Serbia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva" written by Saša Milošević Mare and Vladimir Graić. The song was performed by Marija Šerifović. The Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised the national final Beovizija 2007 in order to select the Serbian entry for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland. The national final consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final on 7 and 8 March 2007, respectively. Twenty entries competed in the semi-final where the top ten qualified to the final following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. The ten qualifiers competed in the final which resulted in "Molitva" performed by Marija Šerifović as the winner following the combination of votes from a three-member jury panel and a public televote. Serbia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 15, "Molitva" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Serbia placed first out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 298 points. In the final, Serbia performed in position 17 and placed first out of the 24 participating countries, winning the contest and scoring 268 points. This was Serbia's first win in the Eurovision Song Contest. Background On 28 December 2006, the Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), confirmed their intentions to debut at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest for the first time as an independent nation following the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, having previously competed from 1961 to 1992 as part of Yugoslavia and in 2004 and 2005 as part of Serbia and Montenegro. RTS would also broadcast the event within Serbia and organise the selection process for the nation's entry. Since 2004, Serbia used the Beovizija national final in order to select their entries for the Serbian and Montenegrin national final Evropesma/Europjesma and along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced the organization of Beovizija 2007 in order to select the 2007 Serbian entry. Before Eurovision Beovizija 2007 Beovizija 2007 was the fifth edition of the Beovizija national final organised by RTS in order to select the Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The selection consisted of a semi-final featuring