Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | ||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected entrant | Petar Aničić | |||
| Selected song | "Heartbeat" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Vladimir Graić Leontina Vukomanović Petar Aničić Nemanja Filipović | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 11th, 85 points | |||
| Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) selected Petar Aničić, who achieved 11th place with 85 points.[1]
Background[]
Prior to the 2020 contest, Serbia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since its debut in 2006,[2] and once as Serbia and Montenegro in 2005,[3] prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro,[4] As of 2020, Serbia's best results are two third places, achieved in 2007 and 2010. In the 2019 contest, Serbia placed 10th with Darija Vračević and the song "Podigni glas".[5]
Before Junior Eurovision[]
On 25 September 2020, RTS announced that Petar Aničić will represent Serbia in the contest. He will perform the song "Heartbeat", which will be released at a later date.[6]
Artist and song information[]
Petar Aničić | |
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| Born | 21 March 2006[7] |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| "Heartbeat" | |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Petar Aničić |
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| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Podigni glas (Raise Your Voice)" (2019) | |
| "Oči Deteta (Children's Eyes)" (2021) ► | |
Petar Aničić[]
Petar Aničić (born 2006) is a Serbian singer. He represented Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Heartbeat".[6]
Heartbeat[]
"Heartbeat" is a song by Serbian singer Petar Aničić. It represented Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020.
At Junior Eurovision[]
After the opening ceremony, which took place on 23 November 2020, it was announced that Serbia will perform fourth on 29 November 2020, following the Netherlands and preceding Belarus.[8]
Voting[]
The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting.[9] Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[10]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 27 November 2020 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 29 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs.[11] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.
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Detailed voting results[]
| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Germany
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9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| 02 |  Kazakhstan
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3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 03 |  Netherlands
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6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 04 | Serbia
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| 05 |  Belarus
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 06 |  Poland
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5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 07 |  Georgia
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2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| 08 |  Malta
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10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| 09 |  Russia
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11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | |
| 10 |  Spain
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4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 |  Ukraine
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8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 12 |  France
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7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
References[]
- ^ "Final of Poland 2020 - Junior Eurovision Song Contest — Poland 2020". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Serbia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Final of Gliwice-Silesia - Junior Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Petar Aničić will represent Serbia!". junioreurovision.tv. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "I AM FINNALY 15 THANKYOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING LOVE YOU THE MOST! HVALA VAM BESKRAJNO NA SVEMU, VOLIM VAS NAJVIŠE♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️