Marija Šerifović the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 is set to feature as part of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light.
RTS has revealed that Marija Šerifović who won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest for Serbia will feature as part of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light. Marija has performed “Molitva” is the empty streets of the Serbian capital, which will be featured as part of the show on May 16.
Marija is one of a number of former Eurovision acts that will be featuring as part of Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light. Also confirmed as taking part in the show is the winner of Eurovision 2005 Helena Paparizou.
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light will be broadcast live across Europe on May 16 hosted by Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit. The show will pay tribute to the forty one acts who had been due to compete in Eurovision 2020 and feature past Eurovision participants. The show will also look at the people of Europe affected by the coronavirus and aid workers who are fighting this crisis.
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Serbia have competed as an independent nation in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2007, and have seen great success in the competition. Their first entry in 2007, Marija Šerifović’s “Molitva”, won the contest in Helsinki with 268 points, making Serbia’s debut one of the most successful in Eurovision history. From then up to their year’s break in 2014, Serbia finished in the top 10 a further two times, including a 3rd place finish in 2012 with Željko Joksimović’s “Nije ljubav stvar”.
