With the song "Molitva" ("Prayer"), Šerifović was chosen to represent Serbia in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. She won both the semi-final on 10 May (with 298 points) and the final on 12 May (with 268 points), becoming Serbia's first—and to date, only—Eurovision winner. Returning home, she was greeted by more than 70,000 people in front of the Civic Assembly of Belgrade, and also held a concert in her home town in front of 60,000 co-citizens. Šerifović performed her winning song in the 2008 contest in Belgrade, and was part of the jury that chose Ireland's entry for the 2008 contest and Sweden's entry for the 2009 contest. "Molitva" was included in the list of the 10 best Eurovision winners according to the SBS in 2016 and to "The Independent" in 2019, while "The Eurovision Times", a fan blog, ranked it as the third best Eurovision song of all time.