Tonight at 21:00 CET: The second semi-final of the Serbian Eurovision pre-selection, “Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025,” Fifteen contestants will participate, with eight advancing to the final.
The Serbian Eurovision national selection “Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025” kicked off yesterday. And tonight, with the second semi-final. Fifteen contestants will participate in the semi-final, with another eight advancing to the final. The selection will be based on 50% jury voting and 50% public voting. The first semi-final broadcast will hosted by Dragana Kosjerina, Kristina Radenković, along with green room hosts Stefan Popović and Đorđe Živadinović Grgur.
The first semi-final will begin at 21:00 CET and is expected to conclude around 23:30 CET.
Watch the first semi-final of “Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025” – Click here!
Second Semi-Final participants:
- Ivana Štrbac – La La La
- Jett Vega – Rolerkoster
- Princ – Mila
- Maršali – Po policama sećanja
- Dušan Kurtić – Boginja
- Tanja Banjanin – Ja sam bolja
- Tam – Durum durum
- GIFTS & ROSES – Do kraja vremena
- Lensy – Hvala ti
- SEDLAR – Oči boje zemlje
- Maja Nikolić – Žali srce moje
- Mimi Mercedez – Turbo žurka
- Oxajo – MaMa
- Vukayla – MASK
- AltCtrl – Mamurna jutra
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Familiar Faces Return to the National Selection
Among the contestants are several familiar names:
- Dušan Kurtić – Competed in last year’s Serbian national selection and finished sixth in the final with his song “Zbog tebe živim“.
- Princ – Competed in the 2023 Serbian national selection with his song “Cvet sa Istoka” and finished second in the final.
- Jelena Pajić – Competed in the 2022 Serbian national selection with her song “Pogledi” and finished 11th in the semi-final.
- Maja Nikolic – Competed in the 2018 Serbian national selection with her song “Zemlja čuda” and reached tenth place.
Competition Structure and Dates
“Pesma za Evroviziju ’25” will consist of two semi-finals and a final:
First Semi-Final: Tuesday, February 25th, 2025- Second Semi-Final: Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
- Grand Final: Friday, February 28th, 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. 15 songs will compete in each semi-final, and the top 8 will qualify for the grand finale which will include 16 songs in total.
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.
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”.
