Beovizija 2007 was the fifth edition of the Beovizija national final organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The selection consisted of a semi-final featuring twenty songs and a final featuring ten songs to be held on 7 and 8 March 2007, respectively. Both shows were hosted by Jelena Jovičić and Boda Ninković. The two shows were broadcast on RTS1, RTS Sat, in Bosnia and Herzegovina on RTRS, via radio on Radio Belgrade as well as streamed online via the broadcaster’s website rts.co.yu.

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 28 December 2006 and 29 January 2007. Artists were required to be Serb citizens and submit entries in Serbian, while songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit songs. At the closing of the deadline, 200 submissions were received. A selection committee reviewed the submissions and selected twenty entries to proceed to the national final. The selection committee consisted of RTS music editors Anja Rogljić, Ana Miličević, Zoran Dašić, Jelena Ilić, Nikola Dojčinović, Miki Stanojević and Bilja Krstić. The selected competing entries were announced on 7 February 2007.

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Aleksa Jelić„Beli grad“ (Бели град)Valentina Velkov, Dragi Jelić
Aleksandra Perović„Noćas budi moj“ (Ноћас буди мој)Dragiša Baša
Amadeus Band„Zato što znam“ (Зато што знам)Aleksandar Simić
Betty Boop„Sama“ (Сама)Staniša Banjanin, Ognjen Cvekić
Blah Blah Band„Ruski rulet“ (Руски рулет)Miloš Roganović, Bojan Vasić
Blizanci„Mambo Jambo Serbiano“ (Мамбо џамбо србијано)Marina Tucaković, Nenad Jovanović
Igor Vukojević„Dobro te znam“ (Добро те знам)Leontina Vukomanović, Srđan Simić Kamba
Ivana Jordan„Bomba“ (Бомба)Ivana Jordan, Zvonko Alašević
IQ„Ljubav za sve“ (Љубав за све)Nikola Demonja Jr., Aleksandar Sedlar Bogoev
Jelena Kovačević„Senjorita“ (Сењорита)Jelena Kovačević, Vladimir Graić
Maja Marković„Nije nam se dalo“ (Није нам се дало)Dragan Brajović, Miša Mijatović
Maja Nikolić„Ja znam da ti me ne voliš“ (Ја знам да ти ме не волиш)Marko Đurašević, Rastko Savić
Marija Šerifović„Molitva“ (Молитва)Saša Milošević Mare, Vladimir Graić
Miki Perić„Jablan“ (Јаблан)Ramirez, Zoran Lesendrić
Mira Škorić„Voli je“ (Воли је)Marina Tucaković, Aleksandar Futa Radulović
Negative„Prava stvar“ (Права ствар)Ivana Peters, Negative, Milan Prokop
Peca Jovanović„Kao da je bilo juče“ (Као да је било јуче)Zana, Saša Dragić
Slobodan Trkulja and Balkanopolis„Nebo“ (Небо)Slobodan Trkulja
Suzana Dinić„Nudim ti srce svoje“ (Нудим ти срце своје)Jelena Trifunović, Dragomir Trifunović
Tanja Savić and Bane Mojićević„Simpatija“ (Симпатија)Marina Tucaković, Bojan Vasić

Semi-final

The semi-final took place at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 7 March 2007 where twenty songs competed. The ten qualifiers for the final were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Branimir Dimitrijević (television director), Aleksandar Lokner (composer) and Maja Japundža-Nikolić (television host), and the Serbian public via SMS voting. The duo Flamingosi were featured as the guest performer during the show.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Aleksandra Perović „Noćas budi moj“ 0 167 0 0 13
2 Maja Marković „Nije nam se dalo“ 8 459 4 12 4
3 Negative „Prava stvar“ 2 427 3 5 10
4 Marija Šerifović „Molitva“ 12 2,063 12 24 1
5 Tanja Savić and Bane Mojićević „Simpatija“ 0 421 2 2 11
6 Ivana Jordan „Bomba“ 10 640 5 15 3
7 Jelena Kovačević „Senjorita“ 0 168 0 0 13
8 Aleksa Jelić „Beli grad“ 4 314 1 5 9
9 Igor Vukojević „Dobro te znam“ 0 29 0 0 13
10 Amadeus Band „Zato što znam“ 0 284 0 0 13
11 Blah Blah Band „Ruski rulet“ 0 166 0 0 13
12 Blizanci „Mambo Jambo Serbiano“ 0 1,388 8 8 6
13 Miki Perić „Jablan“ 6 283 0 6 8
14 Maja Nikolić „Ja znam da ti me ne voliš“ 0 301 0 0 13
15 Mira Škorić „Voli je“ 3 204 0 0 13
16 Suzana Dinić „Nudim ti srce svoje“ 1 297 0 1 12
17 Slobodan Trkulja and Balkanopolis „Nebo“ 7 1,936 10 17 2
18 Peca Jovanović „Kao da je bilo juče“ 5 728 6 11 5
19 Betty Boop „Sama“ 0 922 7 7 7
20 IQ „Ljubav za sve“ 0 279 0 0 13

 

Final

The final took place at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 8 March 2007 and featured the ten qualifiers from the preceding semi-final. The winner, „Molitva“ performed by Marija Šerifović, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Sandra Šuša (RTS entertainment editor-in-chief), Zafir Hadžimanov (singer-songwriter and actor) and Dragana Šarić (represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 as Bebi Dol), and the Serbian public via SMS voting. Eurovision contestants Marija Šestić, Dado Topić and Dragonfly, Karolina Gočeva, Stevan Faddy and Alenka Gotar, which would represent Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia in 2007, respectively, singer Bilja Krstić, and the band Zana were featured as guest performers during the show.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Peca Jovanović „Kao da je bilo juče“ 2 1,264 4 6 10
2 Miki Perić „Jablan“ 6 653 1 7 8
3 Negative „Prava stvar“ 12 1,128 3 15 3
4 Betty Boop „Sama“ 5 2,164 6 11 5
5 Slobodan Trkulja and Balkanopolis „Nebo“ 7 4,084 10 17 2
6 Marija Šerifović „Molitva“ 10 5,638 12 22 1
7 Maja Marković „Nije nam se dalo“ 4 1,000 2 6 9
8 Blizanci „Mambo Jambo Serbiano“ 1 3,377 8 9 6
9 Ivana Jordan „Bomba“ 8 2,792 7 15 4
10 Aleksa Jelić „Beli grad“ 3 1,585 5 8 7

Marija Šerifovic previously came 18th in the 2005 Serbia & Montenegro Final. She went on to win ESC 2007 where her backing singers were Suzana Dinic (Serbian Semi-Final 2007), Ivana Selakov (Serbia & Montenegro Semi-Final 2006), Ksenija Miloševic (backing singer for Bosnia in ESC 2006), Ana Milenkovic & Sanja Bogosavljevic (both members of the group Blah Blah Bend who took part in the Serbia & Montenegro Final of 2006 & the Serbian Semi-Final 2007. Ana also took part in the 2004 Serbia & Montenegro Final).