Serbia: Luke Black to Eurovision 2023 with "Samo mi se spava"

Serbia's national selection for Eurovision 2023, Pesma za Evroviziju, has come to a close and we know who will be Konstrakta's (Serbia 2022) successor!

The 16 finalists performed their songs one last time tonight in hopes of receiving enough votes to secure the victory. At the end of the show, and after all the votes were counted, Luke Black was given the green light to head to Eurovision this May with his song Samo mi se spava.

Samo mi se spava was written by Luke Black himself.

About Luke Black

Luka Ivanović (professionally known as Luke Black) is a Serbian singer-songwriter and was born on 18 May 1992.

Black has been in the industry since 2012 and has released three EPs during this time. He was shortlisted in 2016 to possibly represent Serbia at Eurovision, but didn't end up doing so.

Black's music can be described as a mix of dream-pop, synth-pop, and electro-pop.

Pesma za Evroviziju 23

Serbia used Pesma za Evroviziju to select their Eurovision 2023 representative. The show consisted of two semi finals and one final broadcast from RTS Studio 8 in Belgrade.

All three shows had four hosts. The on stage hosts were Serbian actor Milan Marić and Serbian TV host Dragana Kosjerina, and the green room hosts were Serbian actress Kristina Radenković and actor Stefan Popović.

The results were determined by a 50/50 voting style split between a professional jury and a public vote.

• 1 March: Semi-final 1
• 2 March: Semi-final 2
• 4 March: Final

Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Serbia has been a part of Eurovision since 2007, except in 2014 when they chose not to participate.

Their best result came in their debut year, when Marija Šerifović won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song Molitva.

Out of 14 appearances, they have qualified for the Grand Final 11 times.