Tamara Živković has joined the lineup of Montesong 2024, following the withdrawal of Boban Rajović, who cited personal commitments for his exit.
Change to Line up
In a post on his Instagram story – Boban Rajović, who was slated to compete with the song ‘Suze’ announced he would not be participating in the contest later this month, saying: “I think it is unnecessary to talk about my wish to represent Montenegro at Eurovision, but it was simply not meant to be this year, which does not mean that my wish will not come true in the future.”
RTCG has announced that he’s been replaced in the contest by Tamara Živković, a flutist and singer, who will be performing the song ‘Poguban Let’. Hailing from Kotor in the west of the country, she was a finalist in Serbian singing show Zvezde Granda between 2021 and 2022.
Montesong 2024 participants
Following the change to the line up, the list of songs set to compete in Montesong is as follows:
| Artist | Entry | Songwriters |
| Anastasia Koprolčec | ‘Kraj’ | Bojan Marović, Stevan Milanović |
| Bend “9” | ‘Stop war’ | Milić Šarović |
| Dolce Hera | ‘Repeat’ | A. Prelević Palladino, T. Tadić, M. Ćaćić |
| Đurđa | ‘To ljubav je’ | K. Kovač, O. Patocska, Đ. Petrović Poljak, J. Jensen |
| Glumci Bend | ‘San’ | Mladen Nijčević, Dragana Tripković |
| Isak Šabanović | ‘Ljeto, ljeto, ljeto’ | Leontina, Nemanja Filipović |
| Kejt | ‘Obala raja’ | Katarina Bogićević, Hugo Smeh |
| Luka Perazić i Rade Vukčević | ‘Dva Srca’ | Rade Vukčević |
| Luka Radović | ‘Kada dođe maj’ | Luka Radović |
| Milena Vučič | ‘Škorpija’ | N. Arežina, M. Peruničić, A. Stajić, S. Vučić |
| Nemanja Petrović | ‘Među zvijezdama’ | Branislav Opačić |
| Neonoen | ‘Clickbait’ | Ilija Pejović |
| Nina Žižič | ‘Dobro došli’ | B. Subotić, V. Mihajlovska, D. Dimitrov |
| Tamara Živković | ‘Poguban Let’ | TBC |
| Tina Džankić | ‘Nova’ | Vladimir Maraš, Anja Zagorac |
| Verica Čuljkovic | ‘Čuješ li’ | Verica Čuljkovic |
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.
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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