Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |
 Serbia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process |
Beovizija 2018 50% Jury 50% Televoting |
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| Selection date(s) | 20 February 2018 | |||
| Selected entrant | Sanja Ilić & Balkanika | |||
| Selected song | "Nova deca" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
Sanja Ilić Tanja Ilić Danica Krstajić |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 117 points) | |||
| Final result | 19th, 113 points | |||
| Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised and had held the national final Beovizija 2018 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2018 contest to be held in Lisbon, Portugal.
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović. Since 2007, seven out of ten of Serbia's entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009, 2013 and in 2017, missing out 2014 contest.
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 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 7 August 2017. 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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