page_title: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
section_title: At Eurovision
hierarchical_section_title: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 / At Eurovision
caption_attribution_description: English: Bojana Stamenov in Eurovision Village.
context_page_description: Serbia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Beauty Never Lies", written by Vladimir Graić and Charlie Mason. The song was performed by Bojana Stamenov. Serbian broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia selected Vladimir Graić, the composer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 winning song "Molitva", to compose three candidate songs as potential Serbian entries for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Graić was also tasked with selecting the performers of these three entries, opting to selected two established Serbian artists, Bojana Stamenov and Aleksa Jelić, and one undiscovered talent, Danica Krstić, to perform the three entries. RTS held the national final Odbrojavanje za Beč where the song "Ceo svet je moj" performed by Bojana Stamenov emerged as the winner after topping both the votes of a jury panel and a public televote. The entry was later translated to English as "Beauty Never Lies" with lyrics written by Charlie Mason—the lyricist of Austria's Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winning song "Rise Like a Phoenix".
context_section_description: According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 26 January 2015, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Serbia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 19 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.
  Once all the competing songs for the 2015 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Serbia was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from Macedonia and before the entry from Hungary.
  The first semi-final and the final were broadcast in Serbia on RTS 1, RTS HD and RTS SAT with commentary by Duška Vučinić. The second semi-final was broadcast on RTS 2 and RTS SAT with commentary by Silvana Grujić. The Serbian spokesperson, who announced the Serbian votes during the final, was Maja Nikolić.
caption: Bojana Stamenov performing at the Eurovision Village in Vienna
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