🇷🇸 Buč Kesidi have been disqualified from PZE 2025, they will be replaced by Maršali

"Serbian Radio and Television announces that the song "Sad Love" by the group Butch Cassidy has been disqualified from the "Song for Eurovision 2025" festival. Instead of them, the group Maršali will participate with the song "On the shelves of memories".

After talking with the authors, Radio-television of Serbia established that the song "Sad Love" by the group Butch Cassidy was performed at the Sea Star festival in Umag at the end of May 2024, which is contrary to the rules of the "Song for Eurovision 2025" festival.

According to the rules of the competition, no song participating in the festival may be publicly announced or performed before September 1, 2024.

Instead of the group Butch Cassidy, the group Maršali, which is next on the ranking list of the RTS Selection Commission, will participate in the festival.

The group "Maršali" will compete with the song "On the shelves of memories" whose music and lyrics were written by Strahinja Tanasijin."

(Translated with Google Translate)