Jquery to get SelectedText from dropdown

I had the same problem yesterday :-)

$("#SelectedCountryId option:selected").text()

I also read that this is slow, if you want to use it often you should probably use something else.

I don't know why yours is not working, this one is for me, maybe someone else can help...

Without dropdown ID:

$("#SelectedCountryId").change(function () {
    $('option:selected', $(this)).text();
}