winner, 2007
Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović represented Serbia at Eurovision 2007 in Helsinki with “Molitva”, and won.
- who
- Serbian singer
- born
- 14 November 1984, Kragujevac
- contest
- 2007
- win
- 2007
- music
- pop
- active
- since 2003
- record labels
- City Records
- studied at
- Megatrend University
- sang for
- Serbia
Biography
Marija Šerifović is a Serbian singer from Kragujevac who began recording in 1998. In 2007 Šerifović won the contest in Helsinki with “Molitva”, at Serbia’s first attempt as a country in its own right. It is still Serbia’s only win, and the song also took the artistic Marcel Bezençon Award.
There have been six studio albums. From 2015 to 2025 Šerifović was a judge on the Serbian television singing competition Zvezde Granda.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Marija Šerifović”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2007 Helsinki
“Molitva (Молитва)”
Winner Won the contest with 268 points, ahead of 23 other songs.
- Sung in
- Serbian
- Written by
- Vladimir Graić, Saša Milošević Mare
- Running order
- 17th of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 28, 298 points
- Age on the night
- 22
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The story of Eurovision 2007: Serbia wins at its first attempt, and the semi-final goes east
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In our contest stories
What we wrote about Marija Šerifović, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2007 The result
Serbia won the semi-final, and then the final. Marija Šerifović sang "Molitva" and finished on 268 points, 33 ahead of Ukraine's Verka Serduchka. Russia was third.
- 2007 The result
Leaving aside the very first contest, when every country was new, Serbia is the only one to have won at its first attempt. "Molitva" was also the first winner sung entirely in its country's own language since 1998.
- 2007 A prize for the winner
For the first time winning came with a job attached. In the week after the final Šerifović was sent on a promotional tour of six countries: Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece and Germany.
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