Pesma za Evroviziju '23

[1] All shows were hosted by Milan Marić and Dragana Kosjerina with backstage interviews conducted by Kristina Radenković [sr] and Stefan Popović.

[8][9] All shows were hosted by Milan Marić and Dragana Kosjerina with greenroom interviews conducted by Kristina Radenković [sr] and Stefan Popović.

[10] The submission window for competing entries opened on the 1st of September 2022, and was due to close on the 15th of November the same year,[11][3] but was later pushed back to the 1st of December.

In each semi-final 16 songs competed and the eight qualifiers for the final were decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Maja Cvetković [sr] (singer-songwriter), Ana Stanić (singer-songwriter), Vojislav Aralica (producer), Filip Bulatović (conductor) and Zoran Lesendrić [sr] (musician), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.

[18] In addition to the competing entries, former Eurovision contestant Sanja Vučić, who represented Serbia in 2016 and as part of Hurricane in 2020 and 2021, singers Alen Ademović, Ivana Peters, Stevan Anđelković and Zorja, the bands Zbogom Brus Li and Biber [sr], as well as the assemble Iskaz and the vocal chorus Luča were featured as guest performers in the second semi-final.

[23] The winner, "Samo mi se spava" performed by Luke Black, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Lena Kovačević (singer-songwriter), Dragan Đorđević (cellist), Nevena Božović (represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 as part of Moje 3 and in 2019), Slobodan "Coby" Veljković (rapper, songwriter and producer) and Aleksandar Lokner [sr] (pianist), and the Serbian public via SMS voting.

Luke Black with the Pesma za Evroviziju trophy (left) and the OGAE Serbia Award (right)
OGAE Serbia Awards 2023