<nowiki>'</nowiki>25 (; PzE '25) was the fourth edition of , the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The selection consisted of two semi-finals held on 25 and 26 February 2025, respectively, and a final on 28 February 2025, all presented by Dragana Kosjerina and .
In 2024, RTS confirmed that the national final format would once again be organised to determine its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The selection consisted of two semi-finals on 25 and 26 February 2025, and a final on 28 February 2025, with the original dates having been 25, 27 February and 1 March. Fifteen contestants competed in each semi-final, with eight qualifying for the final from each.
On 18 July 2024, RTS opened an online form for interested artists to submit their entries. The submission period was supposed to last until 1 November 2024, but the window was extended until 10 November a few days before the intended closing time. 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. At the closing of the deadline, 222 entries had been submitted.
30 competing acts were selected and announced on 10 December 2024. Returnees to the Serbian national final include:
On 31 December 2024, RTS announced that BuàKesidi with the song "" were disqualified from the contest, due to performing their song prior to 1 September 2024 at the Sea Side Festival, which goes against the contest's rules. They were replaced by Marà ¡ali with the song "". On 8 January 2025, RTS announced that Dram with the song "" were also disqualified due to performing their song prior to 1 September 2024. They were replaced by Lensy with the song "".
Disqualified Replacement
The jury in the semi-finals consisted of: Nikoleta DojÃÂinoviÃÂ, Miljan TaniÃÂ, Nevena Boà ¾oviÃÂ, Andrej Iliàand .
The first semi-final was held on 25 February 2025. Fifteen songs competed, and the eight songs with the most points qualified for the final.
In addition to the competing entries, Kolibri Choir opened the show with the song "", originally performed by Yu Rock Misija.
The second semi-final was held on 26 February 2025. Fifteen songs competed and the eight songs with the most points qualified for the final.
In addition to the competing entries, in place of a live interval act was a rerun of a PzE '23 interval act: an ethno medley of "Fairytale", "Wild Dances", "Euphoria", "", and "" by Stevan AnÃÂelkoviÃÂ, Sanja VuÃÂiÃÂ, Ivana Peters and Alen AdemoviÃÂ.
The final was held on 28 February 2025. Sixteen songs competed, and the winner, "" performed by Princ, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel consisting of Sneà ¾ana VukomanoviÃÂ, Dragan ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ, Zorja PajiÃÂ, Dejan KostiÃÂ, and jury president Slobodan MarkoviÃÂ, and the Serbian public via televoting. All funds collected from the viewer votes were donated to raise funds for the renovation of the Institute of Neonatology of the Clinical Center of Serbia.
In addition to the competing entries, in place of a live interval act was a rerun of a PzE '24 interval act, Luke Black performing his song "", and a rerun of a PzE '23 interval act, Konstrakta performing a medley of her songs "" and "".
The OGAE Serbia Award for the Best Song in â²25 was voted on by the association members. The award was won by the song "" by Harem Girls, which was thus designated as the Serbian entry to the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2025.
The three shows were aired on RTS1, RTS Svet and , as well as being streamed online via the broadcaster's website rts.rs and its official YouTube channel. The final was also aired on and on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
The Serbian anti-corruption protests since November 2024 impacted the organisation of in 2025. Slaven Doà ¡lo, who had hosted , was announced as a co-host for the second year in a row. However, on 20 February 2025, Doà ¡lo announced his resignation from the role, joining Bojana Vunturià ¡eviàin boycotting RTS due to its way of reporting on the protests. On 24 February, it was revealed that ÃÂorÃÂe à ½ivadinoviàwould also not be fulfilling his previously announced role as a presenter.
On 24 January 2025, Milan NikoliÃÂ announced his intention to withdraw due to "new circumstances" and that he would quit his role as editor at PGP-RTS; despite this, his entry "" was still published along with the other competing entries and would go on to take part in the shows. Other acts also expressed a desire to withdraw from the contest, including Biber, Filarri and Ana ÃÂurÃÂin (member of Ana & The Changes). Kalina DeliÃÂ, lead singer of Biber, stated in an interview in late February that a late withdrawal would carry high fees, which they are not able to pay.
During the voting sequence, jury member Dragan ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ, before announcing his points, made a comment in support of the protests: "First of all, tonight I would like to vote for justice, education, and dignity, because our students are our strength, our future, and our intelligence." to which presenter Dragana Kosjerina audibly moaned. Furthermore, another jury member, Slobodan MarkoviÃÂ, before announcing his points, said "First of all, I would like to apologize for the average bad quality of the songs, which arrived at this year's PZE, kudos to the few exceptions. That's my opinion."
On 31 July 2025, Olivera KovaÃÂeviÃÂ, the supervisor of the competition, was removed from her role due to her support for the protests.