In an effort to appeal to as many fans as possible, Serbia's Eurovision Song Contest entry for Moscow will be recorded in a whole range of different versions, and made available for download over the coming days.

Versions in the pipeline include the usual foreign-language versions including Russian, French, English and even Hebrew, but also new mixes including a brass, Latino and dance version of Serbia's song. Composer Aleksander Kobac explains that "the aim is to introduce Balkan music to the European dance club scene". The new versions will be available soon from the broadcaster's website rts.rs .

The last shoe-inspired song from the Balkans was Severina's Moja štikla, performed in Athens in 2006. Placing at a solid 12th position that year, Marko Kon and Milaan will be hoping to do slightly better in the second semi-final, in order to make the grand final on Saturday 16th May.


Richard's ESC history began way back in 1992, when he discovered the contest could fuel his passion for music and languages. Since then, it's been there at every corner for him in some way or another. He joined the esctoday.com team back in 2006, and quickly developed a love for writing about the contest. In his other life, he heads the development team at the learning resources company Linguascope, and writes about all aspects of language learning on the site Polyglossic.com.