Montenegro’s RTCG is sticking with their national final format, and have announced the competing acts and songs for the next edition, which will be held on December 21st, 2025. The acts include several returning artists from last year’s Montesong.
Who’s in the running for Montenegro?
| Song | Performer | Songwriters |
| I Believe | Andrea Demirović | Casey McQuillen, Aidan O’Connor, Andrea Demirović, Charles Humenry |
| Minerva | Baryak | Rade Vukčević, Luka Perazić, Mišo Vukčević |
| Casanova 91 | Dolce Hera | Marko Ćaćić, Todor Tadić, Dolce Hera |
| Dominos | Đurđa | Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean, David Lindgren Zacharias, Herman Gardarfve, Eric Lehmann |
| Oli oli | Krstinja | Leontina Pat, Nemanja Filipović |
| Temperatura | LANA X ĐORĐE | Darko Dimitrov, Violeta Mihajlovska |
| Doline | LANA | Ljubomir Stanišić, Rade Đurđevac, Momčilo Zeković Zeko, Senad Drešević |
| Rhythm boy | Lara Baltić | Nemanja Antonić |
| Pjevaj vilo | Luka Radović | Luka Radović, Miloš Mihajlović Blaze, Petar Šćepović |
| Ipak smo ljudi | Majda Božović | Lena Kovačević, Violeta Mihajlovska, Nemanja Mihajlović |
| Kao varnica | Mila Nikić | Kristina Kovač, Gerrit Arnold, Oliver Patocska, Alexander Keech, Mila Nikić |
| Ako čuješ glas | Neno Murić | Dejan Božović, Natalija Pavićević |
| Nedekodirana | stefan | Dejan Dedović |
| Nova Zora | Tamara Živković | Boris Subotić, Marko Drežnjak |
| Shadows | Tina Džankić | David Hutchinson, Stefan Celar, Niels Sakko, Tina Džankić |
Six competing artists from last year return, as well as all three songwriters for last year’s competing entry, “Dobrodošli”: Boris Subotić, Darko Dimitrov, and Violeta Mihajlovska. Andrea Demirović, who represented Montenegro at Eurovision 2009 with the song “Just Get Out of My Life”, also returns.
The selected artists and songs were revealed on October 14th, with the songwriter information coming on October 24th. This year’s Montesong will have several rule changes from last year, including dropping the language rule.
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”.
Montenegro returned to the Contest in 2025 with Nina Žižić returning to the competition after 12 years. Singing “Dobrodošli”, Montenegro competed in the second semi-final. However, their return did not see a return to the final, with Montenegro finishing last in the semi-final with just 12 points.
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