Today (28th February 2026) the Grand Final of the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 – Pesma Za Evroviziju ‘26 took place and after a combination of jury votes and televote from Serbian viewers at home Lavina won and will represent the Balkan nation in Vienna – Austria.
The national final was conducted on RTS, the Serbian broadcaster responsible for their Eurovision Song Contest entries.
🇷🇸 How it all went down
After two live Semi-Finals, Pesma za Evroviziju ’26 concluded. These were the fourteen acts and their songs in the running order positions allocated by RTS:
- Brat Pelin – ‘Fräulein’
- Lores – ‘Unseen’
- Jack Lupino – ‘Adrenalin’
- Ana Mašulović – ‘Zavoli me’
- Harem Girls x Ivana – ‘Bom Bom’
- Iva Grujin – ‘Otkrivam sebe’
- Kosmos trip – ‘Sve je u redu’
- Zejna – ‘Jugoslavija’
- Geminni – ‘Metar sreće’
- LU-KA – ‘Veruj’
- LAVINA – ‘Kraj mene’
- YANX – ‘Srušio si sve’
- Zona – ‘Čairi’
- MIRNA – ‘OMAJA’
As previously stated, the combined votes of the public and jury members determined the winning act who will represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 taking place in Vienna, Austria in May.
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 ’25, Princ represented Serbia with, ‘Mila’. Unfortunately he failed to qualify for the Grand Final. ‘Mila’ placed 14th in the second Semi-Final.
