At 21.00 CET, the remaining ten songs that will be taking part in this year's Serbian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest will be presented during Evropsko Lice, on RTS1. A live webcast is available for international fans to follow.
Last week saw the presentation of the first ten songs competing in this year's Beovizija. The remaining ten will be presented tonight during Evropsko Lice, the talent show which will select the hosts of the Serbian national final who will possibly co host the Eurovision Song Contest itself.
There show will be webcast live here.
The songs to be presented tonight are:
1. Denis and Obule-Bezimena Music and lyrics: Bane Opačić
2. Jelena Tomašević-Oro Music:�eljko Joksimović Lyrics:Minacord
3. Lejla Hot-Da si tu Music and lyrics: Lejla Hot
4. Marko Vulinović- Sada ili nikada (Now or never)Music:Vladimir Preradović Lyrics:Marko Vulinović
5. Negativ- S tobom bih ostala Music and lyrics:Vuk Protić
6. Nenad Ćeranić -Slepa ulica Music:Srđan Simić Kamba Lyrics: Antonija Šola
7. Ognjen and prijatelji- Čućemo, čućete…
Music: Ognjen Popović Lyrics: Tijana Mangović, Ivan Aleksijević
8. Sloba Bajić- Prečica do dna Music and lyrics Dragana Jovanović
9. Studio Alektik and Cveta Majtanović- Iznad nas
Music:Petar Jelić Lyrics:Aleksandra Berček
10. Tamara Nikezić-Nisi prvi
Music and lyrics: Leontina Vukomanović
Live coverage by Stella Floras, Dragan Cooler and Alexandar Kesic.
The show has started and the webcast is working just fine. And the first song to go is the most anticipated one of the evening.
1. Jelena Tomašević-Oro Music:�eljko Joksimović
The song is typical Zeljko Joksimovic but weaker than Lejla and Lane Moje. A typical Balkan ballad which suits Jelena perfectly. There is an instrumental part instead of a vocal chorus which strikes us as strange.
2.Lejla Hot-Da si tu
An uptempo pop ballad by Lejla now. Good vocals and a sweet melody but really how far can this go after Marija's Molitva?
3. Marko Vulinović- Sada ili nikada (Now or never)
This is definitely the year of the ballad as we are just listening to one more. Marko is an ex member of Peti element, the runner-ups of the 2004 Beovizija. A rather flat ballad by Marko with no distinct chorus which would help it stick to mind somehow.
4. Denis and Obule-Bezimena
A welcome change in beat now as Denis and Obule sing their pop song which sounds country influenced at times by the use of the guitar. The song is rhythmic and nice to clap to but that is just about it.
5.Negativ- S tobom bih ostala
A large round of applause welcomes popular Negativ on stage. This is a very popular Serbian rock band performing a typical Negativ song. Great vocals by Ivana who has recently had a baby. Negativ were the winners of the 2004 Beovizija but were beaten by Zeljiko Joksimovic on the second night. Tonight's song is slightly reminiscent of Zbunjena, their 2004 entry.
6. Nenad Ćeranić –Slepa ulica
Nenad is not very well known in Serbia. But he has a very distinct voice, husky and sexy. His song is written by Dora participant Antonija Sola. The song is pop rock with a touch of a spanish feel to it. An interesting entry overall.
7.Ognjen and prijatelji- Čućemo, čućete…
A crash course in Serbian grammar now by Ognjen and prijatelji, sung to a jazzy tune. Repeat after me: cu, ces, ce, cemo, cete, ce= I will, you will, etc. The clarinet is the presominant instrument in this song that brings Cuba to mind.
8.Sloba Bajić- Prečica do dna
Music and lyrics Dragana Jovanović who wrote Nevildjiva, that came third in the 2005 Beovizija. Sloba distinctly like Vlado Georgiev.
9. Studio Alektik and Cveta Majtanović- Iznad nas
The first fully choreographed entry of the evening. Female pop rock from Cveta, the first winner of the Serbian Idol in 2004. Good vocals that bring Anastacia to mind.
10.Tamara Nikezić-Nisi prvi
Tamara sings yet anothat ballad, written by Leontina Vukomanovic, the lyricist of Lane Moje. An emotional song that seems to be telling a story, maybe a little bit overdramatically performed by Tamara.
And that concludes the presentation of all 20 Serbian songs. We will next be seeing them on 19th February in the Beovizija semi final.
