Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Serbia participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, after hosting the 2008 contest in Belgrade.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Beovizija 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 7 March 2009 Final: 8 March 2009 | |||
| Selected entrant | Marko Kon & Milaan | |||
| Selected song | "Cipela" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (10th, 60 points) | |||
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Before Eurovision
Beovizija 2009
Beovizija 2009 was the seventh edition of Beovizija organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The selection featured a semi-final and a final held on 7 and 8 March 2009, respectively.[1] Both shows, hosted by Jovana Janković, Milena Vasić and Srđan Timarov, aired on RTS1, RTS Sat, Radio Belgrade, RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as online at rts.rs.[2]
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 24 December 2008 and 24 January 2009. Songs were required to be written and performed by Serb citizens and in Serbian.[3] At the closing of the deadline, 90 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 30 January 2009. The selection committee consisted of Jelena Ilić, Ana Milićević and Jelena Vlahović.[4]
| Artist | Song (English translation) | Composer(s) |
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| Ana Nikolić | "Bili smo najlepši" (We were the most beautiful) | Marina Tucaković, Aleksandar Perišić Romario |
| Andrej Ilić | "Nemam te" (I don't have you) | Dušan Alagić |
| Danijel & Milica | "H8ER" | Marina Tucaković, Aleksandar Perišić Romario, Marko Kon |
| Dušan Zrnić | "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" (Sin is your middle name) | Andrej Babić |
| Etar | "Sanjaj me" (Dream of me) | Boban Janković, Katarina Popović, Etar |
| Ivana Selakov | "Moje odbrane" (My defenses) | Aleksandra Milutinović, Goran Radinović |
| Lejla Hot | "Čekajući princa" (Waiting for a prince) | Lejla Hot, Ognjen Cvekić |
| Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić | "Cipela" (Shoe) | Aleksandar Kobac, Marko Kon, Milan Nikolić |
| Minja Samardžić | "Petak uveče" (Friday night) | Marina Tucaković, Aleksandar Perišić Romario |
| Oskar & Beauty Queens feat. Đorđe Marjanović | "Superstar" | Ognjen Amidžić, Saša Milošević Mare |
| ОТ Band | "Blagoslov za kraj" (A blessing for the end) | Snežana Vukomanović, E. Owen |
| Pozitivan Haos | "Glorija" (Gloria) | Marina Tucaković, Ljilja Jorgovanović, Aleksandar Radulović |
| SevdahBABY & Miki Element | "Previše reči" (Too many words) | Milan Stanković, Oliver Katić |
| Saška Janković | "Nauči me" (Teach me) | Violeta Mihajlovska, Bojan Jeremić |
| Sonja Bakić | "Ništa novo" (Nothing new) | Snežana Vukomanović, Mirko Vukomanović |
| Tijana Bogićević | "Pazi šta radiš" (Watch what you're doing) | Đorđe Miljenović |
| Trio Passage & Katarina Sotirović | "Zauvek" (Forever) | Bojan Jeremić |
| Vanja Mijatović | "Led i žar" (Ice and ember) | Nadica Janković, Miša Mijatović |
| Zbogom Brus Li | "Ha ha ha" | Slavko Matić, Branislav Smuk, Kosta Sivački |
| Zemlja Gruva | "Svejedno je" (It's all the same) | Zemlja Gruva |
Semi-final
Twenty songs competed during the semi-final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 7 March 2009. The ten qualifiers were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Jelena Jovičić (actress), Jovan Maljoković (musician, composer) and Ivan Ivačković (rock critic), and the Serbian public via SMS voting. Due to technical errors in the SMS vote, non-qualifiers Ana Nikolić and Ivana Selakov were later announced to have qualified for the final, however Nikolić declined to participate.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | SevdahBABY & Miki Element | "Previše reči" | 2 | 360 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Zbogom Brus Li | "Ha ha ha" | 0 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | Trio Passage & Katarina Sotirović | "Zauvek" | 0 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Vanja Mijatović | "Led i žar" | 0 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Sonja Bakić | "Ništa novo" | 0 | 662 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić | "Cipela" | 1 | 1,289 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Andrej Ilić | "Nemam te" | 4 | 371 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Etar | "Sanjaj me" | 0 | 658 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Lejla Hot | "Čekajući princa" | 3 | 301 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Dušan Zrnić | "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" | 6 | 314 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | Minja Samardžić | "Petak uveče" | 0 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Oskar & Beauty Queens feat. Đorđe Marjanović | "Superstar" | 8 | 3,495 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
