Beovizija 2003 Explained

Beovizija
Year:2003
Semi1:April 12
Semi2:April 13
Final:April 14
Presenters:Katarina Rebrača
Milica Gacin
Peđa Stojanović
Venue:Sava Centar
Belgrade, Serbia (then Serbia and Montenegro)
Winner:"Čija si" performed by Toše Proeski
Vote:Vote from each jury member and vote from public via tele-voting
Interval:Vlado Georgiev
Dejan Najdanović Najda

Beovizija 2003 was the first edition of Beovizija. It was held from April 12 to April 14, 2003. Unlike the other editions of Beovizija, this wasn't involved in choosing the Serbo-Montenegrin entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Serbia and Montenegro made their debut next year in Istanbul with "Lane Moje".

The festival was supposed to take place from March 23 - 25, 2003 but was delayed due to emergency rule in-force at the time in the country due to the assassination of the prime minister of Serbia Zoran Đinđić.

This Beovizija was planned to be the "rehearsal" for next years Eurovision selection. Beovizija 2003 was very different from the other ones that would follow. From 200 songs submitted to participate at the festival only 28 were chosen. They were sung over 2 night April 12 and 13, when the voting was conducted and the Serbian music awards handed out. On April 14 the "Winners review" show was broadcast where the best songs from the previous two nights were performed. The night was hosted by model Katarina Rebrača, television host Milica Gacin and actor Feđa Stojanović. It was the only time a 3 people team hosted Beovizija,

The interval act was performed by Vlado Georgiev and Dejan Najdanović Najda while the turn out of the public to the Sava Centar, where the event was hosted was noticeably low. The event (broadcast and produced by national television network RTS) was the most watched light-entertainment programme of the year in Serbia in term of ratings.

The jury was composed of Sanja Ilić (president), Slobodan Kovačević and Dragan Brajović (composers), Ivana Pavlović, Tanja Banjanin and Leo Martin (musicians), Bogomir Mijatović (singer) and Svetlana Đurašević and Aleksandar Filipović (music critics).

Winners, losers and the extravagant

With 75 points Toše Proeski was the first winner of Beovizija with the song Čija si("To Whom Do You Belong?"), composed by Leontina Vukomanović (who received an award of RSD300,000 (£2,700)). This song became a huge hit in Macedonia and the other former Yugoslav republics. This song was due to represent Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 but the EBU stated that too many countries wanted to enter in that year and so some would be forced to withdraw. Serbia and Montenegro (who participated as one country at the time) were one of them.

Null points were awarded to Tempo Slavija, Pasaž trio, Danijela Vranić, Husa, and Jellena by both the jury and public.

The most extravagant performance of the evening was performed last. The extremely popular turbo-folk singer Jelena Karleuša descended from the ceiling of Sava Centar. She performed her song "Manijak" in Madonna's unique style. During her performance a large bed was brought on to the stage by a group of nearly naked young men whom Karleuša danced with. She then jumped on the bed and started a pillow fight therefore ending Beovizija with feathers and confetti flying everywhere.

Results

Final — 13 April 2003
PlaceSongArtist
align=CENTER 1"Čija si"Toše Proeski
align=CENTER 2"Moj svet si ti"Теodora Bojović
align=CENTER 3"Ja te volim više"Željko Samardžić
align=CENTER 4"Miris Tuge"Ksenija Mijatović
align=CENTER 5"Hladno srce"Marijana Zlopaša
align=CENTER 6"Seks bez dodira"Marina Perazić
align=CENTER "Јanuar"Ana Nikolić
align=CENTER "Možda sutra, možda pre"Аgata
align=CENTER "Budi moja"Banda
align=CENTER "Tvrdoglava"Bebi Dol
align=CENTER "Greh"Braca
align=CENTER "Hotel sa pet zvezdica"Danijela Vranić
align=CENTER "Stidim se"Darko
align=CENTER "Anđeli"Delča
align=CENTER "Na kraju puta"Dora
align=CENTER "Čovek kog sam volela"Ekstra Nena
align=CENTER "Prevariću te"Јеllena
align=CENTER "Kad jednom odeš"Lidija
align=CENTER "Sve je to na obraz moj"Mari Mari
align=CENTER "Granica"Maja Nikolić
align=CENTER "Oči Kafene"Mogul
align=CENTER "Sanjalica"Nataša Kojić
align=CENTER "А volela sam"Olivera Aranđelović
align=CENTER "Praznina"Plavo nebo
align=CENTER "Teška tuga"Propaganda 117
align=CENTER "Udaj se za bogataša"Tempo Slavija
align=CENTER "Spasi me"Trio Pasaž
align=CENTER "Možda nisam dobar za tebe"Husa
Serbian music industry awards
align=CENTER New found talent of the yearBojan Marović
align=CENTER Ethno album of the yearBilja Krstić
align=CENTER Album of the yearVasil Hadžimanov
align=CENTER Video of the yearGrupa 187
align=CENTER Ethno song of the yearDND
align=CENTER Pop album of the yearŽeljko Samardžić
align=CENTER Ballad of the yearSaša Matić
align=CENTER Ethno-pop album of the yearNeda Ukraden
align=CENTER Best foreign language productionOrthodox Celts
align=CENTER Pop-dance album of the yearGoca Tržan
align=CENTER Rock singer of the yearAna Stanić
align=CENTER Rock group of the yearVan Gogh
align=CENTER Pop author of the yearVlado Georgiev
align=CENTER Foreign break-throughJelena Karleuša