Winner’s Tour across Europe

Marija Serifovic’s Winner’s Tour in 2007 was very successful after her victory in Helsinki and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will send again the next year winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade to fully paid, pre -arranged tour across Europe.

Maria was the first Eurovision winner who was offered such promotional tour. The tour will include appearances in TV shows, performances, press conferences and other events. In March or April 2008 will be announced the full schedule.
After the victory of Marija Serifovic in 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, she had the chance to visit Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, the Netherlands, Germany and her native Serbia travelling in a private aircraft. She held press conferences, appeared on local TV shows and performed her winning song “Molitva”. It is expected that next winners schedule will be with similar activity program. In Sweden was her most impressive appearance at the Gallerien shopping mall in Stockholm where thousands of people gathered to see Marija performing her song.

In Eurovision Song Contests’ rules is written that the artists should be available for the Winning Tour to promote the winning song.

Marija Serifovic has won the Eurovision Song Contest with 268 points, beating the Ukrainian Veska Serdyuchka. Russia was third, Turkey- fourth and Bulgaria was fifth. To reporters she said that “a new chapter has opened for Serbia”.