Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Serbia
National selection
Selection processPesma za Evroviziju '24
Selection date(s)
  • Semi-finals:
  • 27 February 2024
  • 29 February 2024
  • Final:
  • 2 March 2024
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 2024

Serbia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), will organise the national final Pesma za Evroviziju '24 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2024 contest.

Background

Main article: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Serbia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović. Since 2007, 12 out of the 15 total Serbian entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009, 2013 and 2017. Serbia's 2023 entry, "Samo mi se spava" performed by Luke Black, qualified to the final and placed 24th.[1]

The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), broadcasts the event within Serbia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster has used both internal selections and national finals to determine their entries throughout the years. Between 2007 and 2009, Serbia used the Beovizija national final, but after their 2009 entry failed to qualify Serbia to the final, the broadcaster shifted their selection strategy to selecting specific composers to create songs for artists. After a successful internal selection in 2012, in 2013 RTS returned to an open national final format, titled Beosong, but the country failed to qualify to the final. After reverting to internal selection in 2016 and 2017, the country returned to using the Beovizija national final in 2018 and 2019, managing to qualify to the final on both occasions. In 2022, RTS returned to organising a national final under the name Pesma za Evroviziju, a format which was re-confirmed in 2023.

On 13 July 2023, RTS confirmed Serbia's participation in the 2024 contest, announcing the organisation of a national final in order to select the country's entry.[2] This was later confirmed to be Pesma za Evroviziju for a third time.[3][4]

Before Eurovision

Pesma za Evroviziju '24

Main article: Pesma za Evroviziju '24

The third edition of Pesma za Evroviziju, the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, is taking place between 27 February and 2 March 2024 among 28 competing entries.[5]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[6] Serbia was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Serbia". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ Jovanović, Vladimir (13 July 2023). "Srbija je potvrdila svoje učešće na Pesmi Evrovizije 2024!" [Serbia has confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!] (in Serbian (Latin script)). OGAE Serbia. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ Shiloh C. (11 August 2023). "Serbian song submissions open". That Eurovision Site. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ RTS [@SerbiaESC] (20 October 2023). "PZE23 from an analogue perspective — something to inspire us while counting down to the next one" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Serbia: 'Pesma za Evroviziju' details announced!". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Draw results". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.