Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT as of 2008.
In December 2009, RTS announced that it is changing the way it will select its Eurovision competitor and has thus cancelled Beovizija.
[1] However, on January 19, 2018, RTS confirmed the return of Beovizija as a national selection for the Serbian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018,[2] and it has been used until 2020.
Serbia and Montenegro were originally due to enter the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2003 since an 11-year expulsion.
It was decided that Beovizija would be Serbia's semi final while Montevizija (held in Podgorica) would be Montenegro's semi-final.
The first Beovizija was held a year before Serbia and Montenegro entered Eurovision and was more of an awards night for the Serbian music industry.
[4] In December 2009, RTS announced that it is changing the way it will select its Eurovision competitor and has thus cancelled Beovizija.
[1] On January 19, 2018, RTS officially confirmed the return of Beovizija as a national selection event for the Serbian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018,[2] and has been used until 2020.
Ten singers that had the biggest public and jury vote when they were combined would pass to the finals.
In 2007, 2008 and 2009 the singers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia that were selected to represent their countries at that year's Eurovision appeared on stage at Beovizija to sing their songs.