Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Beovizija 2008 was the sixth edition of Beovizija organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The selection featured a semi-final and a final held on 9 and 10 March 2009, respectively. Both shows, hosted by Nina Radulović, Đorđe Maričić, Kristina Radenković and Branislav Katić, aired on RTS1, RTS Sat, RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as online at rts.rs and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[1]

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 6 October 2007 and 1 December 2007. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be performed by Serb citizens and in Serbian.[2][3] At the closing of the deadline, 100 submissions were received by RTS. A selection committee reviewed the submissions and selected twenty entries for the national final. The selected entries were announced on 24 December 2007. The selection committee consisted of Ana Milićević, Anja Rogljić, Zoran Dašić, Nikoleta Dojčinović, Jelena Vlahović, Bilja Krstić and Miki Stanojević.[4]

Twenty songs competed during the semi-final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 9 March 2008. The ten qualifiers were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Vladimir Marićić (jazz pianist, composer), Katarina Gojković (actress) and Aleksander Peković (director of RTS music production), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.

Ten songs competed during the final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 10 March 2008. The winner, "Oro" performed by Jelena Tomašević, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Petar Janjatović (music journalist), Slobodan Marković (composer) and Nena Kunijević (editor of RTS music production), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.[5]