| Pesma za Evroviziju | |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Venue: | RTS Studio 8 Košutnjak, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Semi1: | 27 February 2024 |
| Semi2: | 29 February 2024 |
| Final: | 2 March 2024 |
| Winner: | "Serbian: [[Ramonda (song)|Ramonda]]|i=unset" (Serbian: Рамонда) by Teya Dora |
| Host: | RTS |
| Entries: | 28 |
| Finalists: | 16 |
| Vote: | 50/50 combination of jury and public vote |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
Serbian: Pesma za Evroviziju '24 (Serbian: Песма за Евровизију '24; PzE '24) was the third edition of Serbian: [[Pesma za Evroviziju]], the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The selection consisted of two semi-finals held on 27 and 29 February 2024, respectively, and a final on 2 March 2024,[1] [2] all presented by Dragana Kosjerina and Slaven Došlo.[3]
In 2023, RTS confirmed that the national final format Serbian: Pesma za Evroviziju would once again be organised to determine its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[4] The selection consisted of two semi-finals on 27 and 29 February 2024, and a final on 2 March 2024, all held at the RTS Studio 8 in Košutnjak. Fourteen contestants competed in each semi-final, eight of them qualifying for the final.[5] The semi-final each artist would take part in and their running order were revealed on 24 January 2024.[6]
Serbian: Pesma za Evroviziju '24 was produced by RTS and SkyMusic.[7] PzE '24 had a budget of around, whilst around were spent, with an additional spent in non-monetary contributions by RTS.[8]
The eight qualifiers from each semi-final and the winner of the final were selected through a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury and from a public televote, with the same system used to award points in the Eurovision Song Contest final: the jury and the public each awarded one set of 12, 10 and 8–1 points to their 10 favourite entries.[9]
Dragana Kosjerina and Slaven Došlo were the main stage presenters of the shows. and Stefan Popović hosted the green room segments.
On 26 July 2023, RTS opened an online form for interested artists to submit their entries. The submission period was supposed to last until 1 November 2023,[10] [11] but the window was extended until 10 November a week before the intended closing.[12] Performers were required to hold Serbian citizenship, whilst there were no limitations as to whom could be a songwriter. At least 51% of lyrics of the submitted entries had to be in one of the official languages of Serbia.[13] At the closing of the deadline, a record 235 entries had been submitted. These were assessed by a dedicated committee at a listening round on 11 December 2023. 28 entries were then selected, and were announced on 21 December.[1] [2] [14] [15] They were released on 25 January 2024.[16]
Selected entrants included Konstrakta, winner of Serbian: [[Pesma za Evroviziju '22]], who and previously competed in Serbian: [[Beovizija 2008]] and 2009 as a part of the group Serbian: italics=unset|{{ill|Zemlja gruva!|sr|Zemlja gruva!,[17] and Bojana Radovanović, who represented Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Besides Konstrakta, returnees to the Serbian national final include Filarri, Filip Baloš and Nadia, who competed the previous year; Zorja, who competed in 2022; Zejna, who competed in both editions; Milan Bujaković, who competed the previous year and in Serbian: [[Beovizija 2020]]; Ivana Vladović, who competed in the 2022 edition and Serbian: [[Beovizija 2019]]; and Yanx, who competed at Serbian: Beovizija 2009, Serbian: [[Beosong 2013]], Serbian: [[Beovizija 2018]] and 2019.
