Serbia’s national final, Pesma za Evroviziju, kicks off this week, and the artists are getting ready. Ahead of the second semi-final, Daniel sat down with Nikola from the band Hydrogen, who will be performing on Thursday with their song “Negomuća Misija”.
Check out our interview with Hydrogen here!
About Hydrogen
Formed whilst the members were in their teens, Hydrogen is an indie-alt rock band, with pop punk influences from Novi Sad in Northern Serbia, Originally releasing songs such as “Tell your cat I said hi” and “Been a Minute or Two” in English, inspired by the success of Slovenia’s joker out, they released their PZE entry “Nemoguća Misija” as their first Serbian language song after being repeatedly compared to the group by friends and fans alike.
Serbia’s Eurovision Journey
In 2007, Serbia made its debut as an independent country, having previously participated as part of Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro. There, they were represented by Marija Šerifović with “Molitva”, which won the competition in Serbia’s first year competing.
Since their debut, Serbia has participated 15 times–12 of which they qualified for the Grand Final. Luke Black represented Serbia at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with his song “Samo mi se spava”. At this year’s competition, Serbia qualified for the Grand Final, where they placed 24th. At the close of voting, Luke Black had received 30 points – 14 coming from the jury and 16 from the televote.
What do you think of Hydrogen’s song? Would you like to see them win PZE and represent Serbia? Let us know in the comments or on social media. Be sure to follow “That Eurovision Site” on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok as we look ahead to Eurovision 2024!
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