Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
| Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Pesma za Evroviziju '22 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 3 March 2022 4 March 2022 Final: 5 March 2022 | |||
| Selected entrant | Konstrakta | |||
| Selected song | "In corpore sano" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 237 points) | |||
| Final result | 5th, 312 points | |||
| Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "In corpore sano" performed by Konstrakta. The Serbian national broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised the national final Pesma za Evroviziju '22 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2022 contest. It was the first entry in the Eurovision Song Contest to contain a verse in Latin.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, Serbia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with their debut entry "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović. Since 2007, ten out of thirteen of Serbia's entries have featured in the final with the nation failing to qualify in 2009, 2013 and 2017. Serbia's 2021 entry, "Loco Loco" performed by Hurricane, qualified to the final and placed fifteenth.
The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), broadcasts the event within Serbia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. 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. In 2015, RTS selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of Serbia's 2007 winning entry "Molitva", to compose songs for a national final featuring three artists.[1] RTS internally selected the Serbian entries in 2016 and 2017 with the decision made by RTS music editors.[1] In 2018 and 2019, RTS returned to using the Beovizija national final in order to select their entry, managing to qualify every year to the final. After the cancellation of the 2020 contest, RTS selected Beovizija 2020 winners Hurricane to represent Serbia in 2021. Their song "Loco Loco" was also internally selected and qualified the country to the final.[2]
Before Eurovision
Pesma za Evroviziju '22
Pesma za Evroviziju '22 is the national final organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[3] The selection consisted of two semi-finals held on 3 and 4 March 2022, respectively, and a final on 5 March 2022.[4] All shows were hosted by Dragana Kosjerina and Jovan Radomir with backstage interviews conducted by Kristina Radenković and Stefan Popović.[5] The three shows were broadcast on RTS1 and RTS Planeta as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website rts.rs.[6]
Competing entries
Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 28 September 2021 and 1 December 2021. Artists were required to be Serbian citizens and submit entries in one of the official languages of the Republic of Serbia, while songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit songs.[7] At the closing of the deadline, 150 submissions were received.[8] A selection committee consisting of RTS music editors reviewed the submissions and selected thirty-six entries to proceed to the national final.[9] The selected competing entries were announced on 14 January 2022 and among the competing artists is Sara Jo, who represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 as part of the group Moje 3.[10][11]
On 19 January 2022, Stefan Zdravković (Princ od Vranje) announced his withdrawal from the national final due to conflicts with the songwriter of his song "Ljubi svog čoveka". The song was instead performed by Tijana Dapčević, who represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, under an altered version titled "Ljubi, ljubi doveka".[12][13] On 14 February 2022, RTS announced that Goca Tržan had withdrawn from the national final due to health problems and was replaced with the song "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" performed by Chegi and Braća Bluz Band.[14]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aca Lukas | "Oskar" (Оскар) | Saša Nikolić, Mira Mijatović |
| Ana Stanić | "Ljubav bez dodira" (Љубав без додира) | Vojislav Dragović, Ana Stanić |
| Angellina | "Origami" (Оригами) | Ognjen Jovanov, Marko Kon, Anđela "Angellina" Vujović |
| Bane Lalić and MVP | "Tu gde je ljubav ne postoji mrak" (Ту где је љубав не постоји мрак) | Bane Lalić |
| Biber | "Dve godine i šes' dana" (Две године и шес' дана) | Rastko Aksentijević, Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga |
| Bojana Mašković | "Dama" (Дама) | Dušan Krsmanović, Alen Duš |
| Boris Subotić | "Vrati mi" (Врати ми) | Boris Subotić |
| Chegi & Braća Bluz Band | "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" (Девојко са пламеном у очима) | Željko Čeganjac, Stefan Čeganjac, Dušan Čeganjac |
| Dušan Svilar | "Samo ne reci da voliš" (Само не реци да волиш) | Rastko Aksentijević, Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga |
| Euterpa | "Nedostaješ" (Недостајеш) | Boris Krstajić, Vladimir Danilović |
| Gift | "Haos" (Хаос) | Gift, Jovan Matić |
| Gramophonedzie[a] | "Počinjem da ludim" (Почињем да лудим) | Marko Milićević, Milana Popović |
| Igor Simić | "To nisam ja" (То нисам ја) | Darko Dimitrov, Vladimir Danilović |
| Ivana Vladović and Jovana Stanimirović | "Prijaće ti" (Пријаће ти) | Ivan Ilić, Nikola Bulatović |
| Ivona | "Znam" (Знам) | Ivona Pantelić |
| Jelena Pajić | "Pogledi" (Погледи) | Marijo Pajić, Đorđe Miljenović |
