Evropesma
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Evropesma (or Европесма, Serbia's version of the name) or Europjesma (Еуропјесма {Montenegro's version of the name}) was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. It is organized by the Serbia and Montenegro union of broadcasters UJRT (consisting of RTS and RTCG). After the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro, the semifinal contests are likely to take over the role of this festival.
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[edit] Format
Since 2005 there have been two semifinal competitions, Beovizija, organized by RTS, selecting one half of the songs for Evropesma/Europjesma from Serbia, and Montevizija, selecting the other half of the songs for Europjesma/Evropesma from Montenegro, and organized by RTCG.
[edit] Voting process
RTCG argued that fairly anonyomous representatives from Montenegro have little chance against a number of big music stars that generally take part on behalf of RTS, and who are usually famous in Montenegro itself. RTCG failed to engage any of the big Montenegro stars that could actually gain televotes to take part in Montevizija.
Because of this, RTCG demanded that televoting should only be a part of the decision on who is going to win the competition. As a result, there are four judges appointed by RTCG, four by RTS and televoting was the ninth jury member. Points are allocated as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 in 2004).
[edit] Winners
- 2004 Željko Joksimović (won 2nd place in the ESC)
- 2005 No Name (won 7th place in the ESC)
- 2006 No Name (disputed by RTS, unverified by UJRT)
[edit] 2004 event and controversy
The first Evrop(j)esma, held February 21, 2004, in Belgrade, Serbia, featured 24 performers, 19 from Serbia and only 5 from Montenegro. Four of the songs that represented RTS were selected in Beovizija, which was in part a semifinal for Evrop(j)esma. The representatives for RTCG were selected internally, and the others were selected by UJRT. Željko Joksimović won the 2004 Evropesma with "Lane moje", going on to win second place in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey. It should be noted that the members of the Serbian jury didn't give a single point to the songs that represented Montenegro, which caused some controversy. But, the both sides agreed that Željko Joksimović is the winner.
| Place | Singer | Song | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Željko Joksimović | Lane Moje | 84 | |
| 2 | Peti Element | Reka Bez Povratka | 47 | |
| 3 | Negre | K'o Nijedna Druga | 46 | |
| 4 | Negativ | Zbunjena | 44 | |
| 5 | Evropa | Evropa | 37 | |
| 6 | Teodora Bojović & Nightshift | Daj Mi Snage | 33 | |
| 7 | Andrijana Božović & Marija Božović | Nijedna Suza | 29 | |
| 8 | Sergej Ćetković | Ne Mogu Da Ti Oprostim | 27 | |
| 9 | Madam Piano | Igra | 25 | |
| 10 | Jovana Nikolić | Posle Tebe | 21 | |
| 11 | Jelena Tomašević | Kad Ne Bude Tvoje Ljubavi | 20 | |
| 12 | Extra Nena | More Ljubavi | 15 | |
| 13 | Leontina | Zamisli | 15 | |
| 14 | Mari Mari | Kad Ponos Ubije Ljubav | 9 | |
| 15 | Saša Vasić | Priznaj | 8 | |
| 16 | Tanja Jovićević | Uzmi Me | 8 | |
| 17 | Knez | Navika | 7 | |
| 18 | Ana Milenković | Takva Žena | 6 | |
| 19 | Slobodan Bajić | Možeš Da Me Ne Voliš | 4 | |
| 20 | Mogul | Ne Trgujem Osećanjima | 3 | |
| 21 | Nataša Kojić | Moje Oko Plavo | 1 | |
| 22 | Saša Dragaš | Dao Bih Sve | 0 | |
| 23 | Tanja Banjanin | Istina | 0 | |
| 24 | Boris Režak | Zauvek | 0 |
In the table above, the songs that represented RTCG are in Italic font, while the qualifying songs from Beovizija are in bold.
[edit] 2005 event and controversy
Evropesma 2005 was held on March 4, 2005, in Podgorica, Montenegro. Even before the contest started there were some controversies. RTCG said that RTS was favorising their entrants Ogi Radivojević and Jelena Tomašević, runner up and winner, respectively, of Beovizija. Željko Joksimović, author of the song "Jutro" performed by Jelena Tomašević, even arranged a winning party for Jelena, before the show. RTCG judges voted by awarding few points to any of the Serbian favorites, while giving the maximum points the band No Name (who also won the televote). They didn't give any points to the Serbian favorites, while the RTS jury did give a small number of points to the Montenegrin ones.
