Serbia will select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on March 4 in the final of Pesma za Evroviziju 23.
The Head of Entertainment at RTS, Mrs. Olivera Kovačević has confirmed the dates of the Serbian selection for Eurovision 2023. Pesma za Evroviziju 23 will once again be formed of two Semi-Finals and a Grand Final. The dates of the shows are:
- Semi-Final One – March 1
- Semi-Final Two – March 2
- Grand Final – March 4
Speaking on Šarenica, Mrs. Kovačević confirmed that the participants in Pesma za Evroviziju 23 have now been selected. In total 200 songs were submitted to the Serbian selection for Liverpool.
At the 2022 contest in Turin, Italy, Serbia was represented by Konstrakta with “In corpore sano”. Serbia finished 5th in the Grand Final scoring a total of 312 points, giving the country its best result at the competition since 2012. Serbia received 12 points from the juries of Croatia and Montenegro and 12 points from the televote in Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Switzerland.
Image source: EBU / Nathan Reinds | Source: RTS
Serbia have competed as an independent nation in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2007, and has seen great success in the competition. Their first entry in 2007, Marija Šerifović’s “Molitva”, won the contest in Helsinki with 268 points, making Serbia’s debut one of the most successful in Eurovision history. Since then, Serbia finished in the top 10 a further four times, including a 3rd place finish in 2012 with Željko Joksimović’s “Nije ljubav stvar”.
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