Molitva victory Eurovision Song Contest 2007
"Molitva" (Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва; "Prayer") is a song with music by Vladimir Graić, lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare, and sung by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović. It was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed for Serbia. The song marked the country's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro having dissolved in June 2006. The song was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007 by Connective Records."Molitva" also won the semi-final in the 2007 competition, collecting 298 points, which was the highest number of points ever gained in the semi-final under the single semi final format of the contest (2004–2007).
It was succeeded as the Serbian Representative by "Oro" by Jelena Tomašević and as the winning song by "Believe" by Dima Bilan from Russia.Background
Molitva was the first song containing no English language lyrics to win since Dana International's win for Israel in 1998 with "Diva". Molitva was the last entirely non-English song to win the contest until the 2017 edition, where Portugal's Salvador Sobral won with "Amar pelos dois", as well as being the first time a ballad had won since televoting became the standard and the first one of the so-called "Balkan ballads" that came to prominence since the late 1990s to win the contest. The song is also notable for its stage presentation because it lacked dance routines, revealing or showy costumes, pyrotechnics and other gimmicks. The Eurovision Song Contest is often accused of concentrating on these things instead of the music itself. Many elements of "Molitva" contrasted with the previous winner, "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
Šerifović's performance was complemented by the notable presence of the five backing singers, who joined together afterwards to form Beauty Queens. They later joined her with a Serbian flag at the end.
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