Mila (song)

"Mila"
Single by Princ
from the album Mila
LanguageSerbian
English titleDarling
Released27 January 2025
Length2:57
LabelPGP-RTS
Composer(s)
  • Dušan Bačić
Lyricist(s)
  • Dušan Bačić
Producer(s)
Princ singles chronology
"Paučina"
(2024) 		"Mila"
(2025) 		"Lejla"
(2025)
Music video
"Mila" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
Serbian
Composer(s)
Dušan Bačić
Lyricist(s)
Dušan Bačić
Finals performance
Semi-final result
14th
Semi-final points
28
Entry chronology
◄ "Ramonda" (2024)

"Mila" (Serbian Cyrillic: Мила; transl. Darling) is a song by Serbian singer Princ. The song was released on 27 January 2025 by PGP-RTS and was written by Dušan Bačić. It represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It also serves as the title track for his debut studio album Mila.

Background and composition

"Mila" was written by Dušan Bačić. It was originally produced by Dejan Nikolić.[1] A revamped version of "Mila", produced by Nikolić, Haris Džinović and Željko Joksimović, was released in May 2025.[2]

Described as a romantic love ballad,[3] Princ stated that "Mila" is the hardest song he ever had to sing, due to the numerous dynamics and kinds of changes in the arrangement. He also said that the song represents what he is going through in his love life at that time. He stated that one of the messages is that when you love someone, sometimes you have to accept that you can't be together.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Mixer6/10[5]
Wiwibloggs4.70/10[6]
Yle8/10[7]

In a Wiwibloggs review containing several reviews from several critics, the song was rated 4.70 out of 10 points,[6] earning 34th out of the 37 songs competing in that year's Eurovision in the site's annual ranking that year.[8] Jon O'Brien from Vulture ranked the song 35th out of 37, calling the song a "cannon fodder".[9] Doron Lahav ranked the song 33th out of 37, stating that while it has meaningful lyrics and beautiful melody, he called the song inaccurate and outdated.[10] Eva Frantz from the Finnish broadcaster Yle gave the song a 8/10, describing the song as "beautiful and languid".[7] Anđelo Jurkas of Mixer rated it 6/10, comparing it to Zdravko Čolić's 1980s filler material: "Although all the schemes and clichés of Eurovision songcraft are omnipresent, and Princ with a song like this would instantly find his princess among the passionate viewers and contestants of Gospodin Savršeni, there's no end in sight to the showbiz banalisation."[5]

Eurovision Song Contest

Main article: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Pesma za Evroviziju '25

Main article: Pesma za Evroviziju '25

Serbia's national broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) organised Pesma za Evroviziju '25, the national final to select Iceland's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[11] The selection consisted of two semi-finals on 25 and 26 February 2025, and a final on 28 February,[12] with the original dates having been 25, 27 February and 1 March.[13] Fifteen contestants competed in each semi-final, with eight qualifying for the final from each.[14]

Princ was officially announced as participants on 10 December 2024,[14] being drawn to perform third in the first semi-final.[12] He qualified, finishing in second with a total of 3,298 votes.[15] In the grand final, Princ was drawn to perform in eighth.[15] He earned second the juries and third in the televote, earning a split score of 10 jury points and 8 televote points for a total of 18 points, 1 more than runner-up "Aladin" by Harem Girls. As a result of winning the competition, he earned the right to represent Serbia at Eurovision 2025.[16]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 13 and 15 May, respectively, and the final on 17 May 2025.[17] During the allocation draw held on 28 January 2025, Serbia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final, performing in the second half of the show.[18] Princ was later drawn to perform in 15th in the semi-final, after Germany's Abor & Tynna and before Finland's Erika Vikman.[19]

At the end of the show, "Mila" did not get announced as a qualifier for the final, marking the first time since 2017 that Serbia failed to qualify for the final. It was later revealed that Serbia placed fourteenth out of the sixteen participating countries in the second semi-final with 28 points, marking Serbia's worst result in the contest to date.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Princ - Mila". 27 January 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Princ - Mila". 5 May 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  3. ^ Srbija, Euronews (3 February 2025). "Princ o Evroviziji, pesmi "Mila" i vranjskoj verziji Aladina: "Želim da pevam o onome što mi je na duši"". Euronews.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  4. ^ Dojkić, Aleksandar (16 October 2024). "Naš pevač nakon raskida: "Prepustio sam se situaciji"". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b Jurkas, Anđelo (6 March 2025). "Kritika pjesme by Anđelo Jurkas: Princ: Mila". Mixer (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Wiwi Jury: Serbia's Princ with "Mila"". Wiwibloggs. 20 April 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b Frantz, Eva (5 April 2025). "Ranking: Här är alla 37 bidrag i årets Eurovision Song Contest" (in Swedish). Yle. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  8. ^ Vautrey, Jonathan (13 April 2025). "Eurovision 2025: Reviews and rankings by the Wiwi Jury". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 6 June 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  9. ^ O'Brien, Jon (13 May 2025). "Every 2025 Eurovision Entry, Ranked". Vulture. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  10. ^ Lahav, Doron (12 April 2025). "Eurovision 2025 Song Reviews – Part 4 (Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Serbia)". ESC Beat. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  11. ^ "RTS raspisuje konkurs za izbor kompozicije koja će predstavljati Srbiju na Pesmi Evrovizije 2025". Radio Television of Serbia (RTS). 18 July 2024. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Фестивал Песма за Евровизију у новом термину – 25, 26. и 28. фебруара" [Pesma za Evroviziju in new timeslots - February 25, 26 and 28]. rts.rs (in Serbian). RTS. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  13. ^ "PzE25 | Konkurs produžen do 10. novembra. Finale 1. marta" [PzE25 | Submission period extended until 10 November, final on 1 March]. Evrovizija.rs. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Почиње борба за Базел – одабрано 30 учесника 'Песме за Евровизију 2025'" [Battle for Basel begins – 30 participants of 'Pesma za Evroviziju 2025' selected]. RTS. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Детаљни гласови публике и жирија на фестивалу 'Песма за Евровизију 2025'" [Detailed votes from the audience and jury at the 'Pesma za Evrovizijju 2025' festival] (in Serbian). RTS. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  16. ^ Ljuština, Stevan (28 February 2025). "Srbija 2025 | Princ je 18. predstavnik Srbije". ESC Serbia | Evrovizija.rs. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  17. ^ "Basel will host Eurovision Song Contest 2025". Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union. 30 August 2024. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final Draw Results". Eurovision Song Contest. European Broadcasting Union. 28 January 2025. Archived from the original on 28 January 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  19. ^ Adams, William Lee (27 March 2025). "Eurovision 2025: Semi-Final running order revealed...with Cyprus and Finland closing their shows". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Kako je glasala Srbija i ko je sve glasao za Srbiju na Pesmi Evrovizije 2025". Evrovizija.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
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