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Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country  Serbia
National selection
Selection process Internal Selection
Selection date(s) Artist: 27 February 2017
Song: 11 March 2017
Selected entrant Tijana Bogićević
Selected song "In Too Deep"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result 11th, 98 points (Failed to qualify)
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2016 2017

Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "In Too Deep" written by Borislav Milanov, Joacim Bo Persson, Johan Alkenas and Lisa Ann-Mari Linder. The song was performed by Tijana Bogićević, who was internally selected by the Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to represent Serbia in the 2016 contest in Kiev, Ukraine. Bogićević was announced as the Serbian representative on 27 February 2017, while the song, "In Too Deep", was presented on 11 March 2017.

Serbia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "In Too Deep" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović. Since 2007, seven out of nine of Serbia's entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009 and 2013. After returning to the Eurovision Song Contest following their one-year withdrawal in 2014, Serbia's 2015 entry "Beauty Never Lies" performed by Bojana Stamenov qualified to the final and placed tenth. Serbia also qualified to the final and in 2016 when Sanja Vučić performed "Goodbye (Shelter)" and placed 18th.

The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), broadcasts the event within Serbia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. RTS confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 5 October 2016. Between 2007 and 2009, Serbia used the Beovizija national final in order to select their entry. However, after their 2009 entry, "Cipela" performed by Marko Kon and Milaan, failed to qualify Serbia to the final, the broadcaster shifted their selection strategy to selecting specific composers to create songs for artists. In 2010, RTS selected Goran Bregović to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists, while in 2011 Kornelije Kovač, Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač were tasked with composing one song each. In 2012, the internal selection of Željko Joksimović and the song "Nije ljubav stvar" secured the country's second highest placing in the contest to this point, placing third. In 2013, RTS returned to an open national final format and organized the Beosong competition. The winning entry, "Ljubav je svuda" performed by Moje 3, failed to qualify Serbia to the final at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. In 2015, RTS selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of Serbia's 2007 Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Molitva", to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists.


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