Serbia: RTS unveils the 36 competing acts and entries of the national selection 'Song for Eurovision 2022'

Friday, 14 January 2022

The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has unveiled the 36 competing acts and songs of the upcoming national selection for Eurovision 2022.

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.

The 36 acts to compete in the national selection along with their respective songs are:

1. Naiva – Skidam (I Take Off) [Music: Zoran Babović Babonja - Lyrics: Jelena Živanović (Jelena Zana)]

2. Biber – Dve godine i šes’ dana (Two Years and Six Days) [Music: Rastko Aksentijević -Lyrics: Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga]

3. Marija Mirković – Požuri, požuri (Hurry, Hurry) [Music: Marija Mirković - Lyrics: Alka Vuica]

4. Gift – Haos (Chaos) [Music: Gift - Lyrics: Jovan Matić]

5. Boris Subotić – Vrati mi (Give Me Back) [Music: Boris Subotić - Lyrics: Boris Subotić]

6. Marko Nikolić – Dođi da te volim (Come, So That I Can Love You) [Music: Marko Nikolić - Lyrics: Nada Bučević]

7. Vasco – Znaš li (Do You Know) [Music: Vasilije Čolan Vasco, Ivan Franović, Marko Kon - Lyrics: Vasilije Čolan, Marko Kon, Anđela Vujović Angellina]

8. Bane Lalić i MVP – Tu gde je ljubav tu ne postoji mrak (Where There Is Love, These Is No Darkness) [Music: Bane Lalić - Lyrics: Bane Lalić]

9. Ivana Vladović i Jovana Stanimirović – Prijaće ti (It’ll Be Good For You) [Music: Ivan Ilić i Nikola Bulatović - Lyrics: Ivan Ilić i Nikola Bulatović]

10. Marija Mikić – Ljubav me inspiriše (Love Inspires Me) [Music: Vuxa - Lyrics: Miladin Bogosavljević]

11. Julija – Brižna (Caring) [Music: Nenad Ćeranić - Lyrics: Nenad Ćeranić]

12. Angellina – Origami [Music: Ognjen Jovanov, Marko Kon, Angellina - Lyrics: Ognjen Jovanov, Marko Kon, Angellina]

13. Vis limunada – Pesma ljubavi (The Song of Love) [Music: Miodrag Ninić - Lyrics: Miodrag Ninić]

14. Aleksandar Vuksanović Aca Lukas – Oskar [Music: Saša Nikolić - Lyrics: Mira Mijatović]

15. Igor Simić – Nisam ja (It Wasn’t Me) [Music: Darko Dimitrov - Lyrics: Vladimir Danilović]

16. Goca Tražan – Fitilj (Fuse) [Music: Dušan Bačić - Lyrics: Dušan Bačić]

17. Sanja Bogosavljević – Priđi mi (Approach Me) [Music: Ilija Antović - Lyrics: Ilija Antović]

18. Dušan Svilar – Samo ne reci da voliš (Just Don’t Say You Love) [Music: Rastko Aksentijević -Lyrics: Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga]

19. Srđan Lazić – Tražim te (Searching For You) [Music: Srđan Lazić- Lyrics: Srđan Lazić]

20. Julijana Vincan – Istina i laži (Truth and Lies) [Music: Linda Cristina Persson, Ylva Cristina Persson -Lyrics: Vildana Husibegović]

21. Jelena Pajić – Pogledi (Looks) [Music: Marijo Pajić - Lyrics: Đorđe Miljenović]

22. Bojana Mašković – Dama (Lady) [Music: Dušan Krsmanović i Alen Duš - Lyrics: Alen Duš]

23. Zoe kida (Ana Radonjić) – Bejbi (Baby) [Music: Zoe kida ( Ana Radonjić) - Lyrics: Zoe kida ( Ana Radonjić)]

24. Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića – Anđele moj (My Angel) [Music: Aleksandar Sofronijević, Nikola Labović, Mirna Kosanin - Lyrics: Mirna Kosanin]

25. Sara Jo – Muškarčina/Zabranjeno voće (Manly Man/Forbidden Fruit) [Music: Slobodan Veljković Coby - Lyrics: Slobodan Veljković Coby]

26. Mia – Blanko (Blank) [Music: Aleksandra Milutinović - Lyrics: Aleksandra Milutinović]

27. Zejna Murkić – Nema te (You Are Gone) [Music: Vlado Maraš - Lyrics: Sanja Perić]

28. Gramophonedzie – Počinjem da ludim (I’m Going Mad) [Music: Marko Milićević - Lyrics: Milana Popović]

29. Stefan Zdravković (Princ od Vranje) – Ljubi svog čoveka (Kiss Your Guy) [Music: Leontina Vukomanović - Lyrics: Leontina Vukomanović]

30. Zorja Pajić – Zorja [Music: Zorja Pajić, Lazar Pajić - Lyrics: Zorja Pajić]

31. Lift – Drama [Music: Milan SevdahBABY Stanković, LIFT - Lyrics: Milan SevdahBABY Stanković, LIFT]

32. Konstrakta – Corpore Sano [Music: Ana Đurić i Milovan Bošković - Lyrics: Ana Đurić]

33. Ivona Pantelić – Znam (I Know) [Music: Ivona Pantelić - Lyrics: Ivona Pantelić]

34. Rocher Etno Band – Hajde sad nek svak peva (Let Everybody Sing) [Music: Miodrag Klisarić - Lyrics: Miodrag Klisarić]

35. Ana Stanić – Put bez povratka (One Way Road) [Music: Vojislav Dragović - Lyrics: Ana Stanić]

36. Euterpa – Nedostaješ (Missing) [Music: Boris Krstajić - Lyrics: Vladimir Danilović]

More news on the Serbian selection are expected over 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.

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: Eurovision.tv

Image: EBU/Thomas Hanses