Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

ESC National Year
Year = 2008
Country = SRB
Preselection = Beovizija 2008
Preselection date = Semi-final March 9 2008 Final March 10 2008
Entrant = Jelena Tomašević
Song = "Oro"
SF result =
Final result = 6th, 160 pointsThe Serbian National Final, Beovizija 2008, was held on March 09 (semi-finals) and March 10, 2008 (finals) at Sava Centar in Belgrade to determine Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Serbia in May. Beovizija was be hosted by Kristina Radenković, Branislav Katić, Đorđe Maričić and Nina Radulović, and the winner was Jelena Tomašević with the song Oro scoring maximum from both jury and televoters. [citeweb|url=http://ww1.rts.co.yu/euro/jedna_vest.asp?source=komentar&IDNews=549|title=JELENA TOMAŠEVIĆ REPRESENTS SERBIA|accessdate=2008-03-11]

20 songs competed in the semi-finals. The top 10 songs from the semi-final qualified for the national final. The voting was a mixture of televoting (50%) and a professional jury (50%).

Beovizija 2008

:"For the results of the semi-final, see Beovizija 2008."

Eurovision

As the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and the host of the competition, Serbia was one of the five countries directly qualified into the final on 24 May 2008. It came sixth in the overall score board with 160 points receiving the maximum 12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Switzerland and Montenegro.

Commentators

For the 2008 contest the commentator for Serbia was Dragoljub Ilić. [citeweb|url=http://blog.b92.net/text/3059/Eurosong%20finale/|title=Eurosong finale|publisher=b92.net|accessdate=2008-05-24]

References

ee also

*Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest