Pesma Za Evroviziju '25

'''25'' ( sr-Cyrl, Песма за Евровизију '25; PzE '25) was the fourth edition of , the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The selection consisted of two semi-finals held on 25 and 26 February 2025, respectively, and a final on 28 February 2025, all presented by Dragana Kosjerina and .

Format and production

In 2024, RTS confirmed that the national final format would once again be organised to determine its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The selection will consist of two semi-finals on 25 and 26 February 2024, and a final on 28 February 2025, with the original dates having been 25, 27 February and 1 March. Fifteen contestants competed in each semi-final, with eight qualifying for the final from each.

Slaven Došlo, who had hosted , was announced as a co-host for the second year in a row. However, on 20 February 2025, Došlo announced his resignation from the role, joining Bojana Vunturišević in boycotting RTS due to its way of reporting on the 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests. On 24 February, it was revealed that Đorđe Živadinović would also not be fulfilling his previously announced role as a presenter.

Competing entries

On 18 July 2024, RTS opened an online form for interested artists to submit their entries. The submission period was supposed to last until 1 November 2024, but the window was extended until 10 November a few days before the intended closing time. Performers were required to hold Serbian citizenship, whilst there were no limitations as to whom could be a songwriter. At least 51% of lyrics of the submitted entries had to be in one of the official languages of Serbia. At the closing of the deadline, 222 entries had been submitted.

30 competing acts were selected and announced on 10 December 2024. Returnees to the Serbian national final include:
*Bojana x David and Dušan Kurtić, who competed the previous year;
*Filarri, who competed in 2023 and 2024;
*Gift (as part of Gifts and Roses), who competed in 2022 and 2023;
*Princ, who competed in 2023;
*Jelena Pajić, who competed in 2022;
*Aleksa Vučković and Dimitrije Borčanin (both as part of AltCtrl), who competed in and 2022 as part of the band ;
*Biber, who competed in and in 2006, and 2022;
*Igor Simić, who competed in ''2020'' and 2022;
*Maja Nikolić, who competed in in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2018, and ;
*Tanja Banjanin, who competed in .

On 31 December 2024, RTS announced that Buč Kesidi with the song "" were disqualified from the contest, due to performing their song prior to 1 September 2024 at the Sea Side Festival, which goes against the contest's rules. They were be replaced by Maršali with the song "". On 8 January 2025, RTS announced that Dram with the song "" were also disqualified due to performing their song prior to 1 September 2024. They were be replaced by Lensy with the song "". On 24 January 2025, Milan Nikolić announced his intention to withdraw due to "new circumstances" and that he would quit his role as editor at PGP-RTS; despite this, his entry "" was still published along with the other competing entries and would go on to take part in the shows. Other acts also expressed a desire to withdraw from the contest, including Biber, Filarri and Ana Ćurčin (member of Ana & The Changes). Kalina Delić, lead singer of Biber, stated in a interview in late February that a late withdrawal would carry high fees, which they are not able to pay; the competition was held during the 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests.

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Contest overview

Semi-finals

The jury in the semi-finals consisted of: Nikoleta Dojčinović, Miljan Tanić, Nevena Božović, Andrej Ilić and .

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was held on 25 February 2025. Fifteen songs competed, and the eight songs with the most points qualified for the final.

In addition to the competing entries, Kolibri Choir opened the show with the song "", originally performed by Yu Rock Misija.

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 26 February 2025. Fifteen songs competed and the eight songs with the most points qualifed for the final.

In addition to the competing entries, in place of a live interval act was a rerun of a PzE '23 interval act: an ethno medley of "Fairytale", "Wild Dances", "Euphoria", "", and "" by Stevan Anđelković, Sanja Vučić, Ivana Peters and Alen Ademović.

Final

The final was held on 28 February 2025. Sixteen songs competed, and the winner, "" performed by Princ, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Snežana Vukomanović, Dragan Đorđević, Zorja Pajić, Dejan Kostić, and jury president Slobodan Marković, and the Serbian public via televoting. All funds collected from the viewer votes were donated to raise funds for the renovation of the Institute of Neonatology of the Clinical Center of Serbia.

In addition to the competing entries, in place of a live interval act was a rerun of a PzE '24 interval act, Luke Black performing his song "", and a rerun of a PzE '23 interval act, Konstrakta performing a medley of her songs "" and "".

Other awards

OGAE Serbia

The OGAE Serbia Award for the Best Song in ''′25'' was voted on by the association members. The award was won by the song "" by Harem Girls, which was thus designated as the Serbian entry to the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2025.

Broadcasts and ratings

The three shows were aired on RTS1, RTS Svet and , as well as being streamed online via the broadcaster's website ''rts.rs'' and its official YouTube channel. The final was also aired on and on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.

References

{{Pesma za Evroviziju

2025 in Serbia
2025 song contests
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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