| 14 | Ivana Selakov | "Moje odbrane" | 0 | 803 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | Pozitivan Haos | "Glorija" | 7 | 2,065 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 16 | Danijel & Milica | "H8ER" | 10 | 1,215 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | Zemlja Gruva | "Svejedno je" | 0 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 18 | Saška Janković | "Nauči me" | 5 | 761 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 19 | ОТ Band | "Blagoslov za kraj" | 12 | 12,328 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 20 | Tijana Bogićević | "Pazi šta radiš" | 0 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||
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| Draw | Song | J. Jovičić | J. Maljoković | I. Ivačković | Total | Points |
| 1 | "Previše reči" | 7 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | "Ha ha ha" | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 3 | "Zauvek" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | "Led i žar" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | "Ništa novo" | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 6 | "Cipela" | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 7 | "Nemam te" | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |
| 8 | "Sanjaj me" | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 9 | "Čekajući princa" | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | |
| 10 | "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | "Petak uveče" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | "Superstar" | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 8 |
| 13 | "Bili smo najlepši" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | "Moje odbrane" | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | "Glorija" | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | |
| 16 | "H8ER" | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 10 |
| 17 | "Svejedno je" | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | "Nauči me" | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| 19 | "Blagoslov za kraj" | 8 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 12 |
| 20 | "Pazi šta radiš" | 0 | 0 | |||
Final
Eleven songs competed during the final at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 8 March 2009. The winner, "Cipela" performed by Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel, consisting of Željko Joksimović (represented Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004), Kornelije Kovač (musician, composer) and Biljana Krstić (musician), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Oskar & Beauty Queens feat. Đorđe Marjanović | "Superstar" | 2 | 7,696 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| 2 | Danijel & Milica | "H8ER" | 1 | 2,630 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | Sonja Bakić | "Ništa novo" | 0 | 672 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Saška Janković | "Nauči me" | 3 | 1,014 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Dušan Zrnić | "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" | 8 | 944 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| 6 | Marko Kon & Milan Nikolić | "Cipela" | 12 | 3,955 | 7 | 19 | 1 |
| 7 | OT Bend | "Blagoslov za kraj" | 5 | 28,521 | 12 | 17 | 2 |
| 8 | Andrej Ilić | "Nemam te" | 6 | 614 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Etar | "Sanjaj me" | 10 | 1,156 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| 10 | Pozitivan Haos | "Glorija" | 4 | 5,215 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Ivana Selakov | "Moje odbrane" | 7 | 1,133 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Ž. Joksimović | K. Kovač | B. Krstić | Total | Points | ||||||||
| 1 | "Superstar" | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | "H8ER" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | "Ništa novo" | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Nauči me" | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | "Tvoje drugo ime je greh" | 6 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 8 | ||||||||
| 6 | "Cipela" | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 12 | ||||||||
| 7 | "Blagoslov za kraj" | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 5 | ||||||||
| 8 | "Nemam te" | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 6 | ||||||||
| 9 | "Sanjaj me" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 10 | ||||||||
| 10 | "Glorija" | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
| 11 | "Moje odbrane" | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 7 | ||||||||
At Eurovision
Since Serbia is not one of the "Big Four" and is not the host of the 2009 contest, it had to compete in one of the two semi-finals. At the semi-final allocation draw on 30 January, it was decided that the country would compete in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009.[5][6][7]
Marko and Milaan performed 4th in the running order of the semi-final, following Latvia and preceding Poland. The duo failed to qualify Serbia to the final for the first time in the country's Eurovision history.
Points awarded by Serbia
Semi-final 2
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Final
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| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
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