| Julija | "Brzina" (Брзина) | Nenad Ćeranić |
| Julijana Vincan | "Istina i laži" (Истина и лажи) | Linda Persson, Ylva Persson, Vildana Husibegović |
| Konstrakta | "In corpore sano" | Ana Đurić, Milovan Bošković |
| Lift | "Drama" (Драма) | Milan "SevdahBABY" Stanković, Lift |
| Marija Mikić | "Ljubav me inspiriše" (Љубав ме инспирише) | Vuxa, Miladin Bogosavljević |
| Marija Mirković | "Požuri, požuri" (Пожури, пожури) | Marija Mirković, Alka Vuica |
| Marko Nikolić | "Dođi da te volim" (Дођи да те волим) | Marko Nikolić, Nada Bučević |
| Mia | "Blanko" (Бланко) | Aleksandra Milutinović |
| Naiva | "Skidam" (Скидам) | Zoran Babović Babonja, Jelena Živanović |
| Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića | "Anđele moj" (Анђеле мој) | Aleksandar Sofronijević, Nikola Labović, Mirna Košanin |
| Rocher Etno Band | "Hajde sad nek' svak' peva" (Хајде сад нек' свак' пева) | Miodrag Klisarić |
| Sanja Bogosavljević | "Priđi mi" (Приђи ми) | Ilija Antović |
| Sara Jo | "Muškarčina" (Мушкарчина) | Slobodan Veljković, Bojana Vunturišević |
| Srđan Lazić | "Tražim te" (Тражим те) | Srđan Lazić |
| Tijana Dapčević | "Ljubi, ljubi doveka" (Љуби, љуби довека) | Leontina Vukomanović |
| Vasco | "Znaš li" (Знаш ли) | Vasilije Čolan Vasco, Ivan Franović, Marko Kon, Anđela "Angellina" Vujović |
| VIS Limunada | "Pesma ljubavi" (Песма љубави) | Miodrag Ninić |
| Zejna Murkić | "Nema te" (Нема те) | Vlado Maraš, Sanja Perić |
| Zoe Kida | "Bejbi" (Бејби) | Ana Radonjić |
| Zorja | "Zorja" (Зорја) | Zorja Pajić, Lazar Pajić |
Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place at the Studio 9 of RTS in Košutnjak, Belgrade on 3 and 4 March 2022. In each semi-final eighteen songs competed and the nine qualifiers for the final were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Željko Vasić (singer), Tijana Milošević (violinist), Vojislav Aralica (producer), Tijana Bogićević (represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017) and Biljana Krstić (singer), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.[16] In addition to the competing entries, former Eurovision contestants Hurricane (who represented Serbia in 2020 and 2021) were featured as the guest performers in the first semi-final while former Eurovision contestants Daniel Popović (who represented Yugoslavia in 1983), Bojana Stamenov (who represented Serbia in 2015), Danica Krstić and Mladen Lukić (who represented Serbia in 2018 as part of Balkanika), and singers Đorđe David and Ivana Peters were featured as guest performers in the second semi-final.[17][18]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Sanja Bogosavljević | "Priđi mi" | 9 | 1 | 499 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Vis Limunada | "Pesma ljubavi" | 0 | 0 | 823 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Zorja | "Zorja" | 46 | 10 | 5,518 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
| 4 | Bojana Mašković | "Dama" | 3 | 0 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | Boris Subotić | "Vrati mi" | 0 | 0 | 1,976 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Ivona | "Znam" | 19 | 4 | 1,072 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Bane Lalić and MVP | "Tu gde je ljubav ne postoji mrak" | 5 | 0 | 901 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Angellina | "Origami" | 21 | 5 | 1,693 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Ana Stanić | "Ljubav bez dodira" | 32 | 7 | 650 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Julija | "Brzina" | 0 | 0 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Aca Lukas | "Oskar" | 28 | 6 | 2,936 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 12 | Konstrakta | "In corpore sano" | 60 | 12 | 4,750 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| 13 | Igor Simić | "To nisam ja" | 0 | 0 | 1,056 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Mia | "Blanko" | 8 | 0 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | Jelena Pajić | "Pogledi" | 9 | 2 | 610 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | Biber | "Dve godine i šes' dana" | 40 | 8 | 1,953 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| 17 | Marija Mikić | "Ljubav me inspiriše" | 10 | 3 | 4,412 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| 18 | Lift | "Drama" | 0 | 0 | 5,020 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Draw | Song | Ž. Vasić | T. Milošević | V. Aralica | T. Bogićević | B. Krstić | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Priđi mi" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | "Pesma ljubavi" | 0 | |||||
| 3 | "Zorja" | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | "Dama" | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | "Vrati mi" | 0 | |||||
| 6 | "Znam" | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |
| 7 | "Tu gde je ljubav ne postoji mrak" | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 8 | "Origami" | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |
| 9 | "Ljubav bez dodira" | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | "Brzina" | 0 | |||||
| 11 | "Oskar" | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 |
| 12 | "In corpore sano" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
| 13 | "To nisam ja" | 0 | |||||
| 14 | "Blanko" | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | "Pogledi" | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 16 | "Dve godine i šes' dana" | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 40 |
