Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro
Montenegro
◄ Serbia and Montenegro
Participating broadcaster	Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG)
Participation summary
Appearances	9 (2 finals)
First appearance	2007
Highest placement	13th: 2015
External links
	RTCG page
	For the most recent participation see; Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Montenegro has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest nine 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 Zeljko Joksimovic. Song Adio has two versions, on English and French language. Knez managed their best result ever, finishing in the 13th place.

Contestants

Table key

Winner

Second place

Third place

Last place

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
Did not participate between 2010 and 2011
2012	Rambo Amadeus	English ¹	"Euro Neuro"	Failed to qualify		15	20
2013	Who See & Nina Žižić	Montenegrin	"Igranka" (Игранка)	Failed to qualify		12	41
2014	Sergej Ćetković	Montenegrin	"Moj svijet" (Мој свијет)	19	37	7	63
2015	Knez	Montenegrin	"Adio"	13	44	9	57
2016	Highway	English	"The Real Thing"	Failed to qualify		13	60
2017	Slavko Kalezić	English	"Space"	Failed to qualify		16	56

: 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
4	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

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2007	Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković	Vidak Latković
2008		Nina Radulović
2009		Jovana Vukčević
2010		Montenegro did not participate
2011	No broadcast	Montenegro did not participate
2012	Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković	Marija Marković
2013		Ivana Sebek
2014		Tijana Mišković
2015	Dražen Bauković and Tijana Mišković	Andrea Demirović
2016		Danijel Alibabić
2017		Tijana Mišković

Photogallery

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

References

^ Hondal, Victor (2009-11-17). "Montenegro withdraws from Eurovision 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-11-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Hondal, Victor (2009-12-23). "Montenegro officially out of Eurovision 2011". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-12-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Granger, Anthony (2011-11-30). "Montenegro confirms for Baku". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Points to and from Montenegro eurovisioncovers.co.uk

[Montenegro-1] Hondal, Victor (2009-11-17). "Montenegro withdraws from Eurovision 2010". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-11-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] Hondal, Victor (2009-12-23). "Montenegro officially out of Eurovision 2011". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-12-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Granger, Anthony (2011-11-30). "Montenegro confirms for Baku". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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v t e Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	2007 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022
Artists	Rambo Amadeus Sergej Ćetković D mol Andrea Demirović Stevan Faddy Stefan Filipović Highway Slavko Kalezić Knez Vanja Radovanović Vladana Who See
Songs	"Adio" "'Ajde, kroči" "Breathe" "Euro Neuro" "Heaven" "Igranka" "Inje" "Just Get Out of My Life" "Moj svijet" "The Real Thing" "Space" "Zauvijek volim te"