Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Serbia was represented by Jelena Tomašević in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Oro".

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Serbia
National selection
Selection processBeovizija 2008
Selection date(s)Semi-final
March 9, 2008
Final
March 10, 2008
Selected entrantJelena Tomašević
Selected song"Oro"
Finals performance
Final result6th, 160 points
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Beovizija 2008

The Serbian national final, Beovizija 2008, was held on 9 March 2008 (semi-finals) and 10 March 2008 (finals) at the 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.

Semi-final

Twenty songs competed during the semi-final on 9 March 2008. The ten qualifiers were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (50%) and the Serbian public (50%).

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1Studio Alektik & Cveta Majtanović"Iznad nas" 41,732812 4
2Drum'n'Zez"Dunav" 077455 9
3Negative"S tobom bih ostala" 214502 12
4Mogul"Možda baš" 014900 17
5Nenad Ćeranić"Slepa ulica" 013500 18
6Betty Boop"Kvar" 387269 6
7Sloba Bajić"Prečica do dna" 026633 11
8Aleksa Jelić & Ana Štajdohar"Beli jablan" 51,288712 3
9Beauty Queens"Zavet" 121,7491022 1
10Andrej Ilić Band"Tijana" 025522 13
11Lejla Hot"Da si tu" 621906 8
12Ivana Ćosić"Kao da hodam" 06800 20
13Tamara Nikezić"Nisi prvi" 118201 14
14Dejan Vozlić"Ako me čuješ" 023011 15
15Zana"U život kockam se..." 012900 19
16Marko Vulinović"Sada ili nikada" 820408 7
17Zoe Kida & Zemlji Gruva"Čudesni svetovi" 052744 10
18Ognjen and Friends"Čućemo, čućete..." 10208010 5
19Denis and Obule"Bezimena" 019000 16
20Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić"Oro" 74,4091219 2

Final

Ten songs competed during the final on 10 March 2008. The winner was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (50%) and the Serbian public (50%). The winner was Jelena Tomašević with the song "Oro" scoring the maximum from both the jury and televoters.[1]

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Betty Boop "Kvar" 7 1,510 6 13 4
2 Beauty Queens "Zavet" 8 3,504 8 16 3
3 Drum'n'Zez "Dunav" 1 1,020 5 6 9
4 Marko Vulinović "Sada ili nikada" 6 311 1 7 7
5 Aleksa Jelić and Ana Štajdohar "Beli jablan" 10 3,634 10 20 2
6 Studio Alektik & Cveta Majtanović "Iznad nas" 4 2,525 7 11 5
7 Jelena Tomašević "Oro" 12 8,653 12 24 1
8 Ognjen i prijatelji "Čućemo, čućete" 3 425 2 5 10
9 Zoe Kida u Zemlji Gruva "Čudesni svetovi" 2 784 4 6 8
10 Lejla Hot "Da si tu" 5 732 3 8 6

At 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 performing 23rd, following Spain and preceding the Russia it came sixth in the overall score board with 160 points, receiving the maximum 12 points from BH, Slovenia, Switzerland and Montenegro.

Points awarded by Serbia
Points awarded to Serbia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Commentators

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

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References
  1. "JELENA TOMAŠEVIĆ REPRESENTS SERBIA". Retrieved March 11, 2008.
  2. "Eurosong finale". b92.net. Retrieved May 24, 2008.

See also


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