Serbia: RTS reveals the Pesma za Evroviziju 23 running order

• The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has released the running order of Pesma za Evroviziju 23, the show that selects the country's Eurovision representative.

  RTS has revealed the running order in which the competing acts will be performing their candidate entries throughout Pesma za Evroviziju 23. 

  A total of 32 acts will be taking part in this year's national selection in Serbia, which will consist two semi finals and a grand final show. 

   

  Here is the running order according to which the 32 competing acts will appear in the semi finals:

   

  Semi-Final 1 (March 1)

  1. Mattia Zanatta & Angela Kassiani – “Novi svet” 
  2. Adem Mehmedović – “Osmeh” 
  3. Nađa – “Moj prvi ožiljak na duši” 
  4. Tijana Dapčević – “Mamim” 
  5. Princ – “Cvet sa Istoka” 
  6. Filip Baloš – “Novi plan drugi san” 
  7. Filip Žmaher – “Čujemo se sutra” 
  8. Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” 
  9. Angellina – “Lanac” 
  10. Emphaty Soul Project – “Indigo”
  11. Stefan Shy – “Od jastuka do jastuka” 
  12. Hercenšlus – “Vremenska zona” 
  13. Savo Perović – “Presidente” 
  14. Igor Stanojević – “Iza duge” 
  15. Boris Subotić – “Nedostupan” 
  16. CHEGI & Braća bluz bend – “Svadba ili kavga” 

   

  Semi-Final 2 (March 2)

  1. Hurricane – “Zumi zimi zami”
  2. Nadia – “Devojka tvog dečka” 
  3. Filarri – “Posle mene” 
  4. Zejna – “Rumba”
  5. Frajle – “Neka, neka” 
  6. Igor Vins & Bane Lalić – “Zato što volim” 
  7. Egret – “Ako shvatim kasno” 
  8. Dzipsii – “Greh”
  9. Eegor – "Starac dana"
  10. Jovana Tomašević – “Kao grom iz vedra neba”
  11. Ivona – “U noćima” 
  12. Gift – “Liberta” 
  13. Milan Bujaković – “Fenomen” 
  14. Duo Grand – “Viva la vida”
  15. Andjela – “Loše procene” 
  16. Doris Milošević – “Tišina”

   

  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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