Pesma za Evroviziju

Pesma za Evroviziju (Serbian Cyrillic: Песма за Евровизију, lit. 'A Song for Eurovision') is a Serbian song contest organized by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) in collaboration with SkyMusic. Since its inception in 2022, it has been used to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Pesma za Evroviziju
Serbian	Песма за Евровизију
Genre	Song contest
Presented by	Dragana Kosjerina (2022–) Kristina Radenković (2022–) Stefan Popović (2022–) Guest presenters: Jovan Radomir (2022) Milan Marić (2023) Slaven Došlo (2024)
Country of origin	Serbia
Original language	Serbian
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer	Olivera Kovačević
Production locations	Belgrade, Serbia
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	3 hours
Production companies	Radio Television of Serbia SkyMusic
Original release
Network	RTS 1
Release	March 3, 2022 (2022-03-03) – present
Related
Beovizija Eurovision Song Contest

Background

In October 2021, it was announced that Beovizija would no longer be used to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, as the company that owns the rights to the Beovizija brand, Megaton, decided not to renew its contract with RTS.^[1] In place of Beovizija, a new selection was planned out under the working title RTS Takmičenje za Pesmu Evrovizije (transl. RTS contest for the Eurovision Song Contest).^[2] The final title was later revealed to be Pesma za Evroviziju (transl. A Song for Eurovision).^[3]

Visual identity

Pesma za Evroviziju's general logo explained

The general slogan is based on the beginning letters of the words "song", "Eurovision" and "Serbia" in Cyrillic, with the name of the contest written next to it.^[4]

Rules and format

The contest consists of two semi-finals and a final. In each show, the jury and the televoting award 12, 10 and 8–1 points to their 10 favourite songs. In the semi-finals, around half of the songs which received the most points advance to the final. In the final, the song with the most points is declared the winner. In case of a tie, the song that received more points from the televoting is deemed to have finished higher. In case of a tie in the jury votes, the song that received more 12 points is deemed to have finished higher. If the tie is not broken, the process is repeated with the other points from highest to lowest until the draw is resolved. In case the draw cannot be resolved this way, the order in which the president of the jury ranked the songs will be used to determine the ranking. In case the president of the jury had not voted for multiple songs in the draw, they have to decide the ranking in written form as soon as the combined points from all jurors are known. In case multiple songs receive the same amount of televotes, the amount of televotes at the 10-minute mark of the televoting determines their ranking. If the tie is still not broken, the process is repeated with the televotes at the 5-minute mark. In the event that the televoting results cannot be obtained, only the jury determines the ranking of the contestants.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Contestants

All participants must be at least 16 years old on 1 May of the year in which Pesma za Evroviziju is held. All singers must be citizens of Serbia, while there are no nationality limitations as to who can enter as a songwriter. At most, six people are allowed to be a part of a single performance.^[7][8]

Songs

The competing entries must not have been released partially or in full before 1 September of the previous year (for example, Pesma za Evroviziju '24 songs must not have been released before 1 September 2023). The songs can be three minutes long at most. In 2022 and 2023, the rules of the contest stated that the lyrics had to be written in one of the official languages of Serbia,^[7][8] although this rule wasn't strictly enforced.^{[citation needed]} For the 2024 contest, the rule was amended, stating that songs have to contain at least 51% of lyrics in one of the official languages of Serbia.^[11]

Presenters

Dragana Kosjerina presents the show every year

Dragana Kosjerina is the presenter of the programme each year with another guest presenter that changes yearly, while the green room hosts are Kristina Radenković and Stefan Popović.^[12][13]

Editions

Year	Dates	Winners		Placement at Eurovision	Ref.
		Artist(s)	Song
2022	3, 4 and 5 March	Konstrakta	"In corpore sano"	5th	[14][15][3]
2023	1, 2 and 4 March	Luke Black	"Samo mi se spava"	24th	[16][17]
2024	27 and 29 February; 2 March	Teya Dora	"Ramonda"	17th	[18]
2025	TBD 1 March 2025				[19]

Winners gallery

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  Konstrakta following her Pesma za Evroviziju '22 win
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  Luke Black following his Pesma za Evroviziju '23 win
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  Teya Dora following her Pesma za Evroviziju '24 win

References

1. Мијушковић, Невена (13 October 2021). "Rat oko "Beovizije"! Veliko je pitanje gde će čuveno takmičenje biti održano!". 24 Sedam (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
2. Smith, David (15 October 2021). "Serbia: Beovizija will NOT be used as Eurovision selection for 2022, RTS to hold own national final". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
3. "Serbia: Song for Eurovision '22 participants revealed". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
4. "Представљени лого и редослед такмичара на фестивалу "Песма за Евровизију '22"" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
5. "Песма за Евровизију 2024 – 28 песама се бори за карту за Малме" [Pesma za Evroviziju 2024 – 28 songs fight for a ticket to Malmö] (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). RTS. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
6. "PRAVILNIK O GLASANJU NA TAKMIČENJU PESMA ZA EVROVIZIJU 22 - SRBIJA" (PDF). Radio Television of Serbia. 2 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
7. "Правилник о организацији и начину избора композиције за песму Евровизије 2022 — Србија" (PDF) (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 27 September 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
8. "Правилник" (PDF) (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 1 September 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
9. "Објављен редослед такмичара на Песми за Евровизију 2023 – песме на Јутјубу 2. фебруара" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
10. "Представљени лого и редослед такмичара на фестивалу "Песма за Евровизију '22"" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
11. Bujošević, Dragan (28 July 2023). "Правилник о организацији и начину избора композиције за Песму Евровизије 2024" (PDF). RTS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
12. "Водитељско појачање – Милан Марић уз Драгану Косјерину на главној сцени Песме за Евровизију 2023" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
13. "Serbia: All 36 'Song for Eurovision 22' entries revealed". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
14. "Detaljni glasovi publike i žirija na festivalu "Pesma za Evroviziju '22"" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
15. "Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
16. Granger, Anthony (1 January 2023). "Serbia: Selects For Eurovision 2023 on March 4". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
17. "Детаљни гласови публике и жирија на фестивалу "Песма за Евровизију 2023"". rts.rs. Radio Television of Serbia. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
18. "Оливера Ковачевић: Рекордан број пријава, финале Песме за Евровизију 2. марта". Radio-televizija Srbije. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
19. http://www.evropesma.org/2024/10/produzen-konkurs-za-prijavu-na-pesmu-za-evroviziju-2025/