Serbia: RTS confirms Eurovision 2021 participation

Serbia: RTS confirms Eurovision 2021 participation
Monday, 31 August 2020

  • The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has confirmed that it will participate in the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Rotterdam. 

    RTS, has confirmed to ESCToday that the country will be taking part in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest next May in Rotterdam. However the Serbian broadcaster has to clear whether it will continue with this year's hopefuls, the female group Hurricane , or select the a new act though a new national final. 

    Traditionally the Balkan national determines its Eurovision representative via the the national music competition of Beovizijia. More details on the Serbian national selection will come to light in the following weeks. 

     

    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.

    Last year the country was represented by Nevena Božović with her song “Kruna” while this year earlier February, the female group  Hurricane won the Serbian national final, Beoviziija 2020, with their song ‘Hasta La Vista’ and secured the right to represent Serbia at Eurovision 2020. Unfortunately their ESC journey was cancelled by the covid- 19 outbreak and never ha the chance to perform in Rotterdam.

     News Source: ESCToday