<nowiki>'</nowiki>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 .
Shortly after the 2025 contest, the Serbian head of delegation, Uroà ¡ MarkoviÃÂ, 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, Duà ¡ka VuÃÂiniÃÂ, confirmed that the broadcaster would not withdraw from the contest in 2026. Uroà ¡ MarkoviÃÂ, 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 KovaÃÂeviÃÂ.
On 1 December 2025, a new logo for 2026 was unveiled. It contains Cyrillic letters "P" (), "Z" () and "E" ().
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 RaduloviÃÂ, who, as part of the group Moje 3, represented Serbia at the . In addition to RaduloviÃÂ, the following artists are returning to the Serbian selection:
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 PetroviÃÂ 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 BosiljÃÂiÃÂ, Daniel Kajmakoski, Igor SimiÃÂ, 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" ().
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 Gligoriàperforming "Neke davne zvezde", performing "Gori vatra", hosts Dragana Kosjerina and performing "Rock Me", performing "Brazil", Jelena Tomaà ¡eviàperforming "Oro", Nina performing "ÃÂaroban", and Nevena Boà ¾oviàperforming "Kruna".
The final was held on 28 February 2026.
The OGAE Serbia Award for the Best Song in â²26 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.