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.
Before Junior Eurovision
National final 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. 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 SongJuryTelevote Total PlaceVotesPointsVotesPoints 1Marija Ugrica "Hajde da sanjamo" (Хајде да сањамо)1941762 6 9 2 Nastasja Škorić "Duh" (Дух)51122524 16 2 3 Isidora Otašević "Dečaci" (Дечаци)438961 9 7 4 Hana Nurković & Lana Bogdanov "Budi svoj" (Буди свој)1023998 10 6 5 Boško Baloš "Mali" (Мали)4373767 14 4 6 Angelina & Jelisaveta Jovanović "Sestrice" (Сестрице)811813 4 107Ništa lično"Onaj pravi" (Онај прави)441049212221 8 Čuće se "Veštice" (Вештице)26546110 15 3 9 Emilija Marković "Magija" (Магија)1732996 9 8 10 Jelena Krvavac "Bez tebe" (Без тебе)2762675 11 5
At Junior Eurovision During the allocation draw on 13 October 2009, Serbia was drawn to perform 5th, following Romania and preceding Georgia. Serbia placed 10th, scoring 34 points.
In Serbia, the show was 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 the 2007 contest.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Serbia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Serbia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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References
External links RTS website