Nova deca

"Nova deca"
"Nova deca"
Single by Sanja Ilić & Balkanika
Released	11 April 2018
Genre	Pop; Balkan pop-folk;
Length	3:09
Label	Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Sanja Ilić; Tanja Ilić; Danica Krstić;
Producer(s)	Sanja Ilić; Tanja Ilić; Danica Krstić; Darko Dimitrov;
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika singles chronology
Music video
	"Nova Deca" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country	Serbia
Artist(s)	Balkanika
As	Sanja Ilić & Balkanika
Language	Serbian
Composer(s)	Sanja Ilić; Tanja Ilić; Danica Krstić; Darko Dimitrov;
Lyricist(s)	Sanja Ilić; Tanja Ilić; Danica Krstić;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	9th
Semi-final points	117
Final result	19th
Final points	113
Entry chronology
	◄ "In Too Deep" (2017)
	"Kruna" (2019) ►

"Nova deca" (Serbian: Нова деца, transl. New Children) is a song performed by Serbian group Balkanika. The song was released as a digital download on 11 April 2018. The song was written by Sanja Ilić, Tanja Ilić and Danica Krstić.

The song combines the Torlakian dialect of southeastern Serbia with standard Serbian, using a dance beat and fusing traditional vocals and flute with contemporary singing.^[1]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

The song represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.^[2]^[3] The song was the Serbian entry in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 12 May, and finished in 19th place.

Track listing[]

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nova Deca"	3:09

Release history[]

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	11 April 2018	Digital download	Universal Music

References[]

^ "Everything you need to know about Eurovision—and its decades of glorious camp". Retrieved 13 May 2018.
^ Welsh, Eleanor (20 February 2018). "Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika win Beovizija 2018 and will represent Serbia in Lisbon!". ESCToday.
^ Gligorov, Miki (20 February 2018). "Sanja Ilić and Balkanika win Beovizija 2018". escXtra.

[1] "Everything you need to know about Eurovision—and its decades of glorious camp". Retrieved 13 May 2018.

[2] Welsh, Eleanor (20 February 2018). "Serbia: Sanja Ilić & Balkanika win Beovizija 2018 and will represent Serbia in Lisbon!". ESCToday.

[3] Gligorov, Miki (20 February 2018). "Sanja Ilić and Balkanika win Beovizija 2018". escXtra.

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