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Two acts disqualified from Pesma za Evroviziju ’25

As RTS prepares for the upcoming release of the Pesma za Evroviziju ’25 entries, two acts have been disqualified from the national final. Buč Kesidi and Dram will no longer participate, with Maršali and Lena Nikolic taking their spots.

Buč Kesidi and Dram disqualified from PzE ’25

With the scheduled Serbian national final, Pesma za Evroviziju ’25 only weeks away, the season of dramatic incidents continues. Recently, broadcaster RTS revealed the disqualifications of Buč Kesidi and Dram. Both acts were found to be in breach of the 1st September rule which stipulates acts cannot have performed or released their potential Eurovision entry before this date.

It was discovered that Buč Kesidi had performed, ‘Tužne ljubavi’ at the Sea Star Festival in Umag in May 2024. This resulted in the act being replaced by Maršali with, ‘Po policama sećanja’. Dram had also performed their song, ‘Vanja’ at a music festival in 2024. Therefore RTS replaced Dram with Lena Nikolic who will sing, ‘Hvala ti’.

Format and competing artists of PzE ’25

Overall, 30 acts will take part in Pesma za Evroviziju ’25. Two Semi-Finals will be held on February 25 and February 27. The Grand Final will take place on March 1. During the Semi-Finals 8 acts from each will advance. Following the disqualification of two acts, the updated list of competing artists is below:

  • Maršali – ‘Po policama sećanja’
  • Igor Simić – ‘Ne mogu’
  • Tropico band – ‘AI’
  • Tam – ‘Durum durum’
  • Džet Vega – ‘Rolerkoster’
  • Mila – ‘Gaia’
  • Dušan Kurtić – ‘Boginja’
  • Harem Girls – ‘Aladin’
  • Mimi Mercedez – ‘Turbo žurka’
  • Lena Nikolic – ‘Hvala ti’
  • Ivana Štrbac – ‘La La La’
  • Milan Nikolić i banda – ‘Storia del amor’
  • Bojana x David – ‘Šesto čulo’
  • Iskaz – ‘Trendseter’
  • Tanja Banjanin – ‘Ja sam bolja’
  • Princ – ‘Mila’
  • Biber – ‘Da mi se vratiš’
  • Nataša Kojić – ‘Up and Down’
  • Kruz Roudi – ‘Sve i odmah’
  • SEDLAR – ‘Oči boje zemlje’
  • Jelena Pajić – ‘Kameleon’
  • Nikola Antonijević Anton – ‘U grad’
  • AltCtrl – ‘Mamurna jutra’
  • Filarri – ‘Meet and Greet’
  • GIFTS & ROSES – ‘Do kraja vremena’
  • Maja Nikolić – ‘Žali srce moje’
  • Ohajo – ‘MaMa’
  • Ana & The Changes – ‘Brinem’
  • Vukayla – ‘MASK’
  • Vampiri – ‘Tebi treba neko kao ja’

Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest

After previously competing as part of one-time winning nation Yugoslavia, and then Serbia & Montenegro, Serbia made their debut as an independent nation in 2007. Marija Šerifović was selected as Serbia’s first Eurovision entrant, with, ‘Moltiva’. After winning the Semi-Final with 298 points, Serbia managed to win the whole contest, scoring 268 points in the Final.

Following a successful first year, Serbia placed 6th on home soil in 2008. However, in 2009, they failed to make the final for the first time. Since then, Serbia have managed one more top three placing – in 2012. Željko Joksimović, who had already been a Eurovision runner-up in 2004 for Serbia & Montenegro, finished 3rd with, ‘Nije ljubav stvar’.

Last year, following victory in Pesma za Evroviziju ’24, Teya Dora represented Serbia with, ‘Ramonda’. During the Final, she placed 17th with 54 points.

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