Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro
◄ Serbia and Montenegro
Member station	Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG)
National selection events	National Final MontenegroSong 2007–2008 Montevizija 2018 Internal Selection 2009 2012–2017
Participation summary
Appearances	10 (2 finals)
First appearance	2007
Best result	13th: 2015
Worst result	22nd (SF): 2007
External links
RTCG page
Montenegro's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Montenegro has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 10 times. The country debuted in 2007. Previously it 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 Serbia and Montenegro (from 2004 to 2006).

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

History

Since Montenegro became an independent state on 21 May 2006, the nation has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country made its solo debut in the 2007 contest and so far has managed mediocre results with qualifying twice for the grand final. It contributed for some rather good results for Ex-Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro managing 4th and 7th place. 2009 saw the country's third best result to date finishing 11th place in the first semi-final but it still was not enough to secure them a place in the final.

In November 2009 RTCG announced that Montenegro would withdraw from the 2010 contest, due to financial difficulties at the broadcaster.^[1]

RTCG submitted an application for the 2011 contest, which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The potential representative for Montenegro would have been required to find sponsors to fund their participation in Germany themselves, but in December 2010 Montenegro decided not to participate in the contest on financial grounds.^[2] 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.^[3]

For the next years after 2007, Montenegro have been starting the first semi-final for three years in a row until 2013 when they were allocated to the second half of 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 qualified for the Grand Final for the second time with Knez who performed song Adio, composed by Željko Joksimović. Adio has two alternative versions, in English and in French. Knez managed the best Montenegrin result to date, finishing in 13th place.

In 2016, RTCG selected Highway and their song "The Real Thing" internally. They performed in the first semi final but failed to qualify, placing 13th with 60 points.

In 2017, RTCG selected Slavko Kalezić and his song "Space" internally. He failed to qualify, coming 16th in first semi final.

In 2018, RTCG went back to a national final, which was won by Vanja Radovanović. He failed to qualify from the second semi final, coming 16th with a combined 40 points from the juries and televoters.

Contestants

Table key

1. ^ Contains some phrases in Montenegrin and German.

Voting history

As of 2017 ³, Montenegro's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Serbia 66 2  Italy 60 3  Russia 50 4  Azerbaijan 58 5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 Most points given in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Russia 95 2  Serbia 88 3  Albania 86 4  Azerbaijan 85 5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 77

Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Armenia 20 2  Slovenia 17 3  Macedonia 16 4  Serbia 12  Albania 12 Most points received in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Slovenia 48 2  Armenia 44 3  Albania 43 4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 38 5  Serbia 32

3. ^ Without 2005 contest.

Commentators and spokespersons

Photogallery

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  Stevan Faddy at Helsinki (2007)
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  Stefan Filipović at Belgrade (2008)
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  Andrea Demirović at Moscow (2009)
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  Rambo Amadeus at Baku (2012)
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  Who See at Malmö (2013)
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  Sergej Ćetković at Copenhagen (2014)
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  Knez at Vienna (2015)
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  Highway at Stockholm (2016)
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  Slavko Kalezić at Kyiv (2017)
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  Vanja Radovanović at Lisbon (2018)

See also

• Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

External links

• Points to and from Montenegro eurovisioncovers.co.uk