Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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Country | Serbia | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 5 March 2016 Song: 12 March 2016 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Sanja Vučić Zaa | |||
Selected song | "Goodbye (Shelter)" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Ivana Peters | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 105 points) | |||
Final result | 18th, 115 points | |||
Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Goodbye (Shelter)" written by Ivana Peters. The song was performed by Sanja Vučić Zaa, who was internally selected by the Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to represent Serbia in the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Vučić was announced as the Serbian representative on 5 March 2016, while the song, "Goodbye (Shelter)", was presented on 12 March 2016 during a show titled Pesma Srbije za Evropu ("Serbia's song for Europe").
Serbia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 6, "Goodbye (Shelter)" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Serbia placed tenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 105 points. In the final, Serbia performed in position 15 and placed eighteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 115 points.