Beovizija 2008
| Beovizija 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final | March 9 |
| Final | March 10 |
| Venue |
Sava Centar Belgrade, Serbia |
| Presenter(s) |
Nina Radulović Đorđe Maričić Kristina Radenković Branislav Katić |
| Interval act | Performances by Stefan Filipović, Rebeka Dremelj, Kraljevi Ulice and 75 cents, Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha, Elvir Laković Laka and Isis Gee Tribute to Toše Proeski (semi) Serbian music industry awards (Final) |
| Participants | |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | 50% jury and 50% televoting 12,10,8,7,...,2,1 awarded to songs |
| Winning song | Oro, Jelena Tomašević |
Beovizija 2008 was the 6th Beovizija music festival. The semi-finals were to be held on February 19, 2008 while the finals were to be held a day later. However, due to unilateral declaration of independence of its southern province Kosovo, the festival was delayed until March 9 when the semi-finals took place and the finals which took place on March 10. The winner of this Beovizija will represent Serbia in the final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest on May 24, 2008, at the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia
The same format set by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) in Beovizija 2007 took place in 2008. The deadline for the submission of songs by artist to the national broadcaster was on December 15, 2007. One of the requirements for entry was that the songs must be performed in Serbian, however, the winning song can be sung in any language for Eurovision. On December 24, 2007, 20 semi-finalists were selected by a group of RTS judges: Ana Milićević, Anja Rogljić, Zoran Dašić, Nikoleta Dojčinović, Jelena Vlahović, Bilja Krstić and Miki Stanojević.
The semi-finalists performed on March 9, 2008. Via public televoting and a 3 team judging panel the scores were combined and the 10 highest ranking songs preceded to the finals. These were songs Oro, Zavet, Kvar, Iznad nas, Dunav, Beli jablan, Da si tu, Sada ili nikada, Čudesni svetovi and Čućemo, čućete. The same voting procedure occurred on the finals night, March 10, 2008, where a winning song was chosen - Oro.
For the first time there were 2 host couples hosting the show.
The 2008 Beovizija semi-finals interval act included singers Stefan Filipović representing Montenegro, Rebeka Dremelj representing Slovenia, Kraljevi Ulice and 75 cents representing Croatia, Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha representing the Republic of Macedonia, Elvir Laković Laka representing Bosnia and Herzegovina and Isis Gee representing Poland. The tragically deceased singer Toše Proeski received a lifetime achievement award. There was also a special tribute to him. Proeski was the winner of the first ever Beovizija in 2003.
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