| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Beovizija 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 7 March 2009 Final: 8 March 2009 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Marko Kon and Milaan | |||
| Selected song | "Cipela" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (10th) | |||
| Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Cipela" written by Aleksandar Kobac, Marko Kon and Milan Nikolić. The song was performed by Marko Kon and Milaan. The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised the national final Beovizija 2009 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The national final consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final on 7 and 8 March 2009, respectively. Twenty entries competed in the semi-final where eleven qualified to the final following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. The eleven qualifiers competed in the final which resulted in "Cipela" performed by Marko Kon and Milaan as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote.
Serbia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 4, "Cipela" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that Serbia failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since its first entry in 2007. It was later revealed that Serbia placed tenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 60 points.