Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Serbia
Flag
Member station RTS
National selection events Beovizija
Appearances
Appearances 2
First appearance 2007
Best result 1st, 2007
Worst result 6th, 2008
External links
RTS page Pesma Evrovizije
Serbia's page at Eurovision.tv
Marija Šerifović at Helsinki (2007)

Serbia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. Previously it participated as part of Yugoslavia (both the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1991 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992) and Serbia and Montenegro (from 2004 to 2006).

Serbian debut entry as an independent nation, the ballad "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, receiving 268 points. Thanks to this, they were the host of the 2008 contest in the Serbian capital of Belgrade.

The second Serbian entry, performed in Belgrade was written by past entrant for Serbia as part of Serbia and Montenegro and contest host Željko Joksimović. The song "Oro", an ethnic ballad, performed by Jelena Tomašević came 6th and received 160 points in the overall rankings.

Since it's debut as Serbia, they are one of only two countries that have placed in the top ten since the introduction of the semi-finals. The other country to achieve this is Greece.

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Contestants

Year Artist Title Final Points Semi Points
2007 Marija Šerifović Molitva (Молитва) 1 268 1 298
2008 Jelena Tomašević Oro (Оро) 6 160 X X
2009

Host

Year Location Venue Presenter(s)
2008 Flag of Serbia Belgrade Beogradska Arena Jovana Jankovic, Željko Joksimović

Voting history

Serbia has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20
2  Hungary 12
3  Russia 10
= Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia 10
4  Ukraine 9
5  Greece 8

Serbia has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  Slovenia 24
=  Bosnia and Herzegovina 24
=  Montenegro 24
=  Switzerland 24
2  Croatia 22
= Flag of the Republic of Macedonia FYR Macedonia 22
3  Hungary 19
4  Germany 16
5  Greece 13

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals.

See also

External links

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