| Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS) | |||
| Country |  Serbia | |||
| Selection process | Pesma za Evroviziju '26 | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Serbia is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which will be held in Austria. The Serbian participating broadcaster, Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS), is expected to organise the national final Pesma za Evroviziju '26 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Prior to the 2026 contest, Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS) has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Serbia seventeen times since its first entry in 2007, winning the contest with its debut entry " Molitva " performed by Marija Šerifović. Since then, 13 out of the 17 total Serbian entries have featured in the final with RTS failing to qualify in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2025. In 2025, " Mila " performed by Princ, failed to qualify to the final, placing 14th in its semi-final, Serbia's worst result to date. [1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTS organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has used both internal selections and national finals to determine its entries throughout the years. Between 2007 and 2009, RTS used the Beovizija national final, but after its 2009 entry failed to qualify to the final, the broadcaster shifted its selection strategy to selecting specific composers to create songs for artists. After a successful internal selection in 2012, in 2013 RTS returned to an open national final format, titled Beosong, but it failed to qualify to the final. After reverting to internal selection in 2016 and 2017, it returned to use the Beovizija national final between 2018 and 2020, managing to qualify to the final in both 2018 and 2019, with Eurovision having been cancelled in 2020. In 2022, RTS returned to organising a national final under the name Pesma za Evroviziju '22 , with this format being used every year since.
On 27 May 2025, RTS confirmed its commitment to not withdraw from the contest. [2]
The fifth edition of Pesma za Evroviziju is expected to be organized by RTS in order to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. [3]