Molitva participant in 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.
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