Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021


Serbia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in Paris, France.

Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, Serbia had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since its debut in, and once as in, prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, As of 2020, Serbia's best results are two third places, achieved in and. In the contest, Serbia placed 11th with Petar Aničić and the song "Heartbeat".

Before Junior Eurovision

On 5 October 2021, RTS announced that Jovana Radonjić and Dunja Živković would represent Serbia in the contest with the song "Oči deteta ". The duo was chosen following a three-stage internal selection process, with the final stage consisting of three shortlisted acts performing their songs in front of a jury consisting of RTS music editors at the Studio 6 of Radio Belgrade, after which the jury distributed 1–3 points to their favourite acts. The other longlisted songs were: "Osmeh" performed by Tara Šujeranović, "Dete od snova" performed by Tomislav Božović and "U dobru i u zlu" performed by Veljko Kovačević. The song was presented on 28 October 2021.

At Junior Eurovision

After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Serbia would perform seventeenth on 19 December 2021, following Spain and preceding North Macedonia.
At the end of the contest, Serbia received 86 points, placing 13th out of 19 participating countries.

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