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participated in the

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which took place on 26 November 2017, in

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, Georgia.

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(RTS) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović were selected from national selection to represent Serbia with the song "Ceo svet je naš".

Background

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its debut in , and once as in , prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1372 The Serbian broadcaster announced on 15 June 2017, that they would be participating at the contest to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Before Junior Eurovision

''Dečja Pesma Evrovizije 2017''

The singer who performed the Serbian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was selected through the singing competition ''Dečja Pesma Evrovizije'' ("Children's Eurovision Song"). On 15 June 2017 RTS revealed it will be reverting to an open selection to choose their entry after several years of internal selection. On 21 September 2017, it was announced that a national final will take place to determine the country's representative.

Competing entries

Interested candidates had to submit their entries before the deadline on 15 August. A total of 18 songs were submitted to RTS which were then shortlisted to three by a panel of music editors.

Final

The final was recorded on 28 September 2017 and broadcast on 30 September 2017 on 12:30

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. The winners were Jana Paunović (born 7 February 2005) and Irina Brodić (born 3 November 2004) with the song "Ceo svet je naš", which was selected from the five-panel jury, who consisted of

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(arranger and producer),

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(singer, representative of Serbia in the

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), Ljiljana Ranđelović (choir conductor), Čeda Hodžić (RTS music editor) and

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(rock musician).

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Serbia was drawn to perform fourteenth on 26 November 2017, following Russia and preceding Australia.

Voting

Detailed voting results

References

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