The Eurovision 2025 national final season has seen another artist withdraw from a selection. Milan Nikolić I Banda, originally slated to perform “Storia Del Amor”, has confirmed their withdrawal from Serbia’s Eurovision 2025 selection.
No replacement confirmed so far
Milan confirmed on Instagram their withdrawal from this year’s competition. At the time of writing, RTS is yet to acknowledge the withdrawal, or if Milan Nikolić I Banda will be replaced.
At the time of writing, this is the third entry participating in Serbia’s Eurovision 2025 selection, that was disqualified/withdrawn. Buč Kesidi and Dram were disqualified from this year’s competition due to performing them performing their respective entries before September 1, 2024.
The line-up for this year’s competition is now as follows:
| Artist | Entry |
| AltCtrl | “Mamurna Jutra” |
| Ana and the Changes | “Brinem” |
| Biber | “Da Mi Se Vratiš” |
| Bojana x David | “Šesto Čulo” |
| Dušan Kurtić | “Boginja” |
| Džet Vega | “Rolerkoster” |
| Filarri | “Meet and Greet” |
| Gifts and Roses | “Do Kraja Vremena” |
| Harem Girls | “Aladin” |
| Igor Simić | “Ne Mogu” |
| Iskaz | “Trendseter” |
| Ivana Štrbac | “La La La” |
| Jelena Pajić | “Kameleon” |
| Kruz Roudi | “Sve I Odmah” |
| Lena Nikolić Lensy | “Hvala Ti” |
| Maja Nikolić | “Žali Srce Moje” |
| Maršali | “Po Policama Sećanja” |
| Mila | “Gaia” |
| Mimi Mercedez | “Turbo Žurka” |
| Nataša Kojić | “Up and Down” |
| Nikola Antonijević Anton | “U Grad” |
| Ohajo | “MaMa” |
| Princ | “Mila” |
| Sedlar | “Oči Boje Zemlje” |
| Tam | “Durum Durum” |
| Tanja Banjanin | “Ja Sam Bolja” |
| Tropico Band | “AI” |
| Vampiri | “Tebi Treba Neko Kao Ja” |
| Vukayla | “Mask” |
Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025 will take place from 25th February to 1st March.
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 gave Serbia a quick first and so far only win at Eurovision. Since their debut, Serbia has participated 16 times, qualifying 13 times to the Grand Final.
Teya Dora represented Serbia at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö with her song “Ramonda”. At this year’s competition, Serbia qualified for the Grand Final, where they placed 17th. At the close of voting, she received 54 points – 22 coming from the jury and 32 from the televote.
Pesma Za Evrovizija has been the selection show for Serbia’s Eurovision entry since 2022, with Konstrakta winning the inaugural edition. It replaced the Beovizija music festival after RTS lost the rights to the brand. The show takes place over one week, and consists of two semi-finals each containing a non fixed amount around 15 artists, of which 8 (or 9 in 2022) qualify to the final. Points are awarded via a 50/50 televote-jury split where points are converted to a 12-1 scale. At least 51% of the lyrics of all submitted songs must be in one of Serbia’s official languages.
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