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 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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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
1	Studio Alektik & Cveta Majtanović	"Iznad nas"	4	1,732	8	12	4
2	Drum'n'Zez	"Dunav"	0	774	5	5	9
3	Negative	"S tobom bih ostala"	2	145	0	2	12
4	Mogul	"Možda baš"	0	149	0	0	17
5	Nenad Ćeranić	"Slepa ulica"	0	135	0	0	18
6	Betty Boop	"Kvar"	3	872	6	9	6
7	Sloba Bajić	"Prečica do dna"	0	266	3	3	11
8	Aleksa Jelić & Ana Štajdohar	"Beli jablan"	5	1,288	7	12	3
9	Beauty Queens	"Zavet"	12	1,749	10	22	1
10	Andrej Ilić Band	"Tijana"	0	255	2	2	13
11	Lejla Hot	"Da si tu"	6	219	0	6	8
12	Ivana Ćosić	"Kao da hodam"	0	68	0	0	20
13	Tamara Nikezić	"Nisi prvi"	1	182	0	1	14
14	Dejan Vozlić	"Ako me čuješ"	0	230	1	1	15
15	Zana	"U život kockam se..."	0	129	0	0	19
16	Marko Vulinović	"Sada ili nikada"	8	204	0	8	7
17	Zoe Kida & Zemlji Gruva	"Čudesni svetovi"	0	527	4	4	10
18	Ognjen and Friends	"Čućemo, čućete..."	10	208	0	10	5
19	Denis and Obule	"Bezimena"	0	190	0	0	16
20	Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić	"Oro"	7	4,409	12	19	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

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Janjatović	Marković	Kunijević	Total	Points
1	"Kvar"	5	10	6	21	7
2	"Zavet"	7	6	10	23	8
3	"Dunav"	2	1	1	4	1
4	"Sada ili nikada"	3	12	5	20	6
5	"Beli jablan"	10	5	8	23	10
6	"Iznad nas"	8	4	4	16	4
7	"Oro"	12	8	12	32	12
8	"Čućemo, čućete"	6	3	3	12	3
9	"Čudesni svetovi"	1	2	2	5	2
10	"Da si tu"	4	7	7	18	5

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

Semi-final 2 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 March 11, 2008.
2. "Eurosong finale". b92.net. Retrieved May 24, 2008.

See also

• Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2008