The producer of Serbia’s Eurovision pre-selection show, Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025, announced that participating artists will be revealed this week, while hosts will be disclosed after January 1st.
The producer of Serbia’s Eurovision national selection show “Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025”, Olivera Kovačević, has revealed that the artists participating in the popular festival are expected to be announced this week. The hosts of the selection show will be disclosed after January 1st.
Contest Details
28 artists will compete in the Serbian national selection for Eurovision. We previously reported that 222 songs were submitted for the contest. Kovačević revealed the latest news in an Instagram response when a user asked: “Tell us who will be the hosts of the national selection and who are the contestants”. Surprisingly, the producer replied: “The participants in the national selection will be announced this week. The hosts after the New Year.”
High-Quality Submissions
About a month ago, Kovačević was interviewed alongside music editor Uroš Marković on a local television program. The duo disclosed that many well-known artists in Serbia had submitted songs for the competition, and that they faced a challenging task in selecting 28 contestants for the national selection. In the interview, they mentioned receiving many high-quality songs from numerous recognized performers for the pre-selection contest, but were not yet able to name names.
Selection Process
The national broadcaster’s team now faces the task of narrowing down the 222 submissions to just 28 contestants. These finalists will perform in two Semi-Finals scheduled for February 25 and 27, with the final set for March 1. This rigorous selection process aims to ensure that Serbia sends its best possible entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
Competition Structure and Dates
“Pesma za Evroviziju ’25” will consist of two semi-finals and a final:
- First Semi-Final: February 25, 2025
- Second Semi-Final: February 27, 2025
- Final: March 1, 2025
The competition will be held at RTS Studio 8 Košutnjak in Belgrade. Results will be determined by a combination of professional jury and public voting.
Serbia in Eurovision 2024
Teya Dora represented Serbia at Eurovision 2024 with the song “Ramonda”. The song was selected through the national finals Pesma aa Evroviziju. It finished tenth in the second semi-final with 47 points, qualifying for the grand final against predictions. In the grand final, Serbia placed 17th with 54 points. This marks the sixth consecutive year Serbia has qualified for the grand final.
Source: Kovacevicolivera.
Eurovision 2025: This will be Serbia’s 17th participation in Eurovision. Serbia joined the contest in 2007 and achieved its best result in the same year when singer Marija Šerifović won first place with the song “Molitva”.
