Serbia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović were selected from national selection to represent Serbia with the song "Ceo svet je naš".
Background
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Serbia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its debut in , and once as in , prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 The Serbian broadcaster announced on 15 June 2017, that they would be participating at the contest to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Before Junior Eurovision
Dečja pesma za Evropu 2017 The singer who performed the Serbian entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was selected through the national final Dečja pesma za Evropu. On 15 June 2017, RTS revealed it would revert to an open selection to choose their entry after several years of closed internal selections. On 21 September 2017, it was announced that a national final would take place to determine the country's representative.
Interested candidates had to submit their entries before the deadline on 15 August. A total of 18 songs were submitted to RTS which were then shortlisted to three by a panel of music editors. Final The final was recorded on 28 September 2017 and broadcast on 30 September 2017 on 12:30 CET. The winners were Jana Paunović (born 7 February 2005) and Irina Brodić (born 3 November 2004) with the song "Ceo svet je naš", which was selected from the five-panel jury, who consisted of Vojkan Borisavljević (arranger and producer), Nevena Božović (singer, represented Serbia in the 2007 contest), Ljiljana Ranđelović (choir conductor), Čeda Hodžić (RTS music editor) and Kiki Lesendrić (rock musician). Final – 30 September 2017DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)TotalPlace 1 Darija Vračević "Ove zvezde smo ti i ja" Dušan Alagić, Leontina Vukomanović, Darija Vračević10 8 8 8 12 46 32Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović"Ceo svet je naš" Ognjen Cvekić, Lejla Hot, Irina Brodić, Jana Paunović1210121210561 3 Irina Arsenijević "Šta je svet bez ljubavi" Marina Adamov Stojadinović, Irina Arsenijević, Boban Dževerdanović 8 12 10 10 8 48 2
At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Serbia was drawn to perform fourteenth on 26 November 2017, following Russia and preceding Australia.
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 Serbia received 44 points from the online vote
+ 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
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 14 13 13 13 15 15 02 10 5 7 9 13 10 1 03 8 10 8 7 4 6 5 04 11 6 9 11 6 9 2 05 6 4 2 12 14 7 4 06 15 15 12 5 5 12 07 13 12 14 14 12 13 08 9 8 6 10 9 8 3 09 5 3 4 4 3 3 8 10 12 14 15 15 11 14 11 2 2 1 2 2 1 12 12 4 11 11 8 10 11 13 3 1 5 6 8 4 7 14 15 7 9 10 3 1 5 6 16 1 7 3 1 7 2 10
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