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PESMA ZA EVROVIZIJU '25 SONGWRITER DEEP DIVE 🇷🇸🕸️📊
One of the most hyped national finals of the 2020's, PZE is back for its fourth edition. Among the entries, we see plenty of artists and songwriters from both recent and older selections. Let's take a closer look! (a thread 🧵)

AltCtrl - "Mamurna jutra"
Both former members of Lift, Dimitrije and Aleksa are performing as part of a new project for PZE 2025. They were also involved with the writing of Nadia's "Devojka tvog dečka"

Ana and the Changes - "Brinem"
One of "the Changes", Aleksa was also a part of Ejo, making it to the final with the jazzy "Trag" in 2020

Biber - "Da mi se vratiš"
A bit of an enigma to plot out on graphs like this, Biber often switch their performers around, and not having all band members take the stage. Credits to @ImStevan for helping piece this together. Their best result was 4th in 2018, with "Svatovi"

Bojana x David - "Šesto čulo"
Former JESC artist Bojana and duet partner David are returning with the same songwriters. In the meantime, Boris and Violeta have written "Dobrodošli", the Montenegrin entry for 2025. Can they make it double?

Buč Kesidi - "Tužne ljubavi"
A popular group, member Luka previously wrote Milan Bujaković and Olivera Popović's 9th placing entry "Niti"

Dušan Kurtić - "Boginja"
Finishing a strong 6th last year with "Zbog tebe živim", Dušan is having his second attempt this year, again in collaboration with three time Beovizija entrant Ivan Kurtić

Džet Vega - "Rolerkoster"
While little info seems available about the performer(s), the song was written by husband/wife duo Zoran and Nena Leković, who have previously had songs in selections for Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro

Filarri - "Meet and Greet"
Is third time the charm for Filarri, who has been gaining attention within the fandom for his daring entries?

Gifts and Roses - "Do kraja vremena"
A new setup for the band Gift, who previously participated in 2022 and 2023. On both occasions they made the final, but failed to reach the top 5. Can they reach new heights in 2025?

Harem Girls - "Aladin"
One of the most exciting entries of the selection, "Aladin" was written by the writers behind the three Hurricane entries, including Sanja Vučić herself. Will this spin-off be more similar in Eurovision success to the pre- or post-2022 lineup

Igor Simić - "Ne mogu"
Like his previous entries, Igor's song was written by Vladimir Danilović, who achieved jury succes last year with "Zovi me Lena". Also in the mix is Andreas Björkman, who has appeared with a series of entries across Lithuania and Croatia recently

Ivana Štrbac - "La la la"
"La la la" was written by two time entrant and 2022 4th placer Angellina, along with her frequent songwriting Ivan Franović

Jelena Pajić - "Kameleon"
Bane Opačić made his return to the Eurovision world for Montesong 2024, finishing 12th. Will he achieve more success with Jelena, who finished 11th in her 2022 semi?

Maja Nikolić - "Želi srce moje"
A long time competitor in Serbian selections, is this finally Maja's time to shine? Helping her is Miladin Bogosavljević, and Goran Ratković, both of which have previously had entries finish in the top 10

Mila - "Gaia"
While Mila is new to the contest, Ahmed "Rap Gorilla" Hajdarović has written fresh entries like Džipsii's "Greh", Durlanski's "Muzika", and Chai's "Sama"

Milan Nikolić i banda - "Storia del amor"
Having been part of the Serbian entry of 2009, Milan makes his return 16 years later. Helping him is super songwriter Vladimir Graić, who gave Serbia their first win with "Molitva", and has written many entries since

Nataša Kojić - "Up and Down"
After having 3 entries in the "& Montenegro" era, Nataša is making her comeback to the selection stage after 20 years

Princ - "Mila"
Initially set to appear in 2022, but later withdrawing, Princ won the televote and finished second overall on his debut attempt. Will he achieve similar success with the same songwriter as then?

Sedlar - "Oči boje zemlje"
Sedlar previously took the stage as part of band IQ, failing to reach the final in 2007. How much difference has 18 years made?

Tam - "Durum durum"
In what may be pleasing news to many fans, Tam's entry shares a songwriter with 2024 fan favourite Filip Baloš' "Duga je noć"

Tanja Banjanin - "Ja sam bolja"
Another returning artist from the early days, Tanja made it to the final of the Serbo-Montenegrin selection of 2004, with writer Staniša Banjanin making it to 5th place three years later

Tropico Band - "AI"
Another man behind "Molitva", Saša Milošević Mare has since written entries like "Ljubav je svuda" and "Jutra be tebe"

Vampiri - "Tebi treba neko kao ja"
A veteran band with many lineup changes, Aleksandar seems to be the only member left from their Jugovizija 1992 runner-up. He was also behind one of the three Pesma za Evropu - Diseldorf 2011 entries

The remaining seven entries do not seem to have any connections to other entries
Dram - "Vanja"
Iskaz - "Trendseter"
Kruz Roudi "Sve i odmah"
Mimi Mercedez"Turbo žurka"
Nikola Antonijević Anton"U grad"
Oxajo"MaMa"
Vukayla"Mask"

And that's all! Hope you enjoyed reading this thread, and found it informative. If you did, make sure to follow me so you don't miss out on similar deep dives I will be making for all other national finals this season. Until then, take care!

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