Pesma za Evroviziju '26

Pesma za Evroviziju 2026
Organisation
OrganiserRadio Television of Serbia
SupervisorUroš Marković
Participants
Number of entries24
Vote
Voting system50/50 combination of jury and public vote

Pesma za Evroviziju '26 (Serbian Cyrillic: Песма за Евровизију '26; PzE '26) is expected to be the fifth edition of Pesma za Evroviziju, the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

Format and production

Shortly after the 2025 contest, the Serbian head of delegation, Uroš Marković, indicated that Serbia would once again organize Pesma za Evroviziju to determine its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Public relations manager and contest commentator for RTS, Duška Vučinić, confirmed that the broadcaster would not withdraw from the contest in 2026.[1][2] Uroš Marković, Serbian Head of delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest, will serve as the new contest supervisor, following the removal of Olivera Kovačević from the role. He previously also served as the music editor for the contest under Kovačević.[3]

Visual identity

On 1 December 2025, a new logo for 2026 was unveiled. It contains Cyrillic letters "P" (П), "Z" (З) and "E".[4]

Competing entries

On 15 September 2025, RTS opened an online form for interested artists to submit their entries. The submission period is set to last until 1 November 2025.[5] Performers are required to hold Serbian citizenship, whilst there were no limitations as to whom could be a songwriter. At least 51% of lyrics of the submitted entries had to be in one of the official languages of Serbia.[6]

The 24 contestants were announced on 3 December 2025.[7] The list of participants includes Mirna Radulović, who, as part of the group Moje 3, represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. In addition to Radulović, the following artists are returning to the Serbian selection:

Pesma za Evroviziju '26 participants[7]
Artist(s) Song Authors
Aleksandar Radojević "Sudbina" (Судбина)
  • Aleksandar Radojević
  • Andreas Bjerkman
  • Adriana Pupavac
Aleksandra Sekulić "Kule" (Куле) Slavko Milovanović
Ana Mašulović "Zavoli me" (Заволи ме)
  • Dušan Alagić
  • Radovan Dikanović
Anabela Mitić "Trampolina" (Трамполина)
  • Božidar Ristić
  • Pavle Kovačević
Avgust "Jabuka" (Јабука) Milan Trivić
Brat Pelin "Fräulein" Stefan Papić
Đurđica Gojković "Moma mala" (Мома мала)
  • Aleksa Petrović
  • Pavle Petrović
Eegor "Klaber" (Клабер) Igor Mišković
Geminni "Metar sreće" (Метар среће)
  • Nemanja Erić
  • Nataša Erić
Harem Girls and Ivana Krunić "Bom bom" (Бом бом)
  • Nemanja Antonić
  • Aleksandar Ilić Dilan
  • Miljan Stojanović Nikolovski
Iva Grujin "Otkrivam sebe" (Откривам себе)
  • Nemanja Antonić
  • Nikola Lazić
  • Iva Grujin
Jack Lupino "Adrenalin" (Адреналин)
  • Nebojša Ćulafić
  • Daniel Ćulafić
Lavina "Kraj mene" (Крај мене)
  • Lavina
  • Ivana Jegdić
Lores "Unseen" Ruben Papian
Lu-Ka "Veruj" (Веруј)
Kosmos trip "Sve je u redu" (Све је у реду)
Macao Band "Daj nam svet" (Дај нам свет)
  • Nikola Knežević
  • Imad El-Aoudeh
Manivi "Svaki dan" (Сваки дан) Ivana Vukmirović
Milica Burazer "Svima vama treba mama" (Свима вама треба мама)
Mirna Radulović "Omaja" (Омаја)
Sanja Aleksić "Ko me proba" (Ко ме проба)
  • Dušan Alagić
  • Radovan Dikanović
Yanx "Srušio si sve" (Срушио си све) Aleksandra Janković
Zejna "Jugoslavija" (Југославија)
Zona "Čairi" (Чаири) Tijana Trivić

References

  1. ^ "Душка Вучинић: Србија се не повлачи са 'Песме Евровизије'" [Duška Vučinić: Serbia is not withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest] (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). RTS. 26 May 2025. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. ^ Ljuština, Stevan (27 May 2025). "Srbija učestvuje na Pesmi Evrovizije 2026". Evrovizija.rs. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  3. ^ Ljuština, Stevan (2 November 2025). "PzE26 | Uroš Marković novi supervizor". Evrovizija.rs. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  4. ^ Ljuština, Stevan. "PzE26 | Novi vizuelni identitet". Evrovizija.rs.
  5. ^ "Radio-televizija Srbije raspisuje javni konkurs za izbor kompozicije za Pesmu za Evroviziju 2026". RTS (in Serbian (Latin script)). 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  6. ^ Bujošević, Dragan (15 September 2025). "Правилник о организацији и начину избора композиције за Песму Евровизије 2026" [Rulebook on the organisation and means of selecting a composition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026] (PDF). RTS. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  7. ^ a b "PZE 2026: Izabrane 24 kompozicije, festival na RTS-u krajem februara". RTS (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 December 2025.