| Montenegro | |
| Contest: | JESC |
| Broadcaster: | [[RTCG|Radio i Televizija Crne Gore]]|i=unset (RTCG) |
| Apps: | 2 |
| Highest: | 13th: |
| Current: | 2015 |
Montenegro debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, which was held in Marsa, Malta. Prior to its debut as an independent nation, Montenegro participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of Serbia and Montenegro. After taking part in the 2014 and 2015 contests, the nation has not returned to the contest.
See also: Serbia and Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 which culminated into the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro,[1] both nations use to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Song Contest as Serbia and Montenegro.[2] were the first of the two nations to compete at Junior Eurovision Song Contest making their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.[3] [4]
On 18 July 2014, it was announced that Montenegro would debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as an independent nation.[5] [6] On 21 August 2014, it was revealed that 14 year-old Montenegrin singer Maša Vujadinović and 12 year-old Montenegrin-American singer Lejla Vulić would represent the nation at the contest with the song "Budi dijete na jedan dan" (Буди дијете на један дан, English: Be a child for a day).[7] The running order draw for the contest took place on 9 November 2014, and Montenegro was drawn to perform 10th at the 15 November contest, following and preceding .[8] At the close of the voting, Montenegro placed 14th in a field of 16 songs, scoring 24 points.[9] [10]
On 1 July 2015, the Montenegrin national broadcaster RTCG announced that Jana Mirković had been internally selected to represent Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, performing the song "Oluja".[11] For the performance at the contest, Jana Mirković and her four dancers were dressed in costumes: a green dress and dark blue jacket for the Montenegrin representative, and entirely dark blue dresses for the backing dancers. The backdrop began with clouds and rain and transitioned into a colorful city night-scene as the performance progressed. Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Montenegro had placed 14th with the public televote and 12th with the jury vote. In the public vote, Montenegro scored 23 points, while with the jury vote, the entry scored 21 points.[12] The nation has not returned to the contest following its 2015 participation.[13]
Prior to 's dissolution, the selected artist was from the Montenegrin republic unit and represented Serbia and Montenegro in . This was the only time they competed before they dissolved.
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maša Vujadinović and Lejla Vulić | "[[Budi dijete na jedan dan]]|i=unset" | Montenegrin, English | 14 | 24 | ||
| Jana Mirković | "[[Oluja (song)|Oluja]]|i=unset" | Montenegrin | 13 | 36 |
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.[14] 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković | Aleksandra | ||
| Lejla Vulić | |||
| - | |||