Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country  Serbia
National selection
Selection process Beovizija 2008
Selection date(s) Semi-final
March 9, 2008
Final
March 10, 2008
Selected entrant Jelena Tomašević
Selected song "Oro"
Finals performance
Final result 6th, 160 points
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Serbian National Final, Beovizija 2008, was held on March 9 (semi-finals) and March 10, 2008 (finals) at Sava Centar in Belgrade to determine Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Serbia in May. Beovizija was hosted by Kristina Radenković, Branislav Katić, Đorđe Maričić and Nina Radulović, and the winner was Jelena Tomašević with the song "Oro" scoring the maximum from both the jury and televoters.[1]

20 songs competed in the semi-finals. The top 10 songs from the semi-final qualified for the national final. The voting was a mixture of televoting (50%) and a professional jury (50%).

Beovizija 2008

For the results of the semi-final, see Beovizija 2008.
Draw Artist Song Televote Jury Total Place
1 Betty Boop "Квар (Kvar)" 1510 6 7 13 4
2 Beauty Queens "Завет (Zavet)" 3504 8 8 16 3
3 Drum'n'Zez "Дунав (Dunav)" 1020 5 1 6 9
4 Марко Вулиновић – Marko Vulinović "Сада или никада (Sada ili nikada)" 311 1 6 7 7
5 Алеска Јелић и Ана Штајдохар – Aleksa Jelić and Ana Štajdohar "Beli jablan" 3634 10 10 20 2
6 Студио Алектик & Цвета Мајтановић – Studio Alektik & Cveta Majtanović "Изнад нас (Iznad nas)" 2525 7 4 11 5
7 Јелена Томашевић – Jelena Tomašević "Оро (Oro)" 8653 12 12 24 1
8 Огњен и пријатељи – Ognjen i prijatelji "Чућемо, чућете – Čućemo,čućete" 425 2 3 5 10
9 Зои Кида у Земљи Грува – Zoe Kida u Zemlji Gruva "Чудесни светови (Čudesni svetovi)" 784 4 2 6 8
10 Лејла Хот – Lejla Hot "Да си ту (Da si tu)" 732 3 5 8 6

Eurovision

As the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and the host of the competition, Serbia was one of the five countries directly qualified into the final on May 24, 2008. It came sixth in the overall score board with 160 points, receiving the maximum 12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Switzerland and Montenegro.

Points awarded by Serbia

Semi-final

12 points Macedonia
10 points Croatia
8 points Ukraine
7 points Georgia
6 points Portugal
5 points Bulgaria
4 points Hungary
3 points Sweden
2 points Latvia
1 point Cyprus

Final

12 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points Russia
8 points Greece
7 points Israel
6 points Ukraine
5 points Armenia
4 points Norway
3 points Croatia
2 points Sweden
1 point Portugal

Points awarded to Serbia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Montenegro
  •  Slovenia
  •   Switzerland
  •  Croatia
  •  Macedonia
  •  Germany
  •  Netherlands
  •  France
  •  Hungary
  •  Romania
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Albania
  •  Cyprus
  •  Greece
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Poland
  •  Russia
  •  Armenia
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Iceland
  •  Belarus
  •  Malta
  •  Moldova

Commentators

For the 2008 contest the commentator for Serbia was Dragoljub Ilić.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "JELENA TOMAŠEVIĆ REPRESENTS SERBIA". Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Eurosong finale". b92.net. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

See also


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