It was back to Belgrade on Thursday night for semi-final 2 of Pesma za Evroviziju 24 as Serbia continued its search for a Eurovision star.
There were 14 performances during the semi-final, with eight of the acts ultimately making it to the grand final.
The lucky contestants included pre-contest favourites Teya Dora and Konstrakta.
Pesma za Evroviziju 24: Semi-final 2 results
The results were determined by a 50:50 split between votes from a jury and the public at home. The top eight of their combined ranking will now move on to Saturday’s grand final.
- Iva Lorens – “Dom”
- Konstrakta – “Novo, bolje”
- Dušan Kurtić – “Zbog tebe živim”
- Zejna – “Najbolja”
- Teya Dora – “Ramonda”
- Milan Bujaković – “Moje tvoje”
- Nemanja Radošević – “Jutra bez tebe”
- Džordži – “Luna park”
Non-qualifiers
- Nadia – “Sudari”
- Hydrogen – “Nemoguća misija”
- Filip Baloš – “Duga je noć”
- Yanx – “Kolo”
- Kat Dosa – “Tajni začin”
- Durlanski – “Muzika”
Which of the semi-final 2 acts from stood out most to you? Can any of these artists go on to win PzE 24? Share your thoughts below.
Oh, dear me – more Konstrakta? Hey, ho … that’s Eurovision!
To my actual surprise, my favorite entry is Zena’s song, what a rythm
Konstrakta performance was amaizing. She literally trolled herslef 😀 I cant get “novo, novo, novo, bolje, bolje…” out of my head
TEYA DORA FTW
Konstrakta rules!!! If she passes 2024 is saved from complete and utter mediocracy
Mediocrity..
Mediocracy sounds like a description of the UK government.
This is my favorite selection of the year. We lost some good songs in both semis– some the performers weren’t great, and some might have just been a little too weird. My favorite is Breskvica, but the cultural politics around her song seem like such a minefield that I’m really uneasy about it. Next would be Dzordzi; not a contender probably, but what a punchy power pop song. And then Zorja and Hristina have great songs too.
Filip was robbed!
Quiet few good songs in the final, it’s very exciting. Teya or Zorja would be my choice. But this girl Hristina is my biggest grower. Lena’s song is also beautiful but Im not sure it’s Eurovision material. The running order in the final is a mess tho. All heavy hitters are back to back. I cant wait Saturday
Konstrakta is amazing! She brings genuine artistic quality to ESC! Hope she wins in Serbian final!
Konstrakta had the same show as Corpore sano? I mean, what is that? Zero originality, and thia time, her song is weak… As a foreigner, I would vote for Breskvica or Zejna, but I think they’ll pick another flop, like they did last year…
I mean the song is literally about how the drive to always strive for newer better bigger is a problem. It’s a deliberate artistic choice
For me it’s really toeing the line between conceptual art and trolling, and on a certain level it’s even a little insulting to the other competitors in a field that I found very impressive.
Is there a way to watch the entire semifinal on catch-up?
You can watch the entire semi on PZE’s YouTube channel
Its available on youtube 🙂
That’s what I thought but the stream is missing the first half an hour or so…
Ah I found it now… the livestream is incomplete but there is a separate upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSOzBNtVuUA
Teya Dora for me, what an incredible performance. It would definitely stand out at Eurovision because we have so few ballads so far.
But would it stand out? To me, Zorja’s got a more immediate effect unlike Teya’s song. As a matter of fact, if we ignore the lyrics, Zorja’s by far more competitive (Teya’s song is still beautiful but we need something more interesting in the production of the song.)
It’s gonna be bloodbath between Zorja, Teya and Konstrakta, it’s crazy, and then there are Lena and Hristina who will do very well with jury.
Breskvica says Hi. The hype about her is very high and I predict she’ll win the televote.
Konstrakta was great. I prefer In Corpore Sano song over this one, but I’ll watch it until I’m obsessed with it 😀 anyways…what I have noticed is that Konstrakta and Let 3 have a similar approach … they both gave us kind of a season two. I don’t think that we ever saw that in esc until this year… and I like it. a lot. really nice example of how art can cross the usual settings
Running order for the final:
1 Iva Lorens Dom
2 Džordži Luna park
3 Breskvica Gnezdo orlovo
4 Teya Dora Ramonda
5 Hristina Bedem
6 Marko Mandi? Dno
7 M.Ira Percepcija
8 Nemanja Radoševi? Jutra bez tebe
9 Milan Bujakovi? Moje tvoje
10 Keni nije mrtav Dijamanti
11 Zorja Lik u ogledalu
12 Zejna Najbolja
13 Konstrakta Novo, bolje
14 Bojana & David No No No
15 Lena Kova?evi? Zovi me Lena
16 Dušan Kurti? Zbog tebe živim
Luna park 2, Konstrakta 13, Dushan Kurtic to close)) good picks!
