The Serbian act and song was chosen on 28th February through the national final "Pesma za Evroviziju". A winner was declared after equally weighted jury and televoting points were added together. Getting maximum points and going to Vienna is the band Lavina with the song "Kraj mene" (Next to me)
The band - comprising of three guitarists, a drummer, keyboard player and singer - are spread out in a triangle formation. They are dressed in different black leather outfits in front of a strobing blue stage. The lead singer stumbles to the front and eventually places his microphone into the top of a long sword. As the song progresses, the singer starts adding in long protracted gravelly screams and the stage colour turns from dark to orange. Fireworks also start to appear and as the song wraps up the stage turns back to blue. This rock ballad is in Serbian and tells the tale of an unbalanced and one-sided relationship that turns into hatred and even self-hatred. Although Eurovision has had a rich history of metal songs, notably Lordi, Blind Channel and AWS, this is a hard rock ballad which is a less tested genre.
The performance is dramatic - I feel like the singer is (over)exaggerating and emoting to try and get the meaning of the song across to those not fluent in Serbian. It may be memorable - but this does not mean it is good. The style of the show is what one recollects as the tune lacks a real hook to place it by. That said, the staging is dark and bleak and possibly too negative for many to vote for positively. The people who like this genre will love it but others may turn their noses up - or turn their volumes down.
ARTIST - Lavina
SONG – Kraj mene
WRITING/PRODUCTION CREDITS – L. Aranđelović, P. Aranđelović, A. Cvetanović, B. Ilić, I. Jegdić, N. Petrović, P. Samardžić
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