"Molitva" lyrics altered for Serbia's tennis stars

esctoday.com reports:

It seems that this year's Eurovision winning song "Molitva" has become a general anthem for Serbian success! The song has been used by the BBC for their coverage of Wimbledon, often using the tune during highlight clips that filled the numerous rain delays over the last two weeks.

When Serbia's three top players, Ana Ivanović, Jelena Janković and Novak Đoković returned from the French Open, they were greeted by a hero's welcome in Belgrade. Around 15 00 Belgradians gathered on the main square, and the event's organisers Sergej Trifunović and Marko Živić began to sing the song with altered lyrics:

"Nebo zna, baš kao ja, da će doći dan kad ću pobediti Nadala, kad ću svrgnuti Federera, Rodžera, ra, ra, ra". ("Heaven knows, just as I do, that the day will come when I beat Nadal, when I oust Federer, Roger, ra ra ra")

As Jelena Janković won the Wimbledon mixed doubles with Britain's Jamie Murray, a similar welcome will be expected in the next couple of days.

During the numerous rain breaks at this year's Wimbledon, clips of the Eurovision winner were shown on the BBC, and a Serbian journalist came onto the court and said that 2007 was Serbia's year, and that Serbs don't like to settle for second place. This is not the first time that there has been Eurovision Song Contest entries being picked up by the BBC. Last year, the instrumental version of the Swedish entry, Invincible was used during their coverage of the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.