Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Beovizija 2018 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 20 February 2018 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Sanja Ilić & Balkanika | |||
| Selected song | "Nova deca" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 117 points) | |||
| Final result | 19th, 113 points | |||
| Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised and had held the national final Beovizija 2018 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2018 contest to be held in Lisbon, Portugal.
Background
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović.[1] Since 2007, seven out of ten of Serbia's entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009, 2013 and in 2017, missing out 2014 contest.
The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), broadcasts the event within Serbia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. RTS confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 August 2017.[2] Between 2007 and 2009, Serbia used the Beovizija national final in order to select their entry. However, after their 2009 entry, "Cipela" performed by Marko Kon and Milaan, failed to qualify Serbia to the final, the broadcaster shifted their selection strategy to selecting specific composers to create songs for artists. In 2010, RTS selected Goran Bregović to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists, while in 2011 Kornelije Kovač, Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač were tasked with composing one song each. In 2012, the internal selection of Željko Joksimović and the song "Nije ljubav stvar" secured the country's second highest placing in the contest to this point, placing third. In 2013, RTS returned to an open national final format and organized the Beosong competition. The winning entry, "Ljubav je svuda" performed by Moje 3, failed to qualify Serbia to the final at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. In 2015, RTS selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of Serbia's 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Molitva", to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists.[3]
Before Eurovision
Beovizija 2018
Beovizija 2018 was the eighth edition of Beovizija organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The selection, held for the first time since 2009, took place on 20 February 2018.[4] The show, hosted by Dragana Kosjerina, Kristina Radenković, Branko Veselinovic and Aca Stojanović, aired on RTS1, RTS Svet, RTS Planeta as well as online at rts.rs.[5]
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 19 August 2017 to 10 November 2017. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be performed by Serb citizens and in one of the official languages of the Republic of Serbia.[6] At the closing of the deadline, 75 submissions were received by RTS. A selection committee reviewed the submissions and selected seventeen entries for the national final. The selected entries were announced on 22 January 2018.[7]
| Artist | Song (English translation) | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| BASS | "Umoran" (Tired) | Sofija Milutinović |
| Biber & DJ Niko Bravo | "Svatovi" (Wedding guests) | Rastko Aksentijević, Nikola Burovac |
| Boris Režak | "Vila" (Fairy) | Boris Režak, Nikola Raonić |
| Danijel Pavlović | "Ruža sudbine" (The rose of destiny) | Danijel Pavlović, Marina Tucaković |
| Dušan Svilar | "Pod krošnjom bagrema" (Under the locust tree) | Goran Kovačić |
| Igor Lazarević | "Beži od mene" (Get away from me) | Igor Lazarević |
| Ivan Kurtić | "Ni sunca, ni meseca" (Neither sun, nor moon) | Rastko Aksentijević |
| Koktel Balkan | "Zato" (Because) | Bojan Jeremić |
| Lana & Aldo | "Jača od svih" (The strongest of all) | Lana & Aldo |
| Lord | "Samo nek se okreće" (Just let it turn) | Vladimir Preradović Lord |
| Maja Nikolić | "Zemlja čuda" (Wonderland) | Vladimir Graić, Mia Pijade |
| Osmi Vazduh & Friends | "Probudi se" (Wake up) | Marko Kuzmanović, Lena Kuzmanović |
| Rambo Amadeus & Beti Đorđević | "Nema te" (You're gone) | Aca Pejčić, Antonije Pušić |
| Sanja Ilić & Balkanika | "Nova deca" (New children) | Sanja Ilić, Tanja Ilić, Danica Krstajić |
| Saška Janks | "Pesma za tebe" (Song for you) | Saška Janks, Marko Nikolić |
| SevdahBABY | "Hajde da igramo sada" (Let's dance now) | Milan Stanković, Predrag Radisavljević, Tijana Žunjić |
| Srđan & Emil | "Bar da znam" (If only I knew) | Srđan Marijanović |
Final
Seventeen songs competed during the final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 20 February 2018. The winner, "Nova deca" performed by Sanja Ilić & Balkanika, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Vojislav Borisavljević (composer), Ivana Peters (singer-songwriter), Dušan Alagić (composer), Dejan Petrović (trumpeter) and Željko Vasić (singer), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | SevdahBABY | "Hajde da igramo sada" | 0 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Beti Đorđević & Rambo Amadeus | "Nema te" | 3 | 1,342 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Maja Nikolić | "Zemlja čuda" | 0 | 2,110 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Srđan & Emil | "Bar da znam" | 0 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Ivan Kurtić | "Ni sunca ni meseca" | 8 | 1,791 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 6 | Sanja Ilić & Balkanika | "Nova deca" | 12 | 14,698 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 7 | Koktel Balkan | "Zato" | 1 | 487 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Boris Režak | "Vila" | 4 | 2,489 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Lana & Aldo | "Jača od svih" | 0 | 631 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Dušan Svilar | "Pod krošnjom bagrema" | 7 | 5,403 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 11 | Igor Lazarević | "Beži od mene" | 0 | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Saška Janks | "Pesma za tebe" | 10 | 5,959 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 13 | Lord | "Samo nek se okreće" | 6 | 2,884 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 14 | Danijel Pavlović | "Ruža sudbine" | 2 | 2,188 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 15 | BASS | "Umoran" | 0 | 1,297 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Osmi Vazduh & Friends | "Probudi se" | 0 | 1,334 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Biber & DJ Niko Bravo | "Svatovi" | 5 | 4,981 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||
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| Draw | Song | |||||||
| V. Borisavljević | I. Peters | D. Alagić | D. Petrović | Ž. Vasić | Total | Points | ||
