Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany and selected their entry through a televised national final, organised by Serbian broadcaster Radio-televizija Srbije. The winner was Nina with the song "Čaroban".
Before Eurovision
Pesma za Evropu - Diseldorf 2011
The Serbian Eurovision PR Manager, Duška Vučinić-Lučić said that RTS would use the same selection process as in 2010, titled Pesma za Evropu - Diseldorf 2011 . On 19 January 2011, RTS announced that Kornelije Kovač and his two daughters Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač would each compose a song and select the performer for their entry, thus competing against each other.Final
The final, aired live on RTS1, RTS Digital, www.rts.rs and on Eurovision's official site, took place at the RTS studio on 26 February 2011. The winner was decided exclusively by SMS voting.Draw | Artist | Song ' | Lyrics / Music | Televote | Place |
1 | Breeze | "Ring Ring Ring" | Kornelije Kovač, Aleksandar Eraković, Damjan Dašić, Marko Ćalić | 4,049 | 3 |
2 | Aleksandra Kovač | "Idemo dalje" ' | Aleksandra Kovač, Spomenka Kovač | 5,994 | 2 |
3 | Nina | "Čaroban" ' | Kristina Kovač | 14,900 | 1''' |
At Eurovision
Serbia competed in sixth position of the first semi-final of the contest, on 10 May, and qualified for the final.Serbia placed 14th in the Eurovision final, with 85 points.
Split results
- In the Semi-final 1 Serbia came 8th with 67 points: the public awarded Serbia 14th place with 42 points and the jury awarded 4th place with 102 points.
- In the Final Serbia came 14th with 85 points: the public awarded Serbia 13th place with 89 points and the jury awarded 8th place with 111 points.
Points awarded by Serbia
Semi-Final 1
Final
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |