The day has finally come. After several days of speculations and a few fake list that were rushing throught social media and local tabloids, RTS decited to break the silence and reveal 32 participants willing to represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Constest 2023.
The 32 songs taking part in PZE23 are :
Moj prvi ožiljak na duši – Nađa
songwriters: Kristina Kovač, Tim Gosden
Kad smo sami – Tijana Dapčević
songwriter: Ana Radonjić (Zoe Kida)
Ako shvatim – Petar Pupić
songwriter: Petar Pupić
Cvet sa Istoka – Stefan Zdravković
songwriter: Dušan Bačić
Neka, neka – Frajle
songwriters: Nataša Mihajlović, Nevena Buča
Lanac – Angellina
songwriter: Anđela Vujović
Starac dana – Eegor
songwriter: Igor Mišković
Nedostupan – Boris Subotić
songwriter: Milenko Škarić
Devojka tvog dečka – Nađa Terzić
songwriters: Konstantin Arsić, Nađa Terzić, Aleksa Vučković, Dimitrije Borčanin
Samo mi se spava – Luke Black
songwriter: Luke Black
Novi plan drugi san – Filip Baloš
songwriter: Filip Baloš
Rumba – Zejna
songwriters: Nikola Burovac, Miloš Roganović
Greh – Dzipsii
songwriters: Ahmed Hajdarović (Rep Gorila), Jovan Živadinović (Dzipsii)
Zato što volim – Igor Vins i Bane Lalić
songwriters: Igor Vins, Bane Lalić
Liberta – Gift
songwriter: Jovan Matić
U noćima – Ivona
songwriter: Ivona Pantelić
Posle mene – Filarri
songwriters: Teya Dora – Teodora Pavlovska, Yungkulovski – Miloš Janošević
Zumi zimi zami – Hurricane
songwriters: Nemanja Antonić, Ivan Vukajlović, Snežana Antić
Novi svet – Mattia Zanatta
songwriters: Michele Bonivento, Mattia Zanatta, Predrag Cvetković
Vremenska zona – Bend “Hercenšlus”
songwriter: Boban Dževerdanović
Osmeh – Adem Mehmedović
songwriter: Adem Mehmedović
Iza duge – Igor Stanojević
songwriter: Vladimir Graić
Svadba ili kavga – CHEGI & Braća Bluz Bend
songwriters: Željko Čeganjac, Dušan Čeganjac, Stefan Čeganjac, Boris Kapetanović
Viva la vida – Aleksandar Simić i Nenad Osmanović
songwriters: Nino Ademović, Goran Ratković Rale, Branislav Glušac
Tišina – Doris Milošević
songwriter: Ognjan Milošević
Fenomen – Milan Bujaković, Zoran Todorović i Sanja Anastasija
songwriters: Alek Aleksov, Miro Buljan, Nenad Ćeranić, Dragiša Baša
Indigo – Emphaty Soul Project
songwriter: Nenad Radaković
Čujemo se sutra – Filip Žmaher
songwriters: Boban Janković, Filip Tančić, Aleksandar Mastelica
Od jastuka do jastuka – Stefan Maljković Shy
songwriters: Slavko Milovanović, Ana Sekulić
Kao grom iz vedra neba – Jovana Tomašević
songwriters: Aleksandar Filipović, Branko Klanšček
Loše procene – Drai
songwriters: Ivan Milanov, Nemanja Antonić, Asal Ksinatović, Ana Sekulić
Presidente – Savo Perović
songwriters: Mahdi, Sajsi MC
Returning artists
In the world of Eurovision, there are usually some returning artist willing to fight again for the title or simply to promote their new music. There is no exception in PZE23. These are some of the returning artists:
Angellina
Anđela Vujović, better known by her stage name Angellina, was one of the fan favourites to win PZE22 with her song Origami. While she managed to take the respectable 4th place, her song became a huge hit in Serbia. After the national selection, she continued participating at different music festivals such as Beogradsko Proleće with a song Melanholija and Skale with a song Sanjanja.
Last week she announced her debut album 1000 ljudi that is going to be released this week. She also described her PZE23 song Lanac (Chain) as a song that was written in affect and that is talking about fake friendships and materialism.
Tijana Dapčević
We were all surpised to see Tijana competing at PZE22, when she replaced of Princ of Vranje.
after his withdrawal. She finshed 11th in the final, but her song Ljubi, ljubi doveka managed to sneak in serbian radio stations.
If she wins PZE23, this will be her second appearence at the Eurovision, after she represented F.Y.R. of Macedonia in 2014, when she didn’t succed to qualify to the grand final.
Ivona
Radio host Ivona Pantelić performed her debut single Znam at PZE22 and she managed to take 12th place in the final.
After the show, she published two singles, Ponovo and Merci, which she performed at the Skale festival.
Boris Subotić
After the songs for PZE22 were released, his song Vrati mi instantly became one of the favourites to win the contest, since Eurovision fans have a thing for a good Balkan ballad.
Despite outstanding vocals, his mediocre performance didn’t manage to take him to the final.
In December, he hinted on his instagram story that he applied for PZE23, and this time not with the ballad.
Who is your favourite among these 32 acts? Let us know down below!
