Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 that was held in Marsa, Malta.[1]

Montenegro
← Serbia and Montenegro
Member station	RTCG
National selection events	Internal Selection 2014-2015
Participation summary
Appearances	2
First appearance	2014
Last appearance	2015
Best result	13th: 2015
Worst result	14th: 2014
External links
Montenegro's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Formerly Montenegro participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of Serbia and Montenegro. Then the country was represented by Filip Vučić from Nikšić, Montenegro.

History

Prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro,[2] both nations use to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Song Contest as Serbia and Montenegro.[3] Serbia were the first of the two nations to compete at a Junior Contest, making their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[4] While it was at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 when Montenegro would make their debut as an independent nation.[5] Montenegro would eventually withdraw in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 after participating for two years straight.[6]

Participation

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2014	Maša Vujadinović & Lejla Vulić	"Budi dijete na jedan dan"	Montenegrin, English	14	24
2015	Jana Mirković	"Oluja"	Montenegrin	13	36

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[7] The Montenegrin broadcaster, RTCG, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Montenegrin language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Montenegro. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2014.

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2014	Dražen Bauković & Tamara Ivanković	Aleksandra
2015		Lejla Vulić
2016–2020	No broadcast	Did not participate

See also

• Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Sandžak in the Turkvision Song Contest – A historical geo-political region, now divided by the border between Serbia and Montenegro,[8] which competes under the name Sandžak in a contest for countries and regions which are of Turkic-speaking or Turkic ethnicity.

References

1. Fisher, Luke James (18 July 2014). "Serbian Montenegro joins Junior Eurovision !". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
2. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
4. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Serbia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
5. Fisher, Luke James (18 July 2014). "Montenegro joins Junior Eurovision!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
6. Granger, Anthony. "Montenegro: Withdraws From The Junior Eurovision Song Contest". eurovoix.com. RTCG.
7. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
8. Karen Dawisha; Bruce Parrott (13 June 1997). Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-521-59733-3.