Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Serbia entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo
, Norway
in May 2010, with Milan Stanković
's "Ovo je Balkan
" (This Is The Balkans).
(as part of Serbia and Montenegro
) the Beovizija
song contest has been used to select the Serbian entries for the Evropesma
contest, and later for the Eurovision proper.
However after much controversy regarding the contest which include corrupt juding in Evropesma
by both Serbian and Montenegrin juries, and later in Beovizija 2009
, when rightful semi-finalists were incorrectly eliminated, and the public's favourite act in the final failing to win due to the juries, RTS has confirmed that another method of selection may be used to select the Serbian entry for the 2010 Contest, which may be an internal choice by RTS, as was found in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina
, Hungary
and Montenegro
for the 2009 Contest.
It had been speculated that, in the case of an internal choice, the broadcaster would approach pop-rock band Negative
, eliminated in Beovizija
twice, to represent Serbia. The band's lead singer Ivana Peters
had said that the band would not participate in Beovizija again after two failed attempts, but would represent Serbia if a different method of selection was used.
On 29 December RTS confirmed its new selection process: an internally selected composer will write a number of songs to be sung by singers of their choosing, which would be made public in January 2010 and compete in a televised program, with viewers selecting the winner by SMS voting. On 19 January RTS revealed that they had approached well-known musician Goran Bregović
to write the Serbian entry. Bregović will write three songs for three different singers.
Just four days later RTS confirmed that Marina Tucaković will write the lyrics for each of the three songs.
On 25 February RTS announced the 3 singers, who compete in the national final: A shortlist of 10 artists was announced by RTS on 19 February who took part in preliminary auditions. These 10 artists were reduced to three by Bregović and a RTS committee. The final three artists were announced on 25 February: Emina Jahović
, Milan Stanković
, and Oliver Katic with Jelena Markovic.
A number of guest artists will perform during the national final, including Jelena Tomašević
(Serbia 2008
), Marija Šerifović
(Serbia 2007
), Marko Kon
(Serbia 2009
), Zdravko Čolić
(Yugoslavia 1973
), Severina
(Croatia 2006
), and Regina
(Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009
).
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
in May 2010, with Milan Stanković
Milan Stanković
-Biography :Milan started his career taking part in musical contest Zvezde Granda, where he became a favorite of the audience . He entered the super-final and attracted significant media attention. In the same year, his singles appear on the compilation disks "Zvezde Granda"...
's "Ovo je Balkan
Ovo je Balkan
"Ovo je Balkan" is a song composed by Serbian composer Goran Bregović and performed by Milan Stanković...
" (This Is The Balkans).
Selection
In November it was revealed that RTS was in discussions regarding the current selection method for the country's participation at Eurovision. Since the country's first participation in 2004Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
(as part of Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
Serbia and Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, from 2004 . This entry was a success, the country finishing second with the performance of Željko Joksimović. In 2005, the second performance fared 7th, courtesy of the band No Name from Podgorica, Montenegro...
) the Beovizija
Beovizija
Beovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
song contest has been used to select the Serbian entries for the Evropesma
Evropesma
Evropesma or Europjesma was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest...
contest, and later for the Eurovision proper.
However after much controversy regarding the contest which include corrupt juding in Evropesma
Evropesma
Evropesma or Europjesma was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest...
by both Serbian and Montenegrin juries, and later in Beovizija 2009
Beovizija 2009
Beovizija 2009 was the 7th Beovizija music festival, Serbian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-finals were held on March 7, 2009 while the finals were held a day later on March 8...
, when rightful semi-finalists were incorrectly eliminated, and the public's favourite act in the final failing to win due to the juries, RTS has confirmed that another method of selection may be used to select the Serbian entry for the 2010 Contest, which may be an internal choice by RTS, as was found in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
Bosnia and Herzegovina debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 after coming second in the qualification round "Kvalifikacija za Millstreet", and has taken part every year since except 1998 and 2000, when low average scores forced Bosnia and Herzegovina to skip the contest.-History of Bosnia...
, Hungary
Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
Hungary has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times. The first participation would have been Andrea Szulák's in 1993 but a qualification round was just installed for former Eastern Bloc countries and she did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final.The first real participation was of...
and Montenegro
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
Montenegro debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. Previously it participated as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro .The 2005 entrants from Serbia and Montenegro, No Name, were from Montenegro, as were the 1983 and 1984 entrants...
for the 2009 Contest.
