The Serbian national broadcaster RTS has officially opened the song submission window for “Pesma za Evroviziju,” the national selection for Eurovision 2026, which will take place in Vienna, Austria.
The Serbian national broadcaster RTS officially opened today (Monday) the submission window for its traditional local Eurovision national final, “Pesma Za Evroviziju”, which has accompanied the country since 2022. The submission period is now open and will close on November 10th.
RTS announced that the songs competing for the right to represent Serbia at Eurovision 2026 will be chosen by a judging panel. However, if the panel determines that the submitted entries do not meet the required musical standard to represent Serbia at Eurovision, the representative will be chosen through an internal selection.
Serbia’s Eurovision Record: Success and Consistency
Serbia joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 and has only missed the competition twice, in 2010 and 2014. At its debut in 2007, Serbia achieved remarkable success, winning first place with the song “Molitva” (in English: “Prayer”) with 268 points. This historic victory made Serbia the only country to win Eurovision on its very first participation. Since then, Serbia has consistently reached the finals and delivered competitive results, maintaining a reputation as one of the contest’s most distinctive and intriguing participants. The nation stands out for sending songs with a unique cultural identity, strongly tied to Serbian style, tradition, and language.
Serbia Addresses Israel’s Participation Debate?
In an interview on RTS’s morning program on May 26th, Duška Vučinić-Lučić, head of media affairs for Eurovision at RTS and a long-standing contest commentator, revealed that despite questions raised about Israel’s participation, Serbia would not file an official complaint nor question the validity of the voting process.
She also expressed her opinion that Serbia’s Eurovision 2025 representative, Princ, would have reached the final had the judges at the semi-final stage also voted, and not only the audience. Vučinić-Lučić indirectly criticized the last contest’s slogan, “United by Music”, questioning its sincerity, but clarified that Serbia has no intention of withdrawing from Eurovision.
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.
Eurovision 2026: This will be Serbia’s 18th 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”.
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