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"Molitva" (Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва; "Prayer") is a song recorded by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović with music composed by Vladimir Graić and Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki, resulting in the country's only ever win at the contest.
The song marked the country's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro having been dissolved in June 2006. It was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007.
"Molitva" was composed by Vladimir Graić with Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It was recorded by Marija Šerifović in Serbian, English (as "Destiny" with lyrics by Jovan Radomir), and Russian (as "Молитва" with lyrics by Andy Mikheev). It was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007 by Connective Records after its win at Eurovision.
On 7–8 March 2007, "Molitva" performed by Šerifović competed in Beovizija 2007, the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select its song and performer for the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition becoming the Serbian entry – and Šerifović the performer – for Eurovision.
On 10 May 2007, the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. As this was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the song had to compete in the semi-final. Šerifović performed "Molitva" as the fifteenth song of the evening and received 298 points, placing first in a field of twenty-eight field and qualifying for the final. It was the highest number of points ever gained in the semi-final under the single semi-final format of the contest (2004–2007).
The song is memorable for its stage presentation because it lacked dance routines, revealing or showy costumes, pyrotechnics and other gimmicks – Eurovision is often accused of concentrating on these things instead of the music itself. Many elements of "Molitva" contrasted with the previous winner, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Finnish hard rock band Lordi. Šerifović's performance was complemented by the presence of the five backing singers – who after the contest joined together to form the group Beauty Queens.
On 12 May 2007, the final for the Eurovision Song Contest was held. Šerifović performed "Molitva" seventeenth on the evening. and received 268 points, winning the contest. It was the first song containing no English language lyrics to win since "Diva" by Dana International win for Israel in 1998. Molitva was the last entirely non-English song to win the contest until the 2017 contest, where Portugal won with "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral, as well as being the first time a ballad had won since televoting became the standard, and the first one of the so-called "Balkan ballads" that came to prominence since the late 1990s to win the contest.
It was succeeded as the Serbian entry by "Oro" by Jelena Tomašević and as the winning song by "Believe" by Dima Bilan for Russia.
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Molitva
"Molitva" (Serbian Cyrillic: Молитва; "Prayer") is a song recorded by Serbian singer Marija Šerifović with music composed by Vladimir Graić and Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki, resulting in the country's only ever win at the contest.
The song marked the country's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro having been dissolved in June 2006. It was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007.
"Molitva" was composed by Vladimir Graić with Serbian lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare. It was recorded by Marija Šerifović in Serbian, English (as "Destiny" with lyrics by Jovan Radomir), and Russian (as "Молитва" with lyrics by Andy Mikheev). It was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007 by Connective Records after its win at Eurovision.
On 7–8 March 2007, "Molitva" performed by Šerifović competed in Beovizija 2007, the national final organised by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) to select its song and performer for the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition becoming the Serbian entry – and Šerifović the performer – for Eurovision.
On 10 May 2007, the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. As this was Serbia's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the song had to compete in the semi-final. Šerifović performed "Molitva" as the fifteenth song of the evening and received 298 points, placing first in a field of twenty-eight field and qualifying for the final. It was the highest number of points ever gained in the semi-final under the single semi-final format of the contest (2004–2007).
The song is memorable for its stage presentation because it lacked dance routines, revealing or showy costumes, pyrotechnics and other gimmicks – Eurovision is often accused of concentrating on these things instead of the music itself. Many elements of "Molitva" contrasted with the previous winner, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Finnish hard rock band Lordi. Šerifović's performance was complemented by the presence of the five backing singers – who after the contest joined together to form the group Beauty Queens.
On 12 May 2007, the final for the Eurovision Song Contest was held. Šerifović performed "Molitva" seventeenth on the evening. and received 268 points, winning the contest. It was the first song containing no English language lyrics to win since "Diva" by Dana International win for Israel in 1998. Molitva was the last entirely non-English song to win the contest until the 2017 contest, where Portugal won with "Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral, as well as being the first time a ballad had won since televoting became the standard, and the first one of the so-called "Balkan ballads" that came to prominence since the late 1990s to win the contest.
It was succeeded as the Serbian entry by "Oro" by Jelena Tomašević and as the winning song by "Believe" by Dima Bilan for Russia.