Hello? He just wants to sleep forever but fans can’t get enough of him. Luke Black of Serbia is our readers’ favourite former Yugoslavia act at Eurovision 2023. 

The poll saw a tight race between the top two acts, but ultimately Serbia’s pop alchemist took control of our readers’ hearts with his song “Samo mi se spava” and won with 39.31% of the total 4,999 votes. 

In second place is Slovenia’s Joker Out, who came in hot on Luke’s heels with 38.05% of the total votes.

Croatia’s Let 3 were not far behind either, coming in at third place with a respectable 22.64% of votes. 

Full results: Best former Yugoslavia act at Eurovision 2023 

  1. Serbia: Luke Black – Samo Mi Se Spava | 39.31% (1,965 votes)
  2. Slovenia: Joker Out – Carpe Diem | 38.05% (1,902 votes)
  3. Croatia: Let 3 – Mama SC! | 22.64% (1,132 votes)

Total votes: 4,999

Are you ready to get your game on in Liverpool? Is there another act who should take control of the scoreboard? Tell us in the comments below. 

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Vjera Brdar
Vjera Brdar
1 year ago

Worst most annoying song of the year. I’m sorry, neighbours. I have no idea how anyine can stomach listening to it more than once.

Benito Camelo
Benito Camelo
1 year ago
Reply to  Vjera Brdar

Balkans being good neighbors, I guess XD

Teddi
Teddi
1 year ago

And yet Croatia has the best chances to make the best result out of three of these. Tbh, Samo mi se spava – I fear it won’t even qualify. If you remember from the past, televote wasn’t very fond of songs like this and it rarely awarded it with lot of points. Not sure how this will go. I have it on my list as shocking non qualifier. (Not shocking to me tbh)

Steven
Steven
1 year ago
Reply to  Teddi

“If you remember from the past, televote wasn’t very fond of songs like this…” What songs are you referring to?

Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule
1 year ago
Reply to  Teddi

Croatia is very hard to predict, but in the finals it will likely get less than 10 points from the jury (if they qualify) and it is pretty obvious that it will be the worst out of three by some margin. Even if it does resonate with televoters, which I don’t think it will. It should be enough for them to qualify, but that would be all.

Anonymous91
Anonymous91
1 year ago

he isn’t Konstrakta i know, but he has got something else very great about him, especially for this genre of his song, providing a nice contrast of softness to all the wild instrumentals, and he looks good in that outfit at the NF, very handsome, and his moves like a model on a catwalk

Croatia also has my support, for being super risky and it being such a strong bop with very extra performers

Slovenia’s has grown on me a bit more recently, and their cover of Miley Cyrus’s Flowers was also good

Alex
Alex
1 year ago

That’s what you were able to understand from the song, the lobster doesn’t have to do anything with the tv show “Friends”. Inform yourself before you claim something so confidently. It’s ok if you don’t like the song, but this claim about the lobster is simply not true

Alex
Alex
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

It was inspired by Salvador Dali’s lobster phone which for him represented the call to wake up from a dream (from surrealism to realism)

Alex
Alex
1 year ago
Reply to  Alex

He talked about considering his fans to be lobsters because of TV show “Friends” and lobsters being friends for life. But that came later after his win and it is related to fans only. The idea behind using a lobster on the cover of the song audio is because of Salvador Dali as I wrote already. And it is kinda related to the point of the song

Pasadena
Pasadena
1 year ago

Three quality entries, but Slovenia is my number 1 (former Yugoslavia and overall) favourite of the year.

Karl
Karl
1 year ago

For me it’s Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, in that order.

Karl
Karl
1 year ago

Now do former Carolingian Empire. And former Hanseatic League. And former USSR.

Tom
Tom
1 year ago
Reply to  Karl

You forgot Roman empire, Ottoman empire and Mongol Empire…

West
West
1 year ago
Reply to  Tom

Holy Roman Empire, Austria-Hungary…

Sandi
Sandi
1 year ago
Reply to  West

Pangea…