Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG has announced that it has received 32 submissions for its Eurovision 2025 selection Montesong.
Participating artists announced on October 10
The 32 submissions will be whittled down to 16 songs, with the artists and names of the songs being announced on October 10th, with the songs themselves being released in November.
In addition to the 32 songs already received, RTCG are waiting on any additional applications received through the Post of Montenegro. Following this, the artists competing in the selection will be announced on 10th October.
Due to the short submission window, these artists will then have until 1st November to further improve and finalise their compositions, which will be premiered on YouTube on 17th November, 10 days before the show. which takes place in Podgorica on the 27th.
What we know about Montesong
Montesong will be the first national final of the Eurovision 2025 season, being held on 27 November – it will consist of 16 songs, of which the performers must be Montenegrin citizens, but songwriters may be of any nationality.
The voting system will be similar to many national final shows, with a 50/50 system of an “expert jury” containing music professionals, media creators and representatives of organisations in tandem with a public televote.
Further details about the festival will be announced tomorrow at 10pm on TVCG2.
Montenegro’s Eurovision Journey
Before Montenegro announced its return to the Eurovision Song Contest for 2025, they had a scattered appearance at the competition.
There has been a Montenegrin presence at the Eurovision Song Contest as far back as 1983, when the nation was a part of Yugoslavia. Montenegrin entries went on to represent Yugoslavia in 1983 and 1984, placing 4th and 18th respectively. Similarly, the nation also sent an entry as part of Serbia and Montenegro in 2005, placing 7th with No Name’s “Zauvijek moja”.
As an independent nation, Montenegro debuted in 2007 with Steven Faddy’s “Ajde, kroci”. This began a string of non-qualifications, until their first appearance in a Grand Final in 2014. Montenegro’s best result came in 2015 with Knez’s “Adio”, scoring 44 points and placing 13th. Their most recent appearance in the Contest was in 2022, when Vladana finished in 17th place in the semi-final with 33 points with her song “Breathe”.
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