Blic online has just announced the list of the 20 acts that will take part in this year's Serbian semi final on March 7. Ten of them will proceed to the Beovizija final. The final will take place the next day in the Sava Centar in Belgrade where the first representative of the Republic of Serbia to the Eurovision song Contest will be decided.
RTS received a record number of songs this year, something that pleased the Serbian broadcaster as it is their first participation after the split with Montenegro. The list is quite varied as it includes artists representing many different music genres of the local music scene. Duška Vučinić-Lučić ,PR manager of Beovizija, told Blic that the audience can expect a lot of surprises the night of the semi.
The stage will be designed by Goran Joksimović like every year. The Serbian preselection is renowned for the impressive stages and this year it promises to be even more impressive. For the semi and final interval acts many popular artists from the region and beyond have been invited.
The participants' list is as follows (in random order):
Ivana Pavlović and Negative
Bla bla Band
Miki Perić
Aleksandra Perović
Emina Jahović
Marija Šerifović
Maja Marković
Maja Nikolić
Ivana Jordan
Amadeus Bend
Mira Škorić
Aleksa Jelić
Tanja and Bane
IQ Band
Blizance
Igor Vujević
Suzana Dimić
Slobodan Trkulja and Balkanopolis
Beti Bup Band A song by Saša Dragić ( artist choice pending)
The Beovizija will be co-produced by RTS and MEGAFON and it is scheduled to take place in the Sava Center on March 7th and 8th, at 21.00 CET. Both shows will be broadcast by RTS, RTS Satellite and webcast as well. During the interval, on the final night, the annual Music Achievement Awards will be presented to the most successful Serbian music artists. RTS will be holding a press conference on February 8th to announce the list officially, together with more details on the events.
The Serbian audience will also have the opportunity to hear the songs and to learn more about the participants on ten shows which will be broadcast every day, but the weekend, from February 21st to March 6th.
As Serbia did not participate in last year's Eurovision Song Contest, they will be performing in the semi final on May 10th, in Helsinki.
A special thanks to Denis Milovic and Mladen Koprivica for their contribution to the article.
