Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Serbia entered the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time as an independent country in 2007, having previously competed from 1961 to 1992 as part of Yugoslavia and from 2004 to 2005 as part of Serbia and Montenegro. Their first ever representative was Marija Šerifović with the song "Molitva".
| Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Beovizija 2007 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 7 March 2007 Final 8 March 2007 | |||
| Selected entrant | Marija Šerifović | |||
| Selected song | "Molitva" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 298 points) | |||
| Final result | 1st, 268 points | |||
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Before Eurovision
Beovizija 2007
Beovizija 2007 was the fifth edition of Beovizija organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The selection featured a semi-final and a final held on 7 and 8 March 2007, respectively. Both shows, hosted by Jelena Jovičić and Boda Ninković, aired on RTS1, RTS Sat as well as online at rts.co.yu.[1]
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 28 December 2006 and 29 January 2007. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be performed by Serb citizens and in Serbian.[2] At the closing of the deadline, 200 submissions were received by RTS. A selection committee reviewed the submissions and selected twenty entries for the national final. The selected entries were announced on 7 February 2007. The selection committee consisted of Anja Rogljić, Ana Miličević, Zoran Dašić, Jelena Ilić, Nikola Dojčinović, Miki Stanojević and Bilja Krstić.[3]
| Artist | Song (English translation) | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksa Jelić | "Beli grad" (White city) | Valentina Velkov, Dragi Jelić |
| Aleksandra Perović | "Noćas budi moj" (Be mine tonight) | Dragiša Baša |
| Amadeus Band | "Zato što znam" (Because I know) | Aleksandar Simić |
| Betty Boop | "Sama" (Alone) | Staniša Banjanin, Ognjen Cvekić |
| Blah Blah Band | "Ruski Rulet" (Russian Roulette) | Miloš Roganović, Bojan Vasić |
| Blizanci | "Mambo Jambo Serbiano" (Serbian Mambo Jambo) | Marina Tucaković, Nenad Jovanović |
| Igor Vukojević | "Dobro te znam" (I know you well) | Leontina Vukomanović, Srđan Simić Kamba |
| Ivana Jordan | "Bomba" (Bomb) | Ivana Jordan, Zvonko Alašević |
| IQ | "Ljubav za sve" (Love for all) | Nikola Demonja Jr., Aleksandar Sedlar Bogoev |
| Jelena Kovačević | "Senjorita" (Señorita) | Jelena Kovačević, Vladimir Graić |
| Maja Marković | "Nije nam se dalo" (We didn't make it) | Dragan Brajović, Miša Mijatović |
| Maja Nikolić | "Ja znam da ti me ne voliš" (I know you don't love me) | Marko Đurašević, Rastko Savić |
| Marija Šerifović | "Molitva" (A prayer) | Saša Milošević Mare, Vladimir Graić |
| Miki Perić | "Jablan" (Poplar) | Ramirez, Zoran Lesendrić |
| Mira Škorić | "Voli je" (Love her) | Marina Tucaković, Aleksandar Futa Radulović |
| Negative | "Prava stvar" (The real thing) | Ivana Peters, Negative, Milan Prokop |
| Peca Jovanović | "Kao da je bilo juče" (As if it were yesterday) | Zana, Saša Dragić |
| Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis | "Nebo" (The sky) | Slobodan Trkulja |
| Suzana Dinić | "Nudim ti srce svoje" (I offer you my heart) | Jelena Trifunović, Dragomir Trifunović |
| Tanja Savić & Bane Mojićević | "Simpatija" (Fondness) | Marina Tucaković, Bojan Vasić |
Semi-final
Twenty songs competed during the semi-final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 7 March 2007. The ten qualifiers were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Branimir Dimitrijević (director), Aleksandar Lokner (composer) and Maja Japundža-Nikolić (RTS editor), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.[3]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Aleksandra Perović | "Noćas budi moj" | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Maja Marković | "Nije nam se dalo" | 8 | 459 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 3 | Negative | "Prava stvar" | 2 | 427 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Marija Šerifović | "Molitva" | 12 | 2,063 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | Tanja Savić & Bane Mojićević | "Simpatija" | 0 | 421 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Ivana Jordan | "Bomba" | 10 | 640 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| 7 | Jelena Kovačević | "Senjorita" | 0 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Aleksa Jelić | "Beli grad" | 4 | 314 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Igor Vukojević | "Dobro te znam" | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Amadeus Band | "Zato što znam" | 0 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Blah Blah Band | "Ruski Rulet" | 0 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Blizanci | "Mambo Jambo Serbiano" | 0 | 1,388 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 13 | Miki Perić | "Jablan" | 6 | 283 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 | Maja Nikolić | "Ja znam da ti me ne voliš" | 0 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Mira Škorić | "Voli je" | 3 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Suzana Dinić | "Nudim ti srce svoje" | 1 | 297 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis | "Nebo" | 7 | 1,936 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 18 | Peca Jovanović | "Kao da je bilo juče" | 5 | 728 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| 19 | Betty Boop | "Sama" | 0 | 922 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 20 | IQ | "Ljubav za sve" | 0 | 279 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||