| 17 | "Ljubav me inspiriše" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 18 | "Drama" | 0 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Srđan Lazić | "Tražim te" | 12 | 3 | 444 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Julijana Vincan | "Istina i laži" | 2 | 0 | 1,904 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Marko Nikolić | "Dođi da te volim" | 7 | 0 | 661 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Zoe Kida | "Bejbi" | 29 | 6 | 2,018 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića | "Anđele moj" | 12 | 4 | 1,995 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | Chegi & Braća Bluz Band | "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" | 0 | 0 | 3,727 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 7 | Euterpa | "Nedostaješ" | 3 | 0 | 1,265 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Dušan Svilar | "Samo ne reci da voliš" | 26 | 5 | 1,252 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Ivana Vladović and Jovana Stanimirović | "Prijaće ti" | 9 | 1 | 551 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Gift | "Haos" | 54 | 12 | 2,178 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
| 11 | Zejna Murkić | "Nema te" | 36 | 8 | 595 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 12 | Sara Jo | "Muškarčina" | 54 | 10 | 5,615 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
| 13 | Marija Mirković | "Požuri, požuri" | 11 | 2 | 1,148 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Rocher Etno Band | "Hajde sad nek' svak' peva" | 0 | 0 | 1,771 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 15 | Vasco | "Znaš li" | 0 | 0 | 899 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Tijana Dapčević | "Ljubi, ljubi doveka" | 35 | 7 | 940 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 17 | Gramophonedzie | "Počinjem da ludim" | 0 | 0 | 2,482 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 18 | Naiva | "Skidam" | 0 | 0 | 2,338 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Draw | Song | Ž. Vasić | T. Milošević | V. Aralica | T. Bogićević | B. Krstić | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tražim te" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2 | "Istina i laži" | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | "Dođi da te volim" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | "Bejbi" | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | "Anđele moj" | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| 6 | "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" | 0 | |||||
| 7 | "Nedostaješ" | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | "Samo ne reci da voliš" | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | "Prijaće ti" | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | "Haos" | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 54 |
| 11 | "Nema te" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 36 |
| 12 | "Muškarčina" | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 54 |
| 13 | "Požuri, požuri" | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 14 | "Hajde sad nek' svak' peva" | 0 | |||||
| 15 | "Znaš li" | 0 | |||||
| 16 | "Ljubi, ljubi doveka" | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 17 | "Počinjem da ludim" | 0 | |||||
| 18 | "Skidam" | 0 |
Final
The final took place at the Studio 9 of RTS in Košutnjak, Belgrade on 5 March 2022 and featured the eighteen qualifiers from the preceding two semi-finals. The winner, "In corpore sano" performed by Konstrakta, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Dragoljub Ilić (composer), Slobodan Marković (composer), Una Senić (music journalist), Vladimir Nikolov (composer) and Neda Ukraden (singer), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.[21] Former Eurovision contestants Jelena Tomašević (who represented Serbia in 2008), Sergej Ćetković (who represented Montenegro in 2014), Knez (who represented Montenegro in 2015), Tijana Bogićević (who represented Serbia in 2017), and singers Lena Kovačević, Kiki Lesendrić, Alen Ademović and Boris Režak were featured as guest performers during the show.[22]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Naiva | "Skidam" | 14 | 0 | 3,204 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića | "Anđele moj" | 2 | 0 | 2,829 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | Gift | "Haos" | 11 | 0 | 3,208 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Zejna Murkić | "Nema te" | 15 | 1 | 846 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Tijana Dapčević | "Ljubi, ljubi doveka" | 17 | 4 | 1,228 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Lift | "Drama" | 1 | 0 | 6,947 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Gramophonedzie | "Počinjem da ludim" | 10 | 0 | 2,444 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Zorja | "Zorja" | 31 | 8 | 16,875 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 9 | Aca Lukas | "Oskar" | 6 | 0 | 11,018 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 10 | Zoe Kida | "Bejbi" | 20 | 5 | 4,030 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | Sara Jo | "Muškarčina" | 46 | 10 | 21,253 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| 12 | Ana Stanić | "Ljubav bez dodira" | 20 | 6 | 1,098 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | Biber | "Dve godine i šes' dana" | 1 | 0 | 3,130 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Angellina | "Origami" | 20 | 7 | 5,273 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| 15 | Chegi & Braća Bluz Band | "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" | 0 | 0 | 6,145 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | Ivona | "Znam" | 15 | 3 | 2,169 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 17 | Marija Mikić | "Ljubav me inspiriše" | 15 | 2 | 5,683 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | Konstrakta | "In corpore sano" | 46 | 12 | 44,459 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| Draw | Song | D. Ilić | S. Marković | U. Senić | V. Nikolov | N. Ukraden | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Skidam" | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | "Anđele moj" | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | "Haos" | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 4 | "Nema te" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5 | "Ljubi, ljubi doveka" | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| 6 | "Drama" | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | "Počinjem da ludim" | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | "Zorja" | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 31 | |
| 9 | "Oskar" | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | "Bejbi" | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | |
| 11 | "Muškarčina" | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 46 |
| 12 | "Ljubav bez dodira" | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| 13 | "Dve godine i šes' dana" | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | "Origami" | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | |
| 15 | "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" | 0 | |||||
| 16 | "Znam" | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 17 | "Ljubav me inspiriše" | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 | ||
| 18 | "In corpore sano" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46 |
Ratings
| Show | Air date | Viewers (in millions) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final 1 | 3 March 2022 | 1.4 | [24] |
| Semi-final 2 | 4 March 2022 | 1.6 | [25] |
| Final | 5 March 2022 | 1.5 | [26] |
OGAE Serbia Award
OGAE Serbia Award for the best song on Pesma za Evroviziju '22 by association members. The award was won by the winning song "In corpore sano" with 256 points. Second place, with 233 points, came from the song "Muškarčina" by Sara Jo, while third place went to Zorja and her song "Zorja" with 143 points.[27]
| Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Konstrakta | "In corpore sano" | 256 | 1 |
| Sara Jo | "Muškarčina" | 233 | 2 |
| Angellina | "Origami" | 143 | 3 |
| Zorja | "Zorja" | 130 | 4 |
| Marija Mikić | "Ljubav me inspiriše" | 104 | 5 |
| Naiva | "Skidam" | 61 | 6 |
| Boris Subotić | "Vrati mi" | 54 | 7 |
| Zoe Kida | "Bejbi" | 53 | 8 |
| Ivona | "Znam" | 52 | 9 |
| Zejna Murkić | "Nema te" | 45 | 10 |
| Ana Stanić | "Ljubav bez dodira" | 40 | 11 |
| Aca Lukas | "Oskar" | 39 | 12 |
| Biber | "Dve godine i šes' dana" | 37 | 13 |
| Vasco | "Znaš li" | 33 | 14 |
| Tijana Dapčević | "Ljubi, ljubi doveka" | 32 | 15 |
| Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića | "Anđele moj" | 24 | 16 |
| Mia | "Blanko" | 22 | 17 |
| Julijana Vincan | "Istine i laži" | 18 | 18 |
| Lift | "Drama" | 14 | 19 |
| Igor Simić | "To nisam ja" | 12 | 20 |
| Chegi & Braća Bluz Band | "Devojko sa plamenom u očima" | 9 | 21 |
| Gift | "Haos" | 8 | 22 |
| Julija | "Brzina" | 7 | 23 |
| Marija Mirković | "Požuri požuri" | 5 | 24 |
| Rocher Etno Band | "Hajde sada nek' svak' peva" | 4 | 25 |
| Gramophonedzie | "Počinjem da ludim" | 4 | 26 |
| Vis Limunada | "Pesma ljubavi" | 3 | 27 |
| Bane Lalić and MVP | "Tu gde je ljubav tu ne postoji mrak" | 3 | 28 |
| Srđan Lazić | "Tražim te" | 3 | 29 |
| Dušan Svilar | "Samo ne reci da voliš" | 1 | 30 |
| Euterpa | "Nedostaješ" | 1 | 31 |
| Marko Nikolić | "Dođi da te volim" | 0 | 32 |
| Jelena Pajić | "Pogledi" | 0 | 33 |
| Ivana Vladović & Jovana Stanimirović | "Prijaće ti" | 0 | 34 |
| Bojana Mašković | "Dama" | 0 | 35 |
| Sanja Bogosavljević | "Priđi mi" | 0 | 36 |
Controversies
Vote rigging allegations
After the final, singer Aca Lukas, who placed 5th in the final with the song "Oskar", accused the Serbian public broadcaster RTS of irregularities in the voting of the selection, stating he would file a criminal complaint against the head of RTS, editor of entertainment program Olivera Kovačević and general director Dragan Bujošević for "stealing votes".[28] RTS responded, stating that the SMS votes were counted automatically by software which did not allow interference. The Comtrade System Integration company, which set up the software to count the votes, said it was prepared to hand the votes to the authorities if requested to do so, adding that the same data is available from mobile phone operators.[28] He also made comments about the winning performer Konstrakta, saying: "I could have gone on stage and washed my feet, but I chose instead to perform", also claiming she is working for opposition political parties.[29] Konstrakta, laughing off his suggestion, jokingly offered "to wash his feet for him."[29] After the controversy, RTS and Kovačević announced they would sue Lukas.[28]
