoix

    Image: EBU/Andres Putting

     

     

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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.