Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Serbia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) selected Petar Aničić, who achieved 11th place with 85 points.[1]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Serbia
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 25 September 2020
  • Song: 9 October 2020
Selected entrantPetar Aničić
Selected song"Heartbeat"
Selected songwriter(s)Vladimir Graić
Leontina Vukomanović
Petar Aničić
Nemanja Filipović
Finals performance
Final result11th, 85 points
Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2020

Background
Main article: Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2020 contest, Serbia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its debut in 2006,[2] and once as Serbia and Montenegro in 2005,[3] prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro,[4] As of 2020, Serbia's best results are two third places, achieved in 2007 and 2010. In the 2019 contest, Serbia placed 10th with Darija Vračević and the song "Podigni glas".[5]

Before Junior Eurovision

On 25 September 2020, RTS announced that Petar Aničić will represent Serbia in the contest. He will perform the song "Heartbeat", which will be released at a later date.[6]

Artist and song information
Petar Aničić
Born2006
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
"Heartbeat"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Petar Aničić
Languages
Composer(s)
  • Petar Aničić
  • Vladimir Graić
Lyricist(s)
  • Leontina Vukomanović
  • Petar Aničić
  • Charlie Mason
Entry chronology
◄ "Podigni glas (Raise Your Voice)" (2019)   

Petar Aničić

Petar Aničić is a Serbian singer. He will represent Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Heartbeat".[6]

Heartbeat

"Heartbeat" is a song by Serbian singer Petar Aničić. It will represent Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 23 November 2020, it was announced that Serbia will perform fourth on 29 November 2020, following the Netherlands and preceding Belarus.[7]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.[8] Every country has a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten.[9]

The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on Sunday 29 November at 16:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for a maximum of three songs.[10] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Points awarded to Serbia
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  • Serbia received 50 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Serbia
12 points Belarus
10 points Kazakhstan
8 points Poland
7 points France
6 points Spain
5 points Georgia
4 points Netherlands
3 points Ukraine
2 points Germany
1 point Malta

Split voting results
Split voting results from Serbia
Draw Country Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Average Rank Points
01  Germany 9 11 9 9 8 9 2
02  Kazakhstan 3 1 6 3 6 2 10
03  Netherlands 6 6 8 5 5 7 4
04  Serbia
05  Belarus 1 2 1 1 1 1 12
06  Poland 5 7 2 4 2 3 8
07  Georgia 2 5 4 6 10 6 5
08  Malta 10 9 10 8 9 10 1
09  Russia 11 10 11 10 7 11
10  Spain 4 4 5 7 3 5 6
11  Ukraine 8 3 7 11 11 8 3
12  France 7 8 3 2 4 4 7

See also

References
  1. "Final of Poland 2020 - Junior Eurovision Song Contest — Poland 2020". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Serbia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  5. "Final of Gliwice-Silesia - Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. "Petar Aničić will represent Serbia!". junioreurovision.tv. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. "This is the running order for Junior Eurovision 2020". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.
  8. Granger, Anthony (16 October 2020). "Junior Eurovision'20: Voting To Be Tweaked With Discussions On Going Around Points Presentation". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020.
  9. Granger, Anthony (25 November 2015). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  10. "How to vote for your favourite at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020.
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