Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 but failed to qualify for the finals. The Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) organised the national final Montevizija 2018 in order to select the Montenegrin entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.

Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Montenegro
National selection
Selection processMontevizija 2018
Selection date(s)17 February 2018
Selected entrantVanja Radovanović
Selected song"Inje"
Selected songwriter(s)Vanja Radovanović
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th, 40 points)
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Montenegro had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent nation nine times since its first entry in its own right in 2007.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was thirteenth, which they achieved in 2015 with the song "Adio" performed by Knez. In 2014, Montenegro qualified to the final for the first time since they began participating and have since featured in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest two times up to this point. The nation briefly withdrew from the competition between 2010 and 2011 citing financial difficulties as the reason for their absence.[2][3] In 2007 and 2008, the Montenegrin entry was selected via the national final MontenegroSong. Since 2009, the broadcaster had opted to internally select both the artist and song that would represent Montenegro. For the selection of the 2018 entry, RTCG opted to return to a national final format.[4]

Before Eurovision

Montevizija 2018

Montevizija 2018 was the national final organised by RTCG in order to select Montenegro's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Five entries competed in a televised final on 17 February 2018, which was held at the Hilton Hotel in Podgorica and hosted by Dajana Golubović Pejović and Ivan Maksimović.[5] The show was televised on TVCG 1 and TVCG SAT as well as broadcast online via the broadcaster's website rtcg.me.[6]

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 1 November 2017 and mid December 2017. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be in the Montenegrin language.[7] At the closing of the deadline, RTCG received 31 entries. A selection jury consisting of singer Ismeta Dervoz, composer Kornelije Kovač, composer and producer Dejan Božović, composer Slaven Knezović and singer Vladimir Maraš evaluated the received submissions and selected five entries for the national final.[8] The selected entries were announced on 16 January 2018.[5]

Final

The final took place on 17 February 2018. The winner was selected over two rounds of public SMS voting. In the first round, the top three entries proceeded to the second round, the superfinal: "Inje" performed by Vanja Radovanović, "Neželjena" performed by Katarina Bogićević and "Dušu mi daj" performed by Lorena Janković. In the superfinal, "Inje" performed by Vanja Radovanović was selected as the winner. The public SMS vote in the both rounds registered 10,006 votes.[9]

Final – 17 February 2018
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Nina Petković "Dišem" (I breathe) Nina Petković, Michael James Down, Jonas Gladnikoff, MaJiKer 11% 5
2 Vanja Radovanović "Inje" (Hoarfrost) Vanja Radovanović 18% 3
3 Ivana Popović Martinović "Poljupci" (Kisses) Slavko Milovanović, Ljubiša Martinović 12% 4
4 Katarina Bogićević "Neželjena" (The unwanted) Aleksandra Milutinović, Darko Dimitrov 19% 2
5 Lorena Janković "Dušu mi daj" (Give me soul) Mirsad Serhatlić, Milan Perić 40% 1
Superfinal – 17 February 2018
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Vanja Radovanović "Inje" 37% 1
2 Katarina Bogićević "Neželjena" 34% 2
3 Lorena Janković "Dušu mi daj" 29% 3

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 29 January 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Montenegro was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2018, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[10]

Once all the competing songs for the 2018 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Montenegro was set to perform in position 16, following the entry from Sweden and preceding the entry from Slovenia.[11]

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

Points awarded to Montenegro
Points awarded to Montenegro (semi-final 2)
Televote
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Montenegro

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Montenegrin jury: [12]

  • Zoja Đurović – Chairperson – director of the Art School for Music and Ballet Vasa Pavić
  • Kaća Šćekić – professor at the Art School for Music and Ballet Vasa Pavić
  • Nina Žižić – singer, represented Montenegro in the 2013 contest along with Who See
  • Predrag Nedeljković – concertmaster
  • Senad Drešević – composer
Split voting results from Montenegro (Semi-final 2)
Draw Country Jury Televote
K. Šćekić N. Žižić P. Nedeljković Z. Đurović S. Drešević Average Rank Points Rank Points
01 Norway6441085665
02 Romania2781413812
03 Serbia115312112112
04 San Marino1717612111414
05 Denmark86104910183
06 Russia1013161631338
07 Moldova12815156574
08 Netherlands7276177492
09 Australia111212248313
10 Georgia9161411131611
11 Poland59177151217
12 Malta3152874716
13 Hungary151113151017101
14 Latvia1610119161515
15 Sweden14531369256
16 Montenegro
17 Slovenia133951411210
18 Ukraine414117221047
Split voting results from Montenegro (final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
K. Šćekić N. Žižić P. Nedeljković Z. Đurović S. Drešević Average Rank Points Rank Points
01 Ukraine17181322122147
02 Spain1521715231921
03 Slovenia21161919242356
04 Lithuania1261621251625
05 Austria10131820222015
06 Estonia65610116516
07 Norway1434964711
08 Portugal19222424182526
09 United Kingdom217148179223
10 Serbia11153112112
11 Germany1123101251217
12 Albania32342210210
13 France925207261718
14 Czech Republic24142523132212
15 Denmark712111165613
16 Australia8921681120
17 Finland2271213101424
18 Bulgaria2041514211374
19 Moldova5192243814
20 Sweden161582591592
21 Hungary25262626202683
22 Israel26109181518101
23 Netherlands13851178319
24 Ireland23202217192422
25 Cyprus18241716110165
26 Italy411233147438

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