Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Bojana Radovanović
Bojana Radovanović
Background information
Born	12 April 2005
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Occupation(s)	Singer

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country	Serbia
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	13 September 2018
Selected entrant	Bojana Radovanović
Selected song	"Svet"
Selected songwriter(s)	Marija Marić Marković; Bojana Radovanović
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 30 points
Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Serbia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with the song “Svet” performed by Bojana Radovanović. Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) was responsible for selecting their entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its debut in 2006,[1] and once as Serbia and Montenegro in 2005,[2] prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro,[3] As of 2018, Serbia's best results are two third places, achieved in 2007 and 2010. In last year's contest Serbia got a tenth place with Jana Paunović and Irina Brodić and a song called "Ceo svet je naš".

Before Junior Eurovision

On 13 September 2018, it was announced that Bojana Radovanović would represent the country in Minsk, Belarus with a song called "Svet".[4]

Artist and song information

Bojana Radovanović

Bojana Radovanović is a Serbian singer who represented Serbia at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Svet", finishing 19th. She participated in the Serbian contest Pinkove Zvezdice, reaching the superfinal. In early 2018, she released her first single, called "Dok ljubav ne osetiš".[4]

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Serbia was drawn to perform tenth on 25 November 2018, following Ireland and preceding Italy.

Voting

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Serbia

Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
			Macedonia

Serbia received 28 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Serbia

12 points	Macedonia
10 points	Poland
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	France
6 points	Italy
5 points	Kazakhstan
4 points	Malta
3 points	Australia
2 points	Georgia
1 point	Netherlands

Split voting results

Split voting results from Serbia
Draw	Country	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Average Rank	Points
01	Ukraine	17	1	2	2	9	3	8
02	Portugal	18	18	16	16	10	16
03	Kazakhstan	10	4	5	5	11	6	5
04	Albania	16	16	19	19	15	19
05	Russia	5	15	15	13	13	13
06	Netherlands	11	13	12	14	4	10	1
07	Azerbaijan	9	17	18	17	18	17
08	Belarus	19	12	14	15	19	18
09	Ireland	14	11	13	12	12	14
10	Serbia
11	Italy	4	7	6	6	1	5	6
12	Australia	3	9	9	10	7	8	3
13	Georgia	8	8	7	7	8	9	2
14	Israel	13	14	8	8	17	12
15	France	12	3	3	4	3	4	7
16	Macedonia	7	5	1	1	2	1	12
17	Armenia	15	6	11	11	16	11
18	Wales	6	19	17	18	14	15
19	Malta	2	10	10	9	6	7	4
20	Poland	1	2	4	3	5	2	10

References

"Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Serbia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
García, Belén (13 September 2018). "Bojana Radovanovic will represent Serbia at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018!". Retrieved 14 September 2018.

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[Serbia_History-1] "Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Serbia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[2] Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[N1-3] Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[Artist_confirmed-4] García, Belén (13 September 2018). "Bojana Radovanovic will represent Serbia at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018!". Retrieved 14 September 2018.