The Serbian national broadcaster confirms Serbia’s participation in Eurovision 2026 in Austria, expected to select its representative through the national selection ‘Pesma za Evroviziju ’26’.
The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, has confirmed its participation in Eurovision 2026 to be held in Austria. According to previous statements by the head of the Serbian delegation, Uroš Marković, Serbia is expected to continue selecting its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 through the national selection “Pesma za Evroviziju,” which has accompanied Serbia since 2022. Registration for the selection is expected to open annually in July.
Serbia is the 11th country to express interest in participating in Eurovision 2026, following Denmark, Greece, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, and the host country, Austria.
Comments from RTS Eurovision Media Head
During an interview on the morning program of the RTS national broadcaster on May 26, Duška Vučinić-Lučić, responsible for Eurovision media at the broadcaster and the regular commentator of the contest, confirmed that Serbia will not withdraw from Eurovision and will participate in 2026 as well. According to her, despite questions arising around Israel’s participation in the contest, Serbia will not file an official complaint nor doubt the voting’s integrity.
She further added that, in her opinion, Serbia’s representative in the last Eurovision, Princ, would have qualified for the final if the judges, and not only the public, had voted in the semi-final stage. Vučinić-Lučić also indirectly criticized the slogan of the last contest, “United by Music,” and questioned its sincerity, but emphasized that Serbia has no intention to withdraw from the contest.
Serbia at Eurovision 2025
“Mila” is the title of the song performed by Serbian singer Princ, who represented Serbia at the Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, finishing 14th in the second semi-final with 28 points. The song was written by Dušan Bačić. This marks his first foray into the Eurovision contest. The song is performed in Serbian.
The song deals with feelings of intense love and the accompanying pain, with the lyrics describing feelings of longing, shared memories, and a deep connection that persists despite difficulties and distances. Currently, the singer is placed at the 29th place in the betting odds tables.
Source: evrovizija.rs.
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”.
