RTS, the Serbian national broadcaster, has officially opened submissions for Pesma za Evroviziju 2026 (PZE).<\/p>\n
As in previous years, Serbia\u2019s Eurovision representative will be chosen through the established national final format, PZE. The submission window opened today and will remain open until November 10.<\/p>\n
According to the festival\u2019s Terms and Conditions, the RTS Selection Committee will select entries based on their artistic quality. If none of the applications meet the required criteria, RTS reserves the right to independently choose the entry that will represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.<\/p>\n
It was also confirmed that the rule requiring at least 51% of a song\u2019s lyrics to be written in one of Serbia\u2019s official languages remains in effect for this year\u2019s edition. The winner will be determined through a 50\/50 voting split between a professional jury and the audience. The entry with the highest combined score will represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.<\/p>\n
This will mark the fourth consecutive year that RTS will use PZE as its national selection format. Earlier in August, it was reported<\/a> that Olivera Kova\u010devi\u0107, the executive producer of PZE, had been dismissed from her role. She stated in an interview with N1 that her dismissal was the result of disobeying the general director\u2019s order not to allow statements in support of student protests during the last edition of the contest.<\/p>\n Princ represented at Eurovision 2025 Serbia with \u201cMila\u201d. He placed 14th in the second semi-final, scoring 28 points, including 12 points from the Montenegrin audience. This marked the first time since 2017 that Serbia failed to qualify for the final.<\/p>\n
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