Serbia: RTS releases the competing songs of Pesma za Evroviziju’22

Serbia: RTS releases the competing songs of Pesma za Evroviziju’22
Tuesday, 08 February 2022

  • The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has released the songs that will be competing in the country's Eurovision 2022 national selection, 'Pesma za Evroviziju’22'. 

    Change of direction for RTS this year, as they will be selecting the Serbian Eurovision representative through the show  Takmičenje za Pesmu Evrovizije 2022 ( Song for Eurovision '22) which will be successing 'Beovizija' as the national selection format. 

    A total of 36 acts and songs will take part in this year's national selection which will unfold over three nights, two semi final rounds on March 3 and 4  followed by a Grand final show on March 5, 2022. 

    18 contestants will compete in each semi final round with 9 of them qualifiying to the Grand final show. Following the release of the competing act the Serbian broadcaster released today the songs we will see in this year's national selection for Eurovision 2022. 

    Listen to all the entries below by clicking on the song titles:

     

    First Semi-Final

    1. Sanja Bogosavljević – Priđi mi (Approach me)
    2. Vis limunada – Pesma ljubavi (The song of love)
    3. Zorja Pajić – Zorja
    4. Bojana Mašković – Dama (Lady)
    5. Boris Subotić – Vrati mi (Give me back)
    6. Ivona Pantelić – Znam (I know)
    7. Bane Lalić i MVP – Tu gde je ljubav tu ne postoji mrak (Where there is love, there is no darkness)
    8. Angellina – Origami
    9. Ana Stanić – Put bez povratka (One way road)
    10. Julija – Brižna (Caring)
    11. Aleksandar Vuksanović (Aca Lukas) – Oskar
    12. Konstrakta – Corpore Sano (In a healthy body)
    13. Igor Simić – Nisam ja (It wasn’t me)
    14. Mia – Blanko (Blank)
    15. Jelena Pajić – Pogledi (Looks)
    16. Biber – Dve godine i šes’ dana (Two years and six days)
    17. Marija Mikić – Ljubav me inspiriše (Love inspires me)
    18. Lift – Drama

     

    Second Semi- Final 

    1. Srđan Lazić – Tražim te (Searching for you)
    2. Julijana Vincan –Istina i laži (Truth and lies)
    3. Marko Nikolić – Dođi da te volim (Come, so that I can love you)
    4. Zoe Kida (Ana Radonjić) – Bejbi (Baby)
    5. Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića – Anđele moj (My angel)
    6. Goca Tražan – Fitilj (Fuse)
    7. Euterpa – Nedostaješ (Missing)
    8. Dušan Svilar – Samo ne reci da voliš (Just don’t say you love)
    9. Ivana Vladović and Jovana Stanimirović – Prijaće ti (It’ll be good for you)
    10. Gift – Haos (Chaos)
    11. Zejna Murkić – Nema te (You are gone)
    12. Sara Jo – Muškarčina (Manly man)
    13. Marija Mirković – Požuri, požuri (Hurry, hurry)
    14. Rocher Etno Band –Hajde sad nek svak peva (Let everybody sing)
    15. Vasco –Znaš li (Do you know)
    16. Tijana Depčević –Ljubi, ljubi doveka (Love, love forever)
    17. Naiva – Skidam (I take off)
    18. Gramophonedzie – Počinjem da ludim (I’m going mad)

     

    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 2019 the country was represented by Nevena Božović with her song “Kruna” while 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. 

     

    News source/Image: RTS