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| Draw | Song | B. Dimitrijević | A. Lokner | M. Japundža-Nikolić | Total | Points |
| 1 | "Noćas budi moj" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | "Nije nam se dalo" | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 8 |
| 3 | "Prava stvar" | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 4 | "Molitva" | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 12 |
| 5 | "Simpatija" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | "Bomba" | 6 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 10 |
| 7 | "Senjorita" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | "Beli grad" | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | |
| 9 | "Dobro te znam" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | "Zato što znam" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | "Ruski Rulet" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | "Mambo Jambo Serbiano" | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | "Jablan" | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | |
| 14 | "Ja znam da ti me ne voliš" | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 15 | "Voli je" | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 16 | "Nudim ti srce svoje" | 10 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 17 | "Nebo" | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | |
| 18 | "Kao da je bilo juče" | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | |
| 19 | "Sama" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | "Ljubav za sve" | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Final
Ten songs competed during the final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 8 March 2007. The winner, "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Sandra Šuša (editor-in-chief of RTS entertainment program), Zafir Hadžimanov (singer-songwriter, actor) and Dragana Šarić (represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 as Bebi Dol), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.[3][4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Peca Jovanović | "Kao da je bilo juče" | 2 | 1,264 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Miki Perić | "Jablan" | 6 | 653 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | Negative | "Prava stvar" | 12 | 1,128 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | Betty Boop | "Sama" | 5 | 2,164 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis | "Nebo" | 7 | 4,084 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 6 | Marija Šerifović | "Molitva" | 10 | 5,638 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
| 7 | Maja Marković | "Nije nam se dalo" | 4 | 1,000 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Blizanci | "Mambo Jambo Serbiano" | 1 | 3,377 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| 9 | Ivana Jordan | "Bomba" | 8 | 2,792 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 10 | Aleksa Jelić | "Beli grad" | 3 | 1,585 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||
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| Draw | Song | S. Šuša | Z. Hadžimanov | D. Šarić | Total | Points |
| 1 | "Kao da je bilo juče" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | "Jablan" | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 6 |
| 3 | "Prava stvar" | 12 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 12 |
| 4 | "Sama" | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
| 5 | "Nebo" | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 7 |
| 6 | "Molitva" | 7 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 10 |
| 7 | "Nije nam se dalo" | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 |
| 8 | "Mambo Jambo Serbiano" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | "Bomba" | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 8 |
| 10 | "Beli grad" | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
At Eurovision
As this was Serbian debut, the country had to compete in the semi-final of the 2007 Contest, held on 10 May 2007.
On the night of the semi-final Šerifović performed 15th, following Poland and preceding the Czech Republic. She was ranked first, with 298 points and qualifying Serbia for the final.
On the night of the final Šerifović performed 17th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Ukraine. She received 268 points, winning the contest and giving Serbia right to host the 2008 contest. Only Andorra, Estonia, Lithuania, Turkey and the United Kingdom failed to award Serbia any points in the final.
Points awarded to Serbia
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Serbia
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References
- Iker, Zlatko (9 March 2007). "Marija Serifovic with Molitva to Helsinki!". Esctoday. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Pravilnik" (PDF). RTS (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "2007. – Beograd". eurosong.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Beovizija 2007". 4lyrics. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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