RTS, the Serbian broadcaster has just announced the twenty acts taking part in Beovizija, the country's preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The artists will participate in the Beovizija semi final on 7th March and ten of them will proceed to the final the next day.

Ending weeks of speculations in local media, RTS have announced the final list of the twenty semi finalists of Beovizija. A jury comprising Jelena Ilic, Ana Milicevicand Jelena Vlahovic selected the following songs out of the 90 submitted in total:

1. Aleksandra Jankovic –Nauci me (B. Jeremic – V. Mihajlovska – B. Jeremic)
2. Andrej Ilic- Nemam te (D. Alagic)
3. Vanja Mijatovic – Led i zar (M. Mijatovic – N. Jankovic -M. Mijatovic)
4. Danijel and Milica – H8ER (M. Kon and A. Kobac – M. Tucakovic – M. Kon and A. Kobac)
5. Dusan Zrnic – Tvoje drugo ime je greh (A. Babic – A. Babic – R. Grubisic)
6. Etar – Sanjaj me (Etar – K. Popovic, B. Jankovic – Etar i B. Jankovic)
7. Zbogom Brus Li –Ha ha ha (B. Smuk i K. Sivacki – S. Matic – B. Smuk i D. Sevarlic)
8. Zemlja gruva – Svejedno je (Zemlja gruva)
9. Ivana Selakov – Moje odbrane (G. Radinovic – A. Milutinovic – G. Radinovic)
10. Lejla Hot – Cekajuci prince (O. Cvekic – L. Hot – O. Cvekic)
11. Marko Kon – Cipela (A. Kobac – M. Kon)
12.Minja Samardzic – Petak uvece (A. Perisic Romario – M. Tucakovic – V. Aralica)
13. Natasa Bekvalac – Bili smo najlepsi (A. Perisic Romario – M. Tucakovic – A. Perisic Romario)
14. Oscar & Beauty Queens feat.. DjorDje Marjanovic – Superstar
(V. Graic – O. Amidzc and V. Graic – V. Graic and S. M. Mare)
15. OT Band – Blagoslov za kraj (E.Owen – S. Vukomanovic – E. Botric)
16. Pozitivan haos – Gloria (A. Radulovic – M. Tucakovic and Lj. Jorgovanovic – M. Mihajlovic)
17. SevdahBABY and Miki Element – Previse reci (M. Stankovic, O. Katic – M. Stankovic)
18. Sonja Bakic – Nista novo (M. Vukomanovic )
19. Tijana Bogicevic – Pazi sta radis (DjorDje Miljenovic )
20. Trio Pasaz and Katarina Sotirovic – Zauvek (B. Jeremic)

Reserves:
1. Milos Zikic – Vrela noc (M. Rex and Ch. Wolf – S. Mitrovic and J. Radomir – J. Radomir and R. Rex)
2. DjorDje Ranitovic- Jednom za kraj (S. Simic Kamba – A. Sola – A. Aleksov)
3. Mika K. – Moja noc (DjorDje Miljenovic)
4. Voja Nedeljkovic and Koktel bend – Vidi mala (B. Jeremic – V. Mihajlovska and Z. Zlatanovic – B. Jeremic)

The Beauty Queens, originally Marija Serifovic's backing singers and last year's Beovizija participants return together with Djordje Marjanovic and popular Serbian television hero Oskar. The ensemble is counting on some serious support in Russia, should they win Beovizija as Djordje , a living legend in Serbia, has been quite popular there for the past 30 years. The Beauty Queens' song has been composed and penned by Vladimir Graic, author of Serbia's first victorious song Molitva. Ivana Selakov used to be part of the Beauty Queens' original lineup but left the band to pursue a solo career and now participates on her own.

Natasha Bekvalac is another name to look out for as she is a major star nowadays in Serbia. Another name familiar to Eurovision fans is Andrej Babic, the composer of no less than four Eurovision entries so far.

OT band is a group comprising many Operacija Trijumf members. Zemlja gruva and Lejla Hot took part in last year's Beovizija as well. In the reserves, we see a song by popular TV presenter Jovan Radomir.

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