| + Serbian: Pesma za Evroviziju '24 contestants[18] | |||
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bojana x | "No No No" | ||
| Breskvica | "Serbian: [[Gnezdo orlovo]]|i=unset" | ||
| "Serbian: Sama|i=unset" | |||
| "Serbian: Muzika|i=unset" | |||
| "Serbian: Zbog tebe živim|i=unset" | |||
| "Serbian: Luna park|i=unset" | |||
| "Serbian: Ko je ta žena?|i=unset" | |||
| Filip Baloš | "Serbian: Duga je noć|i=unset" | ||
| Hristina | "Serbian: Bedem|i=unset" | Hristina Vuković | |
| "Serbian: Nemoguća misija|i=unset" | |||
| Iva Lorens | "Serbian: Dom|i=unset" | ||
| "Serbian: Jaka|i=unset" | |||
| "Serbian: Tajni začin|i=unset" | |||
| Kavala | "Serbian: Vavilon|i=unset" | ||
| Serbian: {{ill|Keni nije mrtav|sr | "Serbian: Dijamanti|i=unset" | ||
| Konstrakta | "Serbian: Novo, bolje|i=unset" | ||
| Lena Kovačević | "Serbian: Zovi me Lena|i=unset" | ||
| Marko Mandić | "Serbian: Dno|i=unset" | ||
| Martina Vrbos | "Croatian: Da me voliš|i=unset" | Martina Vrbos | |
| "Serbian: Moje tvoje|i=unset" | |||
| "Serbian: Percepcija|i=unset" | |||
| Nadia | "Serbian: Sudari|i=unset" | ||
| "Serbian: Jutra bez tebe|i=unset" | |||
| Saša Báša & Virtual Ritual | "Serbian: Elektroljubav|i=unset" | ||
| Teya Dora | "Serbian: [[Ramonda (song)|Ramonda]]|i=unset" | ||
| Yanx | "Serbian: Kolo|i=unset" | ||
| Zejna | "Serbian: Najbolja|i=unset" | ||
| Zorja | "Serbian: {{ill|Lik u ogledalu|sr|Lik u ogledalu" |
The jury in the semi-finals consisted of: Vladimir Jovanović (representative of OGAE Serbia and editor of the Eurovision portal), (singer, composer and songwriter), Miloš Mihajlović(pianist and piano professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade), (composer and songwriter) and the jury president Goca Tržan(singer).
The first semi-final was held on 27 February 2024 at 21:00 CET, with the running order revealed on 24 January 2024.[6] "Serbian: Gnezdo orlovo|i=unset" performed by Serbian: [[Breskvica]]|i=unset won the first semi-final with 24 points, winning both the jury and the public vote; other acts that qualified were Zorja, Bojana x David, Hristina, Lena Kovačević, Serbian: i=unset|Keni nije mrtav, M.IRA and Marko Mandić.[19] [20]
In addition to the competing entries, Nevena Božović opened the show with a performance of Loreen's Eurovision 2023 winning song "Tattoo", while an ABBA medley featured as the interval act with performances by, Dragana Radaković, the Orthodox Celts, with Serbian: Dragačevske vezilje|i=no, Ivana Peters,, Ksenija Knežević, Julijana Vincan,, Mladen Lukić and Miloš Marković.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Points | ||||||||||
| 1 | Marko Mandić | "Serbian: i=unset|Dno" | 31 | 6 | 722 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 2 | M.IRA | "Serbian: i=unset|Percepcija" | 10 | 3 | 1,786 | 6 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Bojana x David | "Serbian: i=unset|No No No" | 21 | 4 | 5,492 | 10 | 14 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Lena Kovačević | "Serbian: i=unset|Zovi me Lena" | 36 | 7 | 1,427 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Saša Báša & Virtual Ritual | "Serbian: i=unset|Elektroljubav" | 7 | 1 | 972 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Martina Vrbos | "Croatian: i=unset|Da me voliš" | 5 | 0 | 516 | 0 | data-sort-value="0.1" | 0 | 13 | ||
| 7 | Filarri | "Serbian: i=unset|Ko je ta žena?" | 4 | 0 | 1,707 | 5 | data-sort-value="5.1" | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Breskvica | "Serbian: i=unset|[[Gnezdo orlovo]]" | 58 | 12 | 18,878 | 12 | 24 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Hristina | "Serbian: i=unset|Bedem" | 40 | 8 | 1,532 | 4 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Ivana Vladović | "Serbian: i=unset|Jaka" | 23 | 5 | 809 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Chai | "Serbian: i=unset|Sama" | 3 | 0 | 1,053 | 2 | data-sort-value="2.1" | 2 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Zorja | "Serbian: i=unset|Lik u ogledalu" | 45 | 10 | 3,360 | 8 | 18 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Kavala | "Serbian: i=unset|Vavilon" | 0 | 0 | 753 | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="14" | 13 | ||
| 14 | Serbian: i=unset|Keni nije mrtav | "Serbian: i=unset|Dijamanti" | data-sort-value="7.1" | 7 | 2 | 2,573 | 7 | data-sort-value="9.1" | 9 | 6 | |
| Draw | Song | Total | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Serbian: i=unset|Dno" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 6 | |
| 2 | "Serbian: i=unset|Percepcija" | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 3 | "No No No" | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 4 | |
| 4 | "Serbian: i=unset|Zovi me Lena" | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 7 | |