| 1 | "Hajde da igramo sada" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2 | "Nema te" | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 3 | "Zemlja čuda" | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | "Bar da znam" | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | "Ni sunca ni meseca" | 4 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 8 |
| 6 | "Nova deca" | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 12 |
| 7 | "Zato" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| 8 | "Vila" | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 4 | |
| 9 | "Jača od svih" | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | "Pod krošnjom bagrema" | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 7 |
| 11 | "Beži od mene" | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | "Pesma za tebe" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 52 | 10 |
| 13 | "Samo nek se okreće" | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 6 |
| 14 | "Ruža sudbine" | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 15 | "Umoran" | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | "Probudi se" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 17 | "Svatovi" | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 5 | |
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 29 January 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Serbia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2018, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[8]
Once all the competing songs for the 2018 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Serbia was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Romania and preceding the entry from San Marino.[9]
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Serbia and awarded by Serbia in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Serbia
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Points awarded by Serbia
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Serbian jury:[12]
- Rade Radivojević (jury chairperson) – composer
- Bojana Stamenov – singer, represented Serbia in the 2015 contest
- Dejan Cukić – singer, composer
- Tijana Milošević – concertmaster
- Bane Krstić – singer, composer
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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| B. Stamenov | D. Cukić | T. Milošević | R. Radivojević | B. Krstić | Average Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 |  Norway |
1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| 02 |  Romania |
8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 15 | |
| 03 | Serbia |
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| 04 |  San Marino |
16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | ||
| 05 |  Denmark |
13 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 06 |  Russia |
17 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | |
| 07 |  Moldova |
12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
| 08 |  Netherlands |
10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| 09 |  Australia |
6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 |  Georgia |
15 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 11 |  Poland |
11 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 12 |  Malta |
5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| 13 |  Hungary |
7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 12 | |
| 14 |  Latvia |
9 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 15 |  Sweden |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 |  Montenegro |
3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 17 |  Slovenia |
4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 |  Ukraine |
14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | |
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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| B. Stamenov | D. Cukić | T. Milošević | R. Radivojević | B. Krstić | Average Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 | Ukraine |
22 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 18 | ||
| 02 |  Spain |
17 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | ||
| 03 | Slovenia |
11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 8 | |
| 04 |  Lithuania |
25 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 24 | ||
| 05 |  Austria |
9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| 06 |  Estonia |
4 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 07 | Norway |
2 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 08 |  Portugal |
24 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 09 |  United Kingdom |
23 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 22 | ||
| 10 | Serbia |
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| 11 |  Germany |
6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| 12 |  Albania |
12 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 13 | |
| 13 |  France |
20 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 17 | ||
| 14 |  Czech Republic |
21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 5 | |
| 15 | Denmark |
18 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | |
| 16 | Australia |
14 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 17 |  Finland |
7 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 23 | ||
| 18 |  Bulgaria |
15 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 2 | |
| 19 | Moldova |
5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | Sweden |
3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 | |
| 21 | Hungary |
16 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 12 | |
| 22 |  Israel |
1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Netherlands |
13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| 24 |  Ireland |
19 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 21 | ||
| 25 |  Cyprus |
10 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 10 | |
| 26 |  Italy |
8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
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- ^ Juhász, Ervin (24 January 2018). "Beovizija 2018 to be held in Sava Center on the 20th of February!". escbubble.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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- ^ Jordan, Paul (29 January 2018). "Which countries will perform in which Semi-Final at Eurovision 2018?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Running order for Eurovision 2018 Semi-Finals revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Lisbon 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Grand Final of Lisbon 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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