Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Serbia competed at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Kyiv, Ukraine. RTS held a national final to select the fourth Serbian entry for the contest in September 2009. The winner of pre-selection and Serbian representative in Kyiv was the group Ništa Lično with pop-rock song "Onaj pravi". The group members are Anica Cvetković, the leading vocal, Aleksandar Graić, composer and pianist, who is a son of composer of "Molitva", winning song of Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Una Krlić and Karolina Lodi, as the guitarists and Petar Cvetković, Anica's brother, with drums.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Serbia
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)19 September 2009
Selected entrantNišta lično
Selected song"Onaj pravi"
Finals performance
Final result10th, 34 points
Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Junior Eurovision edit

National final edit

RTS received 60 songs for the participation in the contest. A selection committee of music editors from RTS picked 10 songs that competed in the televised final.[1][2] Public favourites were Boško Baloš, Jelena Krvavac, Emilija Marković, Marija Ugrica and the eventual winners Ništa Lično according to websites, online polls and the media.

The final took place in the studio 9 of the RTS Studios in Košutnjak on 19 September 2009. The winner was chosen by jury and televoting.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Votes Points
1 Marija Ugrica "Hajde da sanjamo" (Хајде да сањамо) 19 4 176 2 6 9
2 Nastasja Škorić "Duh" (Дух) 51 12 252 4 16 2
3 Isidora Otašević "Dečaci" (Дечаци) 43 8 96 1 9 7
4 Hana Nurković & Lana Bogdanov "Budi svoj" (Буди свој) 10 2 399 8 10 6
5 Boško Baloš "Mali" (Мали) 43 7 376 7 10 4
6 Angelina & Jelisaveta Jovanović "Sestrice" (Сестрице) 8 1 181 3 4 10
7 Ništa lično "Onaj pravi" (Онај прави) 44 10 492 12 22 1
8 Čuće se "Veštice" (Вештице) 26 5 461 10 15 3
9 Emilija Marković "Magija" (Магија) 17 3 299 6 9 8
10 Jelena Krvavac "Bez tebe" (Без тебе) 27 6 267 5 11 5


At Junior Eurovision edit

During the allocation draw on 13 October 2009, Serbia was drawn to perform 5th, following Romania and preceding Georgia.[3] Serbia placed 10th, scoring 34 points.[4]

In Serbia, show were broadcast on RTS 2 with commentary by Duška Vučinić-Lučić. The Serbian spokesperson revealing the result of the Serbian vote was Nevena Božović who represented Serbia in 2007 contest.

Voting edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References edit

  1. ^ "RTS announces JESC 2009 finalists". Oikotimes. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ^ Списак учесника за национално такмичење "Дечја песма Евровизије 2009" (in Serbian). RTS. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  3. ^ Bakker, Sietse (13 October 2009). "Exclusive: Running order for Junior 2009 out!". Junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Final of Kyiv 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Kyiv 2009". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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