| 5 | "Serbian: i=unset|Elektroljubav" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 6 | "Croatian: i=unset|Da me voliš" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 7 | "Serbian: i=unset|Ko je ta žena" | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 8 | "Serbian: i=unset|Gnezdo orlovo" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 12 | |
| 9 | "Serbian: i=unset|Bedem" | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 8 | |
| 10 | "Serbian: i=unset|Jaka" | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 5 | |
| 11 | "Serbian: i=unset|Sama" | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 12 | "Serbian: i=unset|Lik u ogledalu" | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 10 | |
| 13 | "Serbian: i=unset|Vavilon" | ||||||||
| 14 | "Serbian: i=unset|Dijamanti" | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
The second semi-final was held on 29 February 2024 at 21:00 CET, with the running order revealed on 24 January 2024. "Serbian: Ramonda|i=unset" performed by Teya Dora won the second semi-final with 24 points, winning both the jury and the public vote; other acts that qualified were Konstrakta, Zejna, Džordži, Iva Lorens, Nemanja Radošević, Dušan Kurtić and Milan Bujaković.[21]
In addition to the competing entries, Luke Black opened the show with a performance of his winning song from Serbian: [[Pesma za Evroviziju '23]] "Serbian: [[Samo mi se spava]]|i=unset". The interval section featured Black performing his songs "God's Too Cool" and "Chainsaws in Paradise", Sanja Vučić performing "Cha Cha Cha", Hurricane performing "Fuego" and performing "Italian: [[Soldi]]|i=no".[21]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Points | |||||||||
| 1 | Nadia | "Serbian: i=unset|Sudari" | 13 | 3 | 815 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | Hydrogen | "Serbian: i=unset|Nemoguća misija" | 7 | 0 | 1,511 | 4 | data-sort-value="4.2" | 4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Iva Lorens | "Serbian: i=unset|Dom" | data-sort-value="0.2" | 0 | 0 | 2,122 | 7 | data-sort-value="7.2" | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Zejna | "Serbian: i=unset|Najbolja" | data-sort-value="36.1" | 36 | 8 | 1,632 | 6 | 14 | 3 | |
| 5 | Filip Baloš | "Serbian: i=unset|Duga je noć" | 10 | 1 | 1,482 | 3 | data-sort-value="4.1" | 4 | 10 | |
| 6 | Nemanja Radošević | "Serbian: i=unset|Jutra bez tebe" | 11 | 2 | 1,602 | 5 | data-sort-value="7.1" | 7 | 6 | |
| 7 | Yanx | "Serbian: i=unset|Kolo" | 19 | 4 | 798 | 0 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | Kat Dosa | "Serbian: i=unset|Tajni začin" | data-sort-value="0.1" | 0 | 0 | 1,461 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| 9 | Džordži | "Serbian: i=unset|Luna park" | 28 | 5 | 3,278 | 8 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Dušan Kurtić | "Serbian: i=unset|Zbog tebe živim" | 36 | 7 | 951 | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 11 | Teya Dora | "Serbian: [[Ramonda (song)|Ramonda]]|i=unset" | 60 | 12 | 6,230 | 12 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Konstrakta | "Serbian: i=unset|Novo, bolje" | 41 | 10 | 5,997 | 10 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Milan Bujaković | "Serbian: i=unset|Moje tvoje" | 29 | 6 | 570 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Durlanski | "Serbian: i=unset|Muzika" | 0 | 0 | 1,216 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Draw | Song | Total | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Serbian: i=unset|Sudari" | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | |
| 2 | "Serbian: i=unset|Nemoguća misija" | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | "Serbian: i=unset|Dom" | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | "Serbian: i=unset|Najbolja" | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 8 | |
| 5 | "Serbian: i=unset|Duga je noć" | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 6 | "Serbian: i=unset|Jutra bez tebe" | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 7 | "Serbian: i=unset|Kolo" | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 4 | |
| 8 | "Serbian: i=unset|Tajni začin" | 0 | |||||||
| 9 | "Serbian: i=unset|Luna park" | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 5 | |
| 10 | "Serbian: i=unset|Zbog tebe živim" | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 7 | |
| 11 | "Serbian: i=unset|Ramonda" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 12 | |
| 12 | "Serbian: i=unset|Novo, bolje" | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 10 | |
| 13 | "Serbian: i=unset|Moje tvoje" | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 6 | |
| 14 | "Serbian: i=unset|Muzika" | 0 |