It had been speculated that, in the case of an internal choice, the broadcaster would approach pop-rock band Negative
Negative (pop-rock band)
-History:Negative was formed in 1999 by a former Tap 011 vocalist Ivana Pavlović, guitarists Nikola Radaković and Vladimir "Grle" Đurđević, bass guitarist Milen Zlatanović and drummer Miloš Bilanović. They released their debut self-titled album Negative in 1999. The album was mostly power...
, eliminated in Beovizija
Beovizija
Beovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
twice, to represent Serbia. The band's lead singer Ivana Peters
Ivana Peters
Ivana Peters , born Ivana Pavlović is a Serbian Pop rock singer-songwriter, composer and musician, the leader of pop rock band Negative.-Private life:...
had said that the band would not participate in Beovizija again after two failed attempts, but would represent Serbia if a different method of selection was used.
On 29 December RTS confirmed its new selection process: an internally selected composer will write a number of songs to be sung by singers of their choosing, which would be made public in January 2010 and compete in a televised program, with viewers selecting the winner by SMS voting. On 19 January RTS revealed that they had approached well-known musician Goran Bregović
Goran Bregovic
Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
to write the Serbian entry. Bregović will write three songs for three different singers.
Just four days later RTS confirmed that Marina Tucaković will write the lyrics for each of the three songs.
On 25 February RTS announced the 3 singers, who compete in the national final: A shortlist of 10 artists was announced by RTS on 19 February who took part in preliminary auditions. These 10 artists were reduced to three by Bregović and a RTS committee. The final three artists were announced on 25 February: Emina Jahović
Emina Jahovic
Emina Jahović Sandal , is a Serbian pop singer. She is married to singer Mustafa Sandal from Turkey, where she is known as Emina Sandal.- Biography :...
, Milan Stanković
Milan Stanković
-Biography :Milan started his career taking part in musical contest Zvezde Granda, where he became a favorite of the audience . He entered the super-final and attracted significant media attention. In the same year, his singles appear on the compilation disks "Zvezde Granda"...
, and Oliver Katic with Jelena Markovic.
A number of guest artists will perform during the national final, including Jelena Tomašević
Jelena Tomaševic
Jelena Tomašević is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".- Music career :Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won...
(Serbia 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
), Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifovic
Marija Šerifović is a singer from Serbia. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović was born in Kragujevac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia and is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer...
(Serbia 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...
), Marko Kon
Marko Kon
Marko Kon is a Serbian singer who was the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with Milan Nikolić. The song Cipela was chosen after a national final. It competed in the second semi final but failed to reach the final...
(Serbia 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
), Zdravko Čolić
Zdravko Colic
Zdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
(Yugoslavia 1973
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision Song Contest and was held in Luxembourg. The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped, so performers from some countries sang in English....
), Severina
Severina Vuckovic
Severina Vučković is a Croatian singer and actress. She is commonly referred to by her stage name Severina.- Music career :Severina's style can be described as pop with various folk and cabaret influences. As a child, she took smaller parts in theatre and opera productions in her native Split...
(Croatia 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...
), and Regina
Regina (band)
Grupa Regina is a rock band founded in 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia.- Band career :Three of the members, Aleksandar, Bojan and Denis, started a garage band. It was hard for them to find the right lead singer, but after a long while of searching, they found Davor Ebner....
(Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
).
| Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emina Jahović Emina Jahovic Emina Jahović Sandal , is a Serbian pop singer. She is married to singer Mustafa Sandal from Turkey, where she is known as Emina Sandal.- Biography :... |
"Ti kvariigro" (Ти квариигро) | 49,706 (38,50%) | 2 |
| Milan Stanković Milan Stanković -Biography :Milan started his career taking part in musical contest Zvezde Granda, where he became a favorite of the audience . He entered the super-final and attracted significant media attention. In the same year, his singles appear on the compilation disks "Zvezde Granda"... |
"Ovo je Balkan" (Oво je Балкан) | 58,428 (45,26%) | 1 |
| Oliver Katić feat. Jelena Marković | "Predsedniče halo" (Председниче хало) | 20,971 (16,24%) | 3 |