| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Beovizija 2018 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 20 February 2018 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Sanja Ilić and Balkanika | |||
| Selected song | "Nova deca" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 117 points) | |||
| Final result | 19th, 113 points | |||
| Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Nova deca" written by Sanja Ilić, Tanja Ilić and Danica Krstić. The song was performed by Sanja Ilić and the group Balkanika. The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised the national final Beovizija 2018 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Seventeen entries competed in the national final on 20 February 2018, which resulted in "Nova deca" performed by Sanja Ilić and Balkanika as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-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 10 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 3, "Nova deca" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Serbia placed ninth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 117 points. In the final, Serbia performed in position 10 and placed nineteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 113 points.