Singer Marija Šerifović, who made history for Serbia in 2007 by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Molitva," has openly spoken about the domestic selection process for Eurovision — Pesme za Evroviziju (PZE) — and admitted she would consider competing again for the prestigious contest.

Marija Šerifović reminisced about her triumph in Helsinki, where her emotional ballad scored a total of 268 points, but also touched on the possibility of re-entering the national PZE competition.

"I would have no problem entering the contest. The biggest issue I see with PZE is the presence of children. While I have nothing against children, Eurovision is not a platform for creating young stars; it's a competition, a triumph, a medal. In the end, it's also a huge amount of money," she told Radio S.

Šerifović emphasized that fundamental changes need to happen in the organization and called on established artists to step up and compete.

"This is my message to the people at RTS: the concept for Eurovision needs to change, and editorial policy should be entirely different. My dear, respected colleagues need to put their ego aside and compete. If they want to be seen by 200 million people for one evening, they need to fight for every single point, whether it's 10 or 12."

Marija on Lavina before the Eurovision Final

The evening of the Eurovision final saw our representatives, the group Lavina, competing for victory, and as their performance on stage left a strong impression, Marija Šerifović revealed that close friends had told her the performance was "scary."

"It upsets people. My friends wrote to me last night, and they listen to soft music. They wrote, 'Oh, this song scares me! Literally, it gives me goosebumps,'" she recounted.

"You know, some people can't even listen to opera, it's too shrill, too dramatic. Some can't listen to me; I'm too loud for them. My God, people, we can't change our musical direction," she told Radio S.