Oh they want Konstrakta again
Yep, lucky 13
I pretty sure it was a random draw.
Doesn’t look like that to me and smb here said the finalists drew lots after their semis.
In Serbia nothing is random.
Serbia will have a solid final on Saturday, with several very credible entries either with huge jury and/or televote appeal for Eurovision. I’m looking forward to the outcome, my personal wish is they send Zorja but the competition is here.
I would say great final! Cant wait to watch!! 😀
Are they about to pick up their positions for the final?
We need a song like Ramonda!
What a beautiful and unique ballad! Hope that Teya Dora will win this national final.
No Filip, no Durlanski this is sad …
But so happy for Dushan Kurtic, I liked this song the most, my winner.
See you guys on Saturday, it’s gonna be long and fun night.
Zejna and only Zejna!
Oh my God, Filip Baloš is out! Biggest surprise alongside Filari on Tuesday.
None is really surprise. Their songs weren’t too good, they were only hyped on Twitter by some fans.
Seems like they are over the gays.
His singing was bad, overall it was meh… deserved out…
Dzordzi had the same audience as Filip, and he was better and they voted for him. Simple as that
His performance was poor. I was hoping he would get a second chance, but I can understand why he’s out.
Godstrakta qualified easily, although announced a bit early which makes me a bit suspicious that she may have not been voted as much by the public this time. Zejna also made it, which satisfies me.
YES!!! Dushan Kurtic!!!! Happy , happy me!!!!
Konstrakta through, no surprise, but still nice to see.
I’m a bit late … Watching now Filip Baloš – “Duga je no?” … But, the violin in the beginning is the same from Carla- Diamanti Grezzi from Sanremo … Is that a sample? It is the same beginning!!!!
Yea, he joked about it in the greenroom, they bought the same sample
Ah ok ok. Thanks for clarifying. I couldn’t watch the whole show. Thanks 🙂
I loved Lena from semi 1 and Durlanski from semi 2… but neither will surely win, so I am team Zorja!
I so much enjoy the interval tonight. Thank you Pesma for it))
They’re making Princ sing Soldi, oh my goodness, yes.
“Cha Cha Cha” Sanja’s Version, yeah yeah fire !!
Hands up for Cha-Cha-Cha tribute!
Onto pelican fly fly flying now
Soldi soldi clap clap
For me – it’s Zejna. She sang so great live and I love the song. I am sold! I hope she wins! Goodluck Zejna!!!
Luke Black- if Marilyn Manson had a son
Off topic but I just saw the Croatia went up to 1st in the betting odds over Ukraine and it’s honestly surprising to see!
Very big for Croatia as well!
That*
Man I can’t type anymore
Luke Black and Bambie Thug are good friends, they hang out together in London. I can see why they get on.
That tank top is not good
Luke is amazing! I hope he’ll come back to Pesma one year soon!
Only Konstrakta of these….amazing!
KOHCTPAKTA.
Konstrakta simply knows how to translate a message and interact with the viewer on stage. She is my winner once again. I believe she will always be my winner whenever she comes back to PZE, hahaha. And if this was the last time, they better send her again because she will stand out once more.
I do miss a clap along “biti zdrava” moment, though.
I’m glad Konstrakta is doing well again.
Sorry that I’m not watching tonight. I was too busy cracking Switzerland’s code. (Plus I had to work.)
What is the interval tonight?
The ABBA one will be hard to beat.
Curse of second place on Eurovison
Roxette
You lied… sad face
Konstrakta Not happy with the lady kneeling her dough
I thought that too. “Get your hands off my baby” she seemed to be thinking.
She was with them on stage two years ago
My qualifiers are :
Dushan Kurtic
Konstrakta
Filip Balos
Džordži
Teya Dora
Durlanski
I hope to see all those in the final on Saturday!
Ok, Muzika IS art!
guys, who don’t speak this language. how does it sound for you? do you like it?
Yes. It’s catchier and the bread symbolism works better on a broader audience than medical care.
In eurovision you churn butter, prepare bread and bake cookies.
She should borrow the Russian Grannies oven, it’s not like they need it anymore…
Konstrakta! Yes, it very similar in style and staging to her last entry, but I loved it. She held my attention from start to finish. She is magnetic.
Well, Konstrakta is clearly stronger than both Breskvica and Zorya.
She gets better camerawork too!
Her lighting is everything!
Konstrakta back in the game with a direct SEQUEL. Love it.
Sorry guys, Konstrakta is literally déjà vu, don’t see any originality compared to 2022
You need to understand the words of the song to realise why she did a similar performance. It is actually very much on purpose.
KONSTRAKTA BACK WHERE SHE LEFT THINGS IN ORDER TO SWEEP THE COMPETITION AGAIN!!