Pesma za Mediterana

Pesma za Mediterana (Serbo-Croatian: Песма за Медитерана; English: Song for the Mediterranean) is a song contest organised by Serbian national broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). It will be the Serbian national selection for the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest.

History
On 26 July 2022, the Serbian national broadcaster RTS announced that the country would be using a national selection in order to find the nation's representative for the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 13. It was later revealed that the national selection would be named "Pesma za Mediterana", which translates to "Song for the Mediterranean".

It was revealed that fourteen entries would participate in the inaugural edition. The entrants, along with their songs, were revealed by RTS on 11 December 2022. Shortly afterward, the allocation draw as well as the running orders were revealed by the organizers.

There were three live shows; the two semi-finals and the final. The first semi-final was held on 24 December 2022, the second semi-final was held on 29 December 2022 and the final was held on 16 January 2023. Out of each semi-final, four entries qualified for the final, while three entrants in each semi-final failed to qualify.

The first edition was won by Milica Pavlović feat. Albino and their song "Šećeru". They are scheduled to represent Serbia at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest 13 in France.

General rules

 * Fourteen entries will participate in the national selection.
 * There will be two semi-finals.
 * In each semi-final, there will be seven entries.
 * Four out of seven entries in each semi-final will qualify for the grand final.
 * Three out of seven entries in each semi-final will fail to qualify for the grand final.
 * Eight entries will participate in the grand final.
 * The winner receives the right to represent Serbia at the Mediterraneanvision Song Contest.

Artist selection

 * The artist(s) must have a relation to Serbia. Examples would be their ethnicity, roots, or living in the nation.
 * The artist(s) must be at least 15 years old.
 * Foreign artists may rarely be accepted in certain cases.
 * All artists must be alive.

Song selection

 * Songs that have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest or any of its spin-offs are not allowed.
 * Songs that cover another song are not allowed.
 * Songs that sample another song can be allowed in certain cases.
 * Songs that have been revamped or remixed can be allowed in certain cases if it was released by the original artist(s) themselves.
 * The songs must be sung in either Serbo-Croatian and/or English. However, parts of the songs may be in other languages as well. Regional and minority languages can be allowed in certain cases.
 * The songs mustn't be overused in other contests.

Voting
1. International juries; each external head of delegation's voting 2. National juries; the Serbian head of delegation's voting 3. National online voting; how the Serbian public would most likely vote
 * The voting is split up in three different parts:

12 points 10 points 8 points 6 points 3 points 1 point 0 points
 * The voting in the semi-finals is the following:

12 points 10 points 8 points 6 points 3 points 1 point 0 points 0 points
 * The voting in the grand final is the following:


 * For the international jury voting, each international jury member will be voting individually. After all the votes are received, the total will be calculated and converted into the voting style (12, 10, 8, 6, 3, 1, 0 / 0 points).


 * The national jury will submit one set of votes.


 * The national online voting will submit one set of votes.