Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 11 times. The country debuted in 2007. Previously it had participated as part of Yugoslavia (both the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1991 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992) and as part of Serbia and Montenegro (from 2004 to 2006).

Montenegro
◄ Serbia and Montenegro
Member stationRadio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG)
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances11 (2 finals)
First appearance2007
Last appearance2019
Best result13th: 2015
External links
RTCG page
Montenegro's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

The 2005 entrants from Serbia and Montenegro, No Name, were from Montenegro, as were the 1983 and 1984 entrants for Yugoslavia.

History

As of 2020, Montenegro has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest 11 times since debuting in 2007, and has qualified for the final twice. Before Montenegro became an independent country on 3 June 2006, the country had participated as part of Yugoslavia and later Serbia and Montenegro. Entries from Montenegro also placed 4th in 1983 and 18th in 1984 as part of Yugoslavia, and 7th in 2005 as part of Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegrin broadcaster Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) organised the national final MontenegroSong to select the country's entries in 2007 and 2008, and internally selected the entry in 2009.

As an independent country, Montenegro failed to qualify for the grand final during its debut in 2007, as well as its appearances in 2008 and 2009. The country placed 11th in the first semi-final in 2009, their best result at the time, with "Just Get Out of My Life" performed by Andrea Demirović. In November 2009, RTCG announced that Montenegro would withdraw from the 2010 contest due to financial difficulties.[1] Despite not participating, RTCG still broadcast the contest. RTCG applied to participate in the 2011 contest, but with the caveat that the potential representative would have to find sponsors to fund their participation themselves.[2] As that did not come to fruition, in December 2010, Montenegro decided to not participate in the contest on financial grounds.[3]

On 20 November 2011 the head of RTCG revealed that Montenegro would participate in the 2012 contest to be held in Baku; he also went on to say that he saw Montenegro at every Eurovision Song Contest to come.[4] Montenegro returned to the contest in 2012, again internally selecting their entry, "Euro Neuro" performed by Rambo Amadeus, which failed to qualify from the first semi-final. In 2014, Montenegro qualified for the grand final for the first time in its history with Sergej Ćetković's "Moj svijet". In 2015, Montenegro again qualified for the grand final with "Adio", performed by Knez and composed by Željko Joksimović. The song achieved the best Montenegrin result up to that time, finishing in 13th place. In 2016, RTCG selected Highway and their song "The Real Thing" internally. They performed in the first semi-final but the song failed to qualify, placing 13th with 60 points. In 2017, RTCG selected Slavko Kalezić and his song "Space" internally. The song failed to qualify, placing 16th. In 2018, RTCG organised the national final Montevizija to select their entry,[5] which was won by "Inje" performed by Vanja Radovanović.[6] The song failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 16th with 40 points. In 2019, RTCG again selected its representative through Montevizija,[7] which was won by "Heaven" performed by D mol.[8] The song failed to qualify from the first semi-final, placing 16th with 46 points.

Despite initially confirming their participation in the 2020 contest and aiming to expand Montevizija,[9][10] Montenegro ultimately did not enter the contest, which was later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] RTCG later stated that the reason was due to "modest results" and financial issues.[12]

Contestants
For contestants prior to 2007, see Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest and Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Year Artist Language Title Final Points Semi Points
2007
 Stevan Faddy Montenegrin "'Ajde, kroči" ('Ајде, крочи) Failed to qualify 22 33
2008
 Stefan Filipović Montenegrin "Zauvijek volim te" (Заувијек волим те) 14 23
2009
 Andrea Demirović English "Just Get Out of My Life" 11 44
2012
 Rambo Amadeus English[lower-alpha 1] "Euro Neuro" 15 20
2013
 Who See Montenegrin "Igranka" (Игранка) 12 41
2014
 Sergej Ćetković Montenegrin "Moj svijet" (Мој свијет) 19 37 7 63
2015
 Knez Montenegrin "Adio" (Адио) 13 44 9 57
2016
 Highway English "The Real Thing" Failed to qualify 13 60
2017
 Slavko Kalezić English "Space" 16 56
2018
 Vanja Radovanović Montenegrin "Inje" (Иње) 16 40
2019
 D mol English "Heaven" 16 46

Awards

Barbara Dex Award
Further information: Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award is an annually awarded, fan-voted accolade for the "worst dressed" artists in the Eurovision Song Contest.[13]

Year Performer Host city Ref.
2017 Slavko Kalezić Kyiv
[14]

Heads of delegation

The public broadcaster of each participating country in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.[15]

Year Head of delegation Ref.
2017 Sabrija Vulić
[16]
2018 Nataša Baranin
[16]
2019 Sabrija Vulić
[9]

Commentators and spokespersons
Year Television Radio Spokesperson Ref.
Commentator Channel Commentator Channel
2007 Dražen Bauković, Tamara IvankovićTVCG 2No broadcastVidak Latković
[17]
2008 Nina Radulović
[18]
2009 Jovana Vukčević
[19]
2010 Did not participate
2011 No broadcast
[2]
2012 Dražen Bauković, Tamara IvankovićTVCG 1Marija Marković
[20]
2013 Sonja Savović, Sanja PejovićRadio Crne Gore, Radio 98Ivana Sebek
[21][22]
2014 Tijana Mišković
[21][23]
2015 Dražen Bauković, Tijana MiškovićTVCG 2No broadcastAndrea Demirović
[24][25]
2016 TVCG 1, TVCG SATDanijel Alibabić
[26][27]
2017 Tijana Mišković
[28][29]
2018 Nataša Šotra
[30][31]
2019 Ajda Šufta
[32][33]

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Contains some phrases in Montenegrin and German.

References
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