Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest explained

Serbia and Montenegro
Contest:ESC
Former Broadcaster:[[Udruženje javnih radija i televizija]]|i=unset (UJRT)
Apps:2
Highest:2nd:
Related:[[Evropesma]]|i=unset

The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice: in and in . Their debut appearance was a success, with the song "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović finishing second. The following year, they placed seventh, with "Zauvijek moja" by the band No Name. The Serbian-Montenegrin participant broadcaster in the contest was [[Udruženje javnih radija i televizija]]|i=unset (UJRT) which selected its entrant with the national selection [[Evropesma]]|i=no.

UJRT originally planned to participate in the but due to a scandal in the national selection which caused tensions between the Serbian and Montenegrin broadcasters that formed the UJRT, it withdrew from the competition while retaining the right to vote. Following the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, and have participated in the contest as separate entities, making their independent debuts in .

Participation

Before the creation of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the Socialist Republic of Serbia and the Socialist Republic of Montenegro participated in the contest as part of (representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from to). At the, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro competed as Yugoslavia representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia was banned from participating in the 1993 edition due to UN sanctions during the Yugoslav Wars. This marked the start of a decade-long absence from the contest for the territories.

[[Udruženje javnih radija i televizija]]|i=unset (UJRT) was able to join the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 2001 after sanctions were lifted, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest then. It participated in the contest representing Serbia and Montenegro in its in 2004 and in 2005.

History

In 2002, UJRT sent an application to take part in the, however, they were unable to take part after the EBU decided that too many countries would be relegated if the country took part.[1] Serbia and Montenegro debuted at the 2004 contest with the song "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović, finishing first in the semi-final and second in the final.[2] The song has become popular amongst many Eurovision fans and it is often rated as one of the best non-winning songs.[3] [4] [5]

The following year, Serbia and Montenegro was represented by band No Name with the song "Zauvijek moja" and placed seventh in final.[2] No Name were close to becoming the national entry once more, for the in Athens, however since their 2006 win of Evropesma had been disputed due to allegations of tactical voting by the Montenegrin jury, UJRT did not reach an agreement on sending them to the contest again. On 20 March 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The country did however participate in voting in final of the contest.[2] The Eurovision semi-final was not broadcast in Montenegro in 2006, and so the votes from Serbia and Montenegro, were from Serbia alone.

After the Montenegrin referendum on independence and dissolution of the state union in June 2006, both countries sent separate entries to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Montenegro made their debut as an independent state and sent Stevan Faddy, while Serbia sent Marija Šerifović as their debut entrant. Her song "Molitva" ended up winning the contest for Serbia, bringing the 2008 contest to Belgrade the following year.

Participation overview

+ Table key
1First place
2Second place
XEntry selected but did not compete
YearArtistSongLanguageFinalPointsSemiPoints
Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra"Serbian: [[Lane moje]]|i=unset" Serbian22631263
No Name"[[Zauvijek moja]]|i=unset" Montenegrin7137colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999"
No Name"[[Moja ljubavi]]|i=unset" Montenegrin

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

YearCategorySongComposer(s)
PerformerFinalPointsHost city
Press Award"Lane moje" Željko Joksimović (m), Leontina Vukomanović (l)Željko Joksimović2263 Istanbul
Composer Award"Zauvijek moja" Slaven Knezović (m), Milan Perić (l)No Name7137 Kyiv

Commentators and spokespersons

YearCommentator(s)Spokesperson
ChannelSerbian commentatorChannelMontenegrin commentator
RTS 1Duška Vučinić-Lučić and (Final)Nataša Miljković[6] [7]
TVCG 1Nina Radulović[8] [9]
Duška Vučinić-LučićJovana Janković[10] [11] [12] [13]

See also

Notes and references

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No new countries at next Eurovision Song Contest. Bakker. Sietse. 2002-11-27. ESCToday. 2009-07-23.
  2. Web site: Countries: Serbia & Montenegro. 15 Mar 2020. European Broadcasting Union.
  3. Web site: "Lane moje" - the best song in the history of Eurovision. RTS.
  4. News: The Eurovision Song Contest: 10 of the best. The Guardian. 20 May 2015 . Lucas . John P. .
  5. Web site: Wiwi Jury of the 2010s: Serbia's Željko Joksimovic with "Nije Ljubav Stvar". 21 August 2019 . Wiwibloggs. 7 April 2020.
  6. News: ТВ ПРОГРАМ – среда, 12. мај 2004 – PTC 1. TV PROGRAM - Wednesday, 12 May 2004 - RTS 1 . 25 May 2024 . . 12 May 1994 . . 21 . Serbian . Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  7. News: Mi pobedjujemo! . sr:Ми побеђујемо! . 17 January 2023 . . 14 May 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230117090832/https://www.novosti.rs/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/%D1%81%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0.483.html:157688-%D0%9C%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%92%D1%83%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE . 17 January 2023 . sr . live.
  8. News: TV program . 25 May 2024 . . 19 May 2005 . . 8 . Serbian . Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  9. News: TV program . 25 May 2024 . . 21–22 May 2005 . . 8 . Serbian . Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  10. News: TV program – RTS 1 . 25 May 2024 . . 18 May 2005 . . 8 . Serbian . Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  11. News: TV program – Subota – RTS 1 . TV program - Saturday - RTS 1 . 25 May 2024 . . 20–21 May 2005 . . 8 . Serbian . Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  12. Web site: Eurovision Song Contest – Serbia & Montenegro withdraws from the 2006 Contest . European Broadcasting Union . 3 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060325075430/http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/news/2006/tcm_6-43368.php . 25 March 2006 . 20 March 2006 . dead.
  13. Web site: 'Pesma Evrovizije' na RTS-u . . 31 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060630192229/http://www.rts.co.yu/euro/jedna_vest.asp?IDNews=488 . 30 June 2006 . sr . 25 April 2006 . dead.