National final season will officially be upon us tomorrow morning as the 16 entries for Montesong 2024 will be released.
10:11CET Release
Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG have announced through the Montesong Instagram page that the 16 entries in Montesong 2024 will premiere on YouTube at 10:11CET.
Montesong 2024 participants
The 16 songs that are to be released this morning, and their songwriters, are as follows:
Boban Rajović was initially set to compete, but withdrew, leading to Tamara Živković taking his place in the lineup.
| 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’ | TBD |
| 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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News Source – RTCG
Photo Credit – RTCG
Giwrgos Oiko