Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro
Member station	RTCG
National selection events	MontenegroSong
Appearances
Appearances	4
First appearance	2007
Best result	11th; SF 2009
Worst result	22nd; SF 2007
External links
RTCG page
Montenegro's page at Eurovision.tv

Stefan Filipović at Belgrade (2008)

Montenegro debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 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 continuously taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country made its solo debut in the 2007 contest so far only managing poor results without qualifying for the final. 2009 saw the country's best result with an 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, owing to financial difficulties at the broadcaster.^[1]

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

Contestants

Year	Artist	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2007	Stevan Faddy	"'Ajde, kroči"	X	X	22	33
2008	Stefan Filipović	"Zauvijek volim te"	X	X	14	23
2009	Andrea Demirović	"Just Get Out of My Life"	X	X	11	44
2012

Voting history (2007-2009)

Montenegro has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29
2	Serbia	24
3	Russia	14
=	Albania	14
5	Croatia	10
=	Norway	10

Montenegro has given the most points from in the semi finals...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24
2	Macedonia	20
3	Slovenia	18
4	Serbia	12
5	Turkey	11

Montenegro has received the most points from in the semi finals...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27
2	Slovenia	15
3	Macedonia	11
4	Serbia	8
5	Albania	7

Commentators & Spokespeople

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2007	Dražen Bauković & Tamara Ivanković	Vidak Latković
2008	Dražen Bauković & Tamara Ivanković	Nina Radulović
2009	Dražen Bauković & Tamara Ivanković	Jovana Vukčević

See also

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

References

1. ^ Hondal, Victor (2009-11-17). "Montenegro withdraws from Eurovision 2010". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/14501. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
2. ^ Hondal, Victor (2010-12-04). "Montenegro applied for Eurovision 2011". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16300. Retrieved 4 December 2010. 

External links

• Points to and from Montenegro eurovisioncovers.co.uk