Promotion
Konstrakta performed "In corpore sano" at the Israel Calling Eurovision pre-party in Tel Aviv on 7 April 2022, to positive feedback. Due to technical issues, she performed alone on stage and used hotel towels for the performance.[30][31][32] Two days later, she performed the song on the third episode of the tenth season of Zvijezde pjevaju, the Croatian version of Just the Two of Us, on HRT 1.[33][34]
Send-off ceremony
On April 28, RTS prepared a ceremonial farewell of the Serbian representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The ceremony was attended by numerous guests, including the Ambassador of Italy to Serbia Carlo Lo Cascio, the editor of the entertainment program Olivera Kovačević and the director of RTS Dragan Bujošević, as well as members of OGAE Serbia, fans of the competition, journalists and others. At the ceremony, the flags of Serbia and the host country were as is tradition given to the representative of Serbia. This year, the Ambassador of Italy to Serbia presented the Italian flag and wished the Serbian representative success in the competition.[35][36]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Serbia has been placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2022, and has been scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[37]
Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Serbia was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Israel and before the entry from Azerbaijan.[38]
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[39] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members. The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[40][41]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Serbia and awarded by Serbia in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Serbia
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Points awarded by Serbia
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Serbian jury:[44]
- Dušan Alagić
- Jelena Tomašević
- Mari Mari
- Miloš Luka Roganović
- Srđan Marjanović
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 |  Finland |
1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 02 |  Israel |
14 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | ||
| 03 | Serbia |
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| 04 |  Azerbaijan |
4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
| 05 |  Georgia |
15 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | ||
| 06 |  Malta |
16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | |
| 07 |  San Marino |
17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | ||
| 08 |  Australia |
12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| 09 |  Cyprus |
13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 10 | |
| 10 |  Ireland |
10 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | ||
| 11 |  North Macedonia |
11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 |  Estonia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 |  Romania |
6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| 14 |  Poland |
7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 16 | |
| 15 |  Montenegro |
2 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 |  Belgium |
3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 |  Sweden |
8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 18 |  Czech Republic |
9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 | Czech Republic |
8 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 17 | |
| 02 | Romania |
7 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | |
| 03 |  Portugal |
17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 04 | Finland |
1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
| 05 |  Switzerland |
21 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 24 | ||
| 06 |  France |
22 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 2 | |
| 07 |  Norway |
24 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 8 | |
| 08 |  Armenia |
16 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 19 | ||
| 09 |  Italy |
10 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | |
| 10 |  Spain |
9 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 |  Netherlands |
15 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 12 |  Ukraine |
18 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 7 | |
| 13 |  Germany |
19 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 21 | ||
| 14 |  Lithuania |
5 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan |
4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | |
| 16 | Belgium |
2 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| 17 |  Greece |
6 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 15 | ||
| 18 |  Iceland |
20 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 23 | ||
| 19 |  Moldova |
23 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 12 | |
| 20 | Sweden |
13 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | Australia |
14 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 20 | ||
| 22 |  United Kingdom |
12 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 | |
| 23 | Poland |
11 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 18 | ||
| 24 | Serbia |
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| 25 | Estonia |
3 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
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