Pesma za Evroviziju '25
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| Pesma za Evroviziju 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Lepota će spasiti svet (Лепота ће спасити свет) English: Beauty Will Save the World[1] | |
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| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | 25 February 2025 |
| Semi-final 2 | 27 February 2025 |
| Final | 1 March 2025 |
| Host | |
| Venue | RTS Studio 8 Košutnjak, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Supervisor | Olivera Kovačević |
| Host broadcaster | RTS |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 30 |
| Number of finalists | 16 |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 50/50 combination of jury and public vote |
Pesma za Evroviziju '25 (Serbian Cyrillic: Песма за Евровизију '25; PzE '25) is set to be the fourth edition of Pesma za Evroviziju, the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The selection will consist of two semi-finals held on 25 and 27 February 2025, respectively, and a final on 1 March 2025.
Format and production
[edit]In 2024, RTS confirmed that the national final format Pesma za Evroviziju would once again be organised to determine its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[2] The selection will consist of two semi-finals on 25 and 27 February 2024, and a final on 1 March 2024.[3] Fifteen contestants will compete in each semi-final, with eight of them qualifying for the final.[4]
Competing entries
[edit]On 18 July 2024, RTS opened an online form for interested artists to submit their entries. The submission period was supposed to last until 1 November 2023,[2] but the window was extended until 10 November a few days before the intended closing time.[5] Performers were required to hold Serbian citizenship, whilst there were no limitations as to whom could be a songwriter. At least 51% of lyrics of the submitted entries had to be in one of the official languages of Serbia.[6] At the closing of the deadline, 222 entries had been submitted.[1]
30 competing acts were selected and announced on 10 December 2024.[4] Selected entrants include Milan Nikolić, winner of Beovizija 2009 with Marko Kon, who represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Besides Milan Nikolić, returnees to the Serbian national final include:
- Bojana x David and Dušan Kurtić who competed the previous year;
- Filarri, who competed in 2024 and 2023;
- Gift, as a part of Gifts and Roses, who competed in 2023 and 2022;
- Princ, who competed in 2023;
- Jelena Pajić, who competed in 2022;
- Aleksa Vučković and Dimitrije Borčanin, members of AltCtrl, who competed in 2022 and Beovizija 2020 as a part of the band Lift;
- Biber, who competed in 2022, Beovizija 2018, as well Beovizija and Evropesma-Europjesma 2006;
- Igor Simić, who competed in 2022 and Beovizija 2020;
- Maja Nikolić, who competed in Beovizija 2018 and 2007, Beosong 2013, Beovizija and Evropesma-Europjesma 2006, as well as Beovizija 2004 and Beovizija 2003;
- Aleksandar Sedlar, who competed in Beovizija 2007 as a member of IQ;
- Nataša Kojić, who competed in Beovizija 2004 and Evropesma-Europjesma 2004, as well as Beovizija 2003 and;
- Tanja Banjanin, who competed in Evropesma-Europjesma 2004.
| Artist(s) | Song | Authors |
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| AltCtrl | "Mamurna jutra" (Мамурна јутра) |
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| Ana and the Changes | "Brinem" (Бринем) |
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| Biber | "Da mi se vratiš" (Да ми се вратиш) | Rastko Aksentijević |
| Bojana x David | "Šesto čulo" (Шесто чуло) |
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| Buč Kesidi | "Tužne ljubavi" (Тужне љубави) |
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| Dram | "Vanja" (Вања) |
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| Dušan Kurtić | "Boginja" (Богиња) |
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| Džet Vega | "Rolerkoster" (Ролеркостер) |
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| Filarri | "Meet and Greet" | Ljubomir Stefanović |
| Gifts and Roses | "Do kraja vremena" (До краја времена) |
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| Harem Girls | "Aladin" (Аладин) |
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| Igor Simić | "Ne mogu" (Не могу) |
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| Iskaz | "Trendseter" (Трендсетер) | Zoran Stefanov |
| Ivana Štrbac | "La la la" (Ла ла ла) |
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| Jelena Pajić | "Kameleon" (Камелеон) | Branislav Opačić |
| Kruz Roudi | "Sve i odmah" (Све и одмах) |
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| Maja Nikolić | "Želi srce moje" (Жели срце моје) |
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| Mila | "Gaia" |
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| Milan Nikolić i banda | "Storia del amor" |
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| Mimi Mercedez | "Turbo žurka" (Турбо журка) |
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| Nataša Kojić | "Up and Down" | Nataša Kojić |
| Nikola Antonijević Anton | "U grad" (У град) | Nikola Antonijević |
| Ohajo[a] | "MaMa" |
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| Princ | "Mila" (Мила) | Dušan Bačić |
| Sedlar | "Oči boje zemlje" (Очи боје земље) | Aleksandar Sedlar |
| Tam | "Durum durum" (Дурум дурум) |
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| Tanja Banjanin | "Ja sam bolja" (Ја сам боља) |
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| Tropico Band | "AI" |
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| Vampiri | "Tebi treba neko kao ja" (Теби треба неко као ја) | Aleksandar Eraković |
| Vukayla | "Mask" |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Stylised as Oхajo
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Оливера Ковачевић и Урош Марковић: За ПЗЕ се пријавило много квалитетних песама и познатих извођача" [Olivera Kovačević and Uroš Marković: Many established artists and quality songs applied for PzE]. RTS. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ a b "RTS raspisuje konkurs za izbor kompozicije koja će predstavljati Srbiju na Pesmi Evrovizije 2025". Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 18 July 2024. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024.
- ^ "PzE25 | Konkurs produžen do 10. novembra. Finale 1. marta" [PzE25 | Submission period extended until 10 November, final on 1 March]. Evrovizija.rs. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Почиње борба за Базел – одабрано 30 учесника „Песме за Евровизију 2025"" [Battle for Basel begins – 30 participants of Pesma za Evroviziju 2025 selected]. RTS. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Produžen konkurs za izbor kompozicije koja će predstavljati Srbiju na Pesmi Evrovizije 2025". РТС. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Bujošević, Dragan (16 July 2024). "Правилник о организацији и начину избора композиције за Песму Евровизије 2025" [Rulebook on the organisation and means of selecting a composition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025] (PDF). RTS. Retrieved 29 October 2024.