Serbian broadcaster RTS has disqualified another band from competing at this years edition of Pesma za Evroviziju. A week ago Buč Kesidi was disqualified. Today it has been revealed that Dram has been disqualified as well.

The reason of the disqualification is the fact that Dram has performed their Eurovision entry “Vanja” at a festival which took place in March 2024 which breaks the rule of not having a performance or any kind of release of the song prior to 1st of September 2024. The line up will be kept to 30 entrants as Lena Nikolić – Lensy will be the one to replace Dram with her entry “Hvala ti”. The music was done by muzike Stjepan Jelica – Albino and Teodor Ivančević – Nijeteo and the lyrics have been written  by Adriano Kadović – Ajzi who was part of the team behind last years winner of PzE “Ramonda” as well as the song “Ko je ta žena” by Filarri.

The updated list of contestants of PzE 2025 is as follows:

• Maršali – “Po policama sećanja”
• Igor Simić – “Ne mogu”
• Tropico band – “AI”
• Tam – “Durum durum”
• Mila – “Gaia”
• Džet Vega – “Rolerkoster”
• Mila – “Gaia”
• Dušan Kurtić – “Boginja”
• Harem Girls – “Aladin”
• Mimi Mercedez – “Turbo žurka”
• Lena Nikolić Lensy – “Hvala ti”
• Ivana Štrbac – “La La La”
• Milan Nikolić i banda – “Storia del amor”
• Bojana x David – “Šesto čulo”
• Iskaz – “Trendseter”
• Tanja Banjanin – “Ja sam bolja”
• Princ – “Mila”
• Biber – “Da mi se vratiš”
• Nataša Kojić – “Up and Down”
• Kruz Roudi – “Sve i odmah”
• SEDLAR – “Oči boje zemlje”
• Jelena Pajić – “Kameleon”
• Nikola Antonijević Anton – “U grad”
• AltCtrl – “Mamurna jutra”
• Filarri – “Meet and Greet”
• GIFTS & ROSES – “Do kraja vremena”
• Maja Nikolić – “Žali srce moje”
• Oxajo – “MaMa”
• Ana & The Changes – “Brinem”
• Vukayla – “MASK”
• Vampiri – “Tebi treba neko kao ja”

Upcoming edition of Pesma za Evroviziju will be a kind of art planet – an ode to art with the message that every person is a work of art. The show is going by the slogan “Beauty will save the world” (Lepota će spasiti svet). All of the acts will be split in two semi-finals which are set to take place on 25th and 27th of February while the final is scheduled for 1st of March. Like in the previous editions of the show the decision of the winner will be made 50% by the jury votes and 50% by the audience. Sky Music will once again be the one responsible for the stage, production and visual identity of the show. The song release date has not been revealed yet.

At Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Serbia was represented by Teya Dora whose “Ramonda” scored 54 points in the final of the show which was enough for the 17th place. You can check out the performance below