Serbian “modern” metal band LAVINA will represent the Balkan nation at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria in May.
The final of Serbia’s national selection process, ‘Pesma Za Evroviziju 26’ (“PZE 26”),was held Saturday night (February 28). The 14 acts who advanced from the semi-finals took the stage again. The winner was chosen by a combination of public and jury votes (with a 50% weighting given to each).
The national final was conducted on RTS, the Serbian broadcaster responsible for the country’s Eurovision Song Contest entries.
LAVINA‘s ‘Kraj Mene’ won both the public vote and the jury vote. In the public vote it garnered a huge 29,759 votes, more than double that of the song that finished second in that section of the vote, ‘Fräulein’ by Brat Pelin.
LAVINA will perform ‘Kraj Mene’ in the second half of Eurovision Song Contest‘s first semi-final on Tuesday, May 12.
LAVINA is a six-piece metal band from Niš, Serbia, formed in the middle of 2020. After forming, the members spent most of the time writing and recording the songs for the band’s debut album, ‘Odyssey’, which was released in November 2022. The group has since played promotional shows and festivals in various countries around Europe (Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, etc.) as part of the ‘Odyssey’ tour.
LAVINA‘s sophomore album is expected later this year.