'26 (; PzE '26) was the fifth edition of , the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The selection consisted of two semi-finals held on 24 and 26 February 2026, respectively, and a final on 28 February 2026, all presented by Dragana Kosjerina and .

Format and production Shortly after the 2025 contest, the Serbian head of delegation, Uroš Marković, indicated that Serbia would once again organize to determine its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. Public relations manager and contest commentator for RTS, Duška Vučinić, confirmed that the broadcaster would not withdraw from the contest in 2026. Uroš Marković, the Serbian head of delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest, will serve as the new contest supervisor, following the removal of from the role. He previously also served as the music editor for the contest under Kovačević.

On 1 December 2025, a new logo for 2026 was unveiled. It contains Cyrillic letters "P" (), "Z" () and "E" ().

Competing entries On 15 September 2025, RTS opened an online form for interested artists to submit their entries. The submission period was set to last until 1 November 2025. Performers were required to hold Serbian citizenship, whilst there were no limitations as to whom could be a songwriter. At least 51% of lyrics of the submitted entries had to be in one of the official languages of Serbia.

The 24 contestants were announced on 3 December 2025. The list of participants includes Mirna Radulović, who, as part of the group Moje 3, represented Serbia at the . In addition to Radulović, the following artists are returning to the Serbian selection: Harem Girls, which competed the previous year; Zejna, who competed in 2024, 2023, and 2022; Yanx, who competed in 2024, as well as at Beovizija 2019, 2018, 2009, and Beosong 2013; Eegor, who competed in 2023; Aleksandra Sekulić, who competed at Beovizija 2019; and Nemanja Erić (part of the group GemiNNi), who competed at Beovizija 2019 as part of the group Majdan.

+ 26 participants Artist(s) Song Authors Aleksandar "" () Aleksandra Sekulić "" () Slavko Milovanović Ana Mašulović "" () Avgust "" () Milan Trivić Bella "" () "" Stefan Papić Đurđica "" () "" () Geminni "" () Harem Girls and "" () Iva Grujin "" () Jack Lupino "" () Lavina "" () "Unseen" Lu-Ka "" () Kosmos trip "" () Makao "" () Manivi "" () Ivana Vukmirović "" () Mirna "" () Sanja Aleksić "" () Yanx "" () Aleksandra Janković Zejna "" () "" ()

Contest overview

Semi-final 1 The first semi-final was held on 24 February 2026. Twelve songs competed and the seven with the most points qualified for the final.

In addition to the competing entries, Bojana Stamenov and Sofija Petrović opened the show with a medley of "Rise Like a Phoenix" and "Wasted Love", the Eurovision-winning songs for and . The interval acts included Ivan Bosiljčić, Daniel Kajmakoski, Igor Simić, Ivona and Filarri, and respectively performing various Austrian Eurovision entries: "" (winner ), "Nobody but You" (), "Say a Word" (), "Who the Hell Is Edgar?" (), and "We Will Rave" ().

ArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlacePointsPoints 1 Mirna "" 37 10 879 1 11 5 2 Kosmos trip "" 25 6 3,061 12 18 1 3 Iva Grujin "" 21 3 1,941 8 11 4 4 Eegor "" 10 0 1,793 6 6 11 5 Makao "" 15 1 1,227 2 3 12 6 Lores "Unseen" 24 4 1,705 4 8 6 7 Manivi "" 32 8 690 0 8 8 8 Bella "" 1 0 1,888 7 7 9 9 Yanx "" 52 12 694 0 12 3 10 Zejna "" 31 7 2,076 10 17 2 11 Ana Mašulović "" 24 5 1,442 3 8 7 12 Đurđica "" 18 2 1,780 5 7 10 +Detailed jury results in the first semi-final of Songscope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total1""5610124342""75445253""11712214"" 352105"" 62331156"Unseen"44268247""101075328""119""1281210105210""878263111""36872412""2121318

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 26 February 2026. Twelve songs competed and the seven with the most points qualified for the final. In addition to the competing entries, Princ opened the show performing his two Pesma za Evroviziju entries "Mila" and "Cvet sa istoka". The interval acts saw a medley of past Yugoslav and Serbian acts across the history of the contest, with Mina Gligorić performing "Neke davne zvezde", performing "Gori vatra", hosts Dragana Kosjerina and performing "Rock Me", performing "Brazil", Jelena Tomašević performing "Oro", Nina performing "Čaroban", and Nevena Božović performing "Kruna".

ArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlacePointsPoints 1 Aleksandar "" 17 3 928 2 5 9 2 Milica Burazer "" 4 0 1,155 3 3 10 3 Sanja Aleksić "" 15 2 814 0 2 11 4 Lu-Ka "" 20 4 1,207 4 8 7 5 Jack Lupino "" 26 5 1,680 5 10 5 6 Zona "" 56 12 1,839 6 18 3 7 Brat Pelin "" 54 10 5,389 10 20 2 8 Geminni "" 8 1 2,208 7 8 6 9 Avgust "" 6 0 834 1 1 12 10 Harem Girls and Ivana "" 28 7 3,315 8 15 4 11 Aleksandra Sekulić "" 26 6 679 0 6 8 12 Lavina "" 30 8 5,956 12 20 1 +Detailed jury results in the second semi-final of Songscope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total1""17261172""3143""375154"" 41562205"" 65375266""1010121212567""1212101010548"" 212389""24610"" 864462811""546382612""788730

Final

The final was held on 28 February 2026, starting 21:00 CET. The order of performances was revealed on 27 February 2026. Fourteen songs competed, and the winner, "" performed by Lavina, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of , , Nina, , and Aleksandra Kovač, and the Serbian public via televoting. In addition to the competing entries, Sanja Vučić opened the show with a performance of, "Refrain" (Lys Assia, 1956). The interval acts saw a medley of Eurovision hits, with Sergej Ćetković performing "Hold Me Now" (Johnny Logan, 1987), performing "Everyway That I Can" (Sertab Erener, 2003), Tijana Bogićević performing "Heroes" (Måns Zelmerlöw, 2015) and "Arcade" (Duncan Laurence, 2019), performing "Soldi" (Mahmood, 2019) and "Zitti e buoni (Måneskin, 2021), Sanja Vučić performing "Queen of Kings" (Alessandra, 2023), "Tattoo" (Loreen, 2023) and "Zari" (Marina Satti, 2024), Stefan Popović performing "Espresso Macchiato" (Tommy Cash, 2025), and the Greek representative at Eurovision 2026, Akylas performing his song "Ferto".

ArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlacePointsPoints 1 Brat Pelin ""22414,00310144 2 Lores "Unseen"2562,239286 3 Jack Lupino "" 201,9521113 4 Ana Mašulović "" 112 1,224 0212 5 Harem Girls and Ivana "" 2676,1308153 6 Iva Grujin "" 702,4454410 7 Kosmos trip "" 804,396558 8 Zejna "" 50104,4546162 9 Geminni "" 302,3163311 10 Lu-Ka "" 225 1,949059 11 Lavina "" 561229,75912241 12 Yanx ""318 682087 13 Zona "" 1834,7267105 14 Mirna ""91 1,2370114

+Detailed jury results in the final of Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total1""7348222"Unseen"62737253""224"" 65115"" 45575266"" 41277""511188""10881212509"" 3310""110382211""12121210105612""871063113""266641814""2439

Other awards

OGAE Serbia Award

The OGAE Serbia Award for the Best Song in ′26 was voted on by the association members. The award was won by the song "" by Zejna, which was thus designated as the Serbian entry to the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2026.

+ The first five OGAE Serbia votes Artist Song Points Place Zejna "Jugoslavija"2081 Zona "Čairi"2072 Lavina "" 1923 Brat Pelin"Fräulein"1604 Eegor "Klaber"1055

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