OMSC 16

Online Music Song Contest 16, often referred to as OMSC 16, was the sixteenth edition of Online Music Song Contest, held in Novi Sad, after Serbia won the previous edition of the contest. Since this edition a pre-qualification round was introduced, consisting in the bottom five from the previous edition's first and second semi-final. The four countries with the highest score advanced to the semi-finals.

The Pre-Qualification Round of OMSC 15 occured on the 18ᵗʰ July 2021, the Semi-Finals on the 25ᵗʰ July 2021 while the Final occured on the 1ˢᵗ August 2021. Fifty* countries participated in the sixteenth contest, under the slogan “Celebrate Yourself!”.

Location
After it's victory in the previous edition, the broadcaster RTS chose to host the contest in Novi Sad, the second largest city of the country which has a population of 300,000 inhabitants.