Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The participation of Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began in Bucharest, Romania at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, having previously participated in as part of. Radio Television of Serbia a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union are responsible for the selection process of their entrants. Serbia used the national selection format broadcasting a show entitled "Izbor za dečju pesmu Evrovizije" for their participation at the contests between and.
In 2007 they were represented by Nevena Božović, who went on to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 as part of her band, Moje 3. Serbia's best result came in and when they finished in third place at both contests. There have only been three absences from the Junior Contest in,, and. Serbia returned to the competition in represented by Emilija Đonin, who was selected internally by the national broadcaster RTS, a selection mechanism that they continued to use in 2015 when their most recent participation at a Junior Contest was with the song "Lenina pesma", performed by Lena Stamenković. As of Junior Eurovision 2016, Serbia have awarded the most points to, and received the most points from.
History
Prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, both nations use to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Song Contest as Serbia and Montenegro. Serbia were the first of the two nations to compete at a Junior Contest, making their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006. While it was at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 when would make their debut as an independent nation. Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika went on to being Serbia's first participant in 2006 as an independent nation with the song "Učimo strane jezike".Serbia continued to participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, in which they had selected Nevena Božović to represent Serbia with the song "Piši mi". Božović also became the first Junior Eurovision participant to take part in the senior Eurovision Song Contest as part of the group Moje 3, performing the song "Ljubav je svuda", which achieved forty-six points and failing to qualify to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 after finishing in 11th place. However, she managed to qualify in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Kruna" and finished in 18th place with 89 points.
The nation continued to participate at every Junior Contest until, which would be their last appearance at that present time, following the broadcaster's announcement on 5 June 2011 that Serbia would withdraw from the contest. On 25 July 2014, Serbia announced its return to the contest, after a three-year absence. Serbia selected their 2014 entry through an internal selection for the first time in their history. On 1 October 2014 it was revealed that Emilija Đonin would represent Serbia in the contest with the song "Svet u mojim očima".
On 4 May 2015, it was announced on a Eurovision news website that Serbia's national broadcaster, RTS, had not started any planning in regards to their participation at the contest, and that such decision would be taken after the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. On 20 August 2015, Serbia confirmed its participation. RTS announced on 21 September 2015, that they had internally selected Lena Stamenković with the song "Lenina pesma" to represent them at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which took place at the Arena Armeec, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, on 21 November 2015. On 14 September 2016, Serbia confirmed its participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta.
Participation
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika | "Učimo strane jezike" | Serbian, English | 5 | 81 | |
Nevena Božović | "Piši mi" | Serbian | 3 | 120 | |
Maja Mazić | "Uvek kad u nebo pogledam" | Serbian | 12 | 37 | |
Ništa lično | "Onaj pravi" | Serbian | 10 | 34 | |
Sonja Škorić | "Čarobna noć" | Serbian | 3 | 113 | |
Emilija Đonin | "Svet u mojim očima" | Serbian | 10 | 61 | |
Lena Stamenković | "Lenina pesma" | Serbian | 7 | 79 | |
Dunja Jeličić | "U la la la" | Serbian | 17 ◁ | 14 | |
Irina Brodić & Jana Paunović | "Ceo svet je naš" | Serbian | 10 | 92 | |
Bojana Radovanović | "Svet" | Serbian | 19 | 30 | |
Darija Vračević | "Podigni glas " | Serbian, English | 10 | 109 |
Notes
Commentators and spokespersons
The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2006.Year | Commentator | Spokesperson | |
Duška Vučinić-Lučić | Milica Stanišić | ||
Duška Vučinić-Lučić | Anđelija Erić | ||
Duška Vučinić-Lučić | Anđelija Erić | ||
Duška Vučinić-Lučić | Nevena Božović | ||
Duška Vučinić-Lučić | Maja Mazić | ||
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Silvana Grujić | Tamara Vasović | ||
Silvana Grujić | Dunja Jeličić | ||
Silvana Grujić | Tomislav Radojević | ||
Olga Kapor and Tamara Petković | Mina Grujić | ||
Tamara Petković | Lana Karić | ||
Tijana Lukić | Bojana Radovanović |