Serbia returns to national final for 2018

22 January 2018 at 16:55 CET

Tijana Bogićević - In Too Deep (Serbia 2017) Photo: Andres Putting

After several years of internal selections, Serbian broadcaster RTS has announced that it is returning to a national final for Eurovision 2018.

The final of Beovizija 2018, the Serbian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, will take place in the second half of February. It is the first time in nine years that a national selection will be held to determine the Serbian Eurovision entry.

2018 acts revealed

75 applications for 2018 Eurovision Song Contest were received in Serbia. In total the final of Beovizija 2018 will feature the following 17 acts:

Neither Sun, Nor Moon – Ivan Kurtić
You're Gone – Rambo Amadeus and Beti Đorđević
Fairy – Boris Režak
The Rose of Destiny – Danijel Pavlović
Our Children - Sanja Ilić and Balkanika
If Only I Knew – Srđan Marijanović
Wake Up – Osmi Vazduh and Friends
Under The Locust Tree - Dušan Svilar
Song for You – Saška Janković
This Morning (Wedding Guests) – Biber and DJ Niko Bravo
Because – Koktel Balkan
Tired - BASS
The Strongest of All – Lana and Aldo
Let's Dance Now – SevdahBABY
Wonderland – Maja Nikolić
Just Let It Turn – Lord
Get Away From Me – Igor Lazarević

One of the acts, Rambo Amadeus, represented neighbouring Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012:

Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Serbia is a relative newcomer to the Eurovision Song Contest, entering as an independent country in 2007 and winning with its first attempt, Molitva, performed by Marija Šerifović. Serbia hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade in 2008. Last year Tijana Bogićević represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest with In Too Deep. Read more about Serbia in Eurovision.