Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Prior to the 2023 contest, Serbia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović.[1] Since 2007, 11 out of 14 of Serbia's entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009, 2013 and 2017. Serbia's 2022 entry, "In corpore sano" performed by Konstrakta, qualified to the final and placed fifth.[2]

The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), broadcasts the event within Serbia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The broadcaster confirmed Serbia's participation in the 2023 contest in Liverpool on 25 August 2022.[3] Between 2007 and 2009, Serbia used the Beovizija national final in order to select their entry. However, after their 2009 entry, "Cipela" performed by Marko Kon and Milaan, failed to qualify Serbia to the final, the broadcaster shifted their selection strategy to selecting specific composers to create songs for artists. In 2010, RTS selected Goran Bregović to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists, while in 2011 Kornelije Kovač, Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač were tasked with composing one song each.[4][5] In 2012, the internal selection of Željko Joksimović and the song "Nije ljubav stvar" secured the country's second highest placing in the contest to this point, placing third.[6] In 2013, RTS returned to an open national final format and organized the Beosong competition. The winning entry, "Ljubav je svuda" performed by Moje 3, failed to qualify Serbia to the final.[7] In 2015, RTS selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of Serbia's 2007 winning entry "Molitva", to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists.[8] RTS internally selected the Serbian entries in 2016 and 2017 with the decision made by RTS music editors.[9][10] In 2018 and 2019, RTS returned to using the Beovizija national final in order to select their entry, managing to qualify to the final on both occasions.[11][12] In 2022, RTS returned to organising a national final under the name Pesma za Evroviziju '22.[13] On 1 September 2022, RTS confirmed that Pesma za Evroviziju would be organised for a second time in order to select the country's entry to the 2023 contest.[14]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in. Serbia has been placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 9 May 2023, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[22]

Once all the competing songs for the 2023 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Serbia was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Malta and before the entry from Latvia.[23]

At the end of the show, Serbia was announced as a qualifier for the final.

Points awarded to Serbia

Points awarded to Serbia (Semi-final 1)[24] Score Televote 12 points 10 points  Croatia 8 points 7 points 6 points  Switzerland 5 points  Malta 4 points  Finland 3 points  Azerbaijan  Czech Republic 2 points  France 1 point  Italy  Sweden

Points awarded to Serbia (Final)[25] Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points  Croatia 6 points  Slovenia 5 points 4 points  Croatia  Portugal 3 points  Germany 2 points  Malta 1 point  Switzerland  Greece  Iceland  Italy

Points awarded by Serbia

Points awarded by Serbia (Semi-final 1)[24] Score Televote 12 points  Croatia 10 points  Finland 8 points  Czech Republic 7 points  Israel 6 points  Sweden 5 points  Norway 4 points  Moldova 3 points  Portugal 2 points  Latvia 1 point  Switzerland

Points awarded by Serbia (Final)[25] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Finland  Slovenia 10 points  Croatia  Israel 8 points  Slovenia  Croatia 7 points  Israel  Finland 6 points  Sweden  Austria 5 points  Norway  Sweden 4 points  Czech Republic  France 3 points  Austria  Spain 2 points  Italy  Italy 1 point  France  Czech Republic

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Serbian jury:

• Dragan Đorđević
• Zoran Živanović (Žika Zana)
• Ana Đurić (Konstrakta)
• Sandra Perović
• Sara Jo

Detailed voting results from Serbia (Final)[25]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Austria	3	7	6	2	19	5	6	8	3
02	Portugal	22	19	20	24	15	20		19
03	Switzerland	12	18	17	15	13	15		18
04	Poland	23	15	19	22	21	21		13
05	Serbia
06	France	7	5	7	10	5	7	4	10	1
07	Cyprus	16	17	16	7	8	12		15
08	Spain	6	12	11	6	6	8	3	14
09	Sweden	15	4	5	5	7	6	5	5	6
10	Albania	25	25	25	25	25	25		12
11	Italy	11	9	10	8	9	9	2	9	2
12	Estonia	19	22	18	19	23	22		20
13	Finland	2	3	3	20	4	4	7	1	12
14	Czech Republic	8	14	8	9	11	10	1	7	4
15	Australia	18	21	23	23	24	23		22
16	Belgium	10	10	15	13	14	13		21
17	Armenia	9	11	9	12	10	11		16
18	Moldova	21	24	12	14	17	18		11
19	Ukraine	14	13	13	18	18	16		24
20	Norway	17	20	14	17	16	19		6	5
21	Germany	24	23	24	21	22	24		17
22	Lithuania	20	16	22	11	12	17		25
23	Israel	4	1	2	3	3	2	10	4	7
24	Slovenia	1	2	1	1	1	1	12	3	8
25	Croatia	5	6	4	4	2	3	8	2	10
26	United Kingdom	13	8	21	16	20	14		23