Before allowing Zauvijek moja to be confirmed as Serbia and Montenegro's entry, the EBU launched an investigation into a number of formal complaints, which also related to hotly disputed allegations of plagiarism. However, after prolonged deliberations, the song was given green light.
There were rumors that the televote, which only lasted for 10 minutes, was free of charge in Montenegro but not in Serbia.
| Rank | Order | Song | Singer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Televoting | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Zauvijek moja | No Name | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 32607 | 12 | 84 |
| 2 | 9 | Jutro | Jelena Tomašević | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 16978 | 10 | 54 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Hajde Cico | Ogi | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4187 | 7 | 51 | ||||
| 4 | 24 | Utjeha | Stevan Faddy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4283 | 8 | 50 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Šta će mi dani | Andrea Demirović | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1784 | 4 | 42 | |||
| 6 | 15 | Sve ti boje dobro stoje | Andrijana Božović | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1466 | 3 | 35 | ||
| 6 | 20 | Govor tijela | Marko Vukčević | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 35 | ||||
| 8 | 18 | Nama treba ljubav | Maja Mitrović | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 9 | 17 | Svejedno | Bojan Marović | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3079 | 6 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Nevidljiva | Ana Cvetković | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 748 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 22 | Pronađi put | Marija Božović | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | Nebo | Dušan Zrnić | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| 13 | 12 | U oku tvom | Ivana Popović | 1 | 6 | 2066 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | Ti si kriv | Teodora Bojović | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | Pobedila si me | Džej i Maja | 5 | 898 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 16 | 13 | Minđuša | Koktel Bend | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Praznina | Svetlana Raičković | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 18 | 19 | Ponuda | Marija Šerifović | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 19 | 10 | Kada ljubav umire | Biljana Mitrović | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 19 | 1 | Bolje da te nemam | Lu Lu | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 21 | 14 | Kaži sestro | Viktorija | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 16 | Ko je kriv | Tatjana Đorđević | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 21 | Dobre devojke | Taša | 0 |
In the table above, shaded columns correspond to jurors from Montenegro and italicized rows correspond to songs from Serbia.
[edit] 2006 event and controversy
The 2006 Evropesma, held in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 11, 2006, saw the same voting pattern from the judges from both republics: this year's favorites, once again winners and the runner up of Beovizija, Flamingosi feat. Louis and Ana Nikolić, respectively, received no points from the RTCG judges. The judges appointed by RTS in turn awarded eight points to No Name and four points to Stevan Faddy, enough for No Name to score another win. The Beovizija favorites Flamingosi finished second. The televote placed Beovizija favorites first and second and No Name third.
The stir began during the voting, as the audience started leaving the event in the midst of it, after realizing that their favourites were not going to win. The remaining audience booed No Name off the stage as they came out to accept the award and perform their song again, in the Eurovision Song Contest tradition. Audience then wooed Flamingosi on stage and they performed their song with the other finalists from Beovizija present on stage.
As a result, the Executive Board of UJRT did not accept the victory of No Name, stating that voting violated the merits of the competition, albeit not being found irregular. Source: UJRT statement
The Director General of the RTS, Aleksandar Tijanić, wrote a letter to his counterpart at the RTCG, Radovan Miljanić, suggesting that a new contest be held, featuring five songs from both semi-finals that got the most points. The winner would be selected solely through televoting [1]. At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest[2]. The European Broadcasting Union responded on March 18, 2006, two days before the deadline for the submission of the national entry to the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, by suggesting that the broadcasters find a solution on their own [3]. This was to no avail, and finally, on March 20, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. As the UJRT broadcasted the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote.
As the withdrawal left an empty slot in the final, Croatia and their representative Severina took it. The 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Croatian representative Boris Novković won the 11th place, one place below the cutoff for the direct entry into the final.
| Points awarded at Evropesma 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Order | Song | Singer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Televoting | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Moja ljubavi | No Name | 12 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3475 | 8 | 64 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Ludi letnji ples | Flamingosi feat. Louis | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11928 | 12 | 60 | ||||
| 3 | 9 | Cipele | Stevan Faddy | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1583 | 6 | 50 | |||
| 4 | 17 | Za nju | Stefan Filipović | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 561 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | 22 | Romale romali | Ana Nikolić | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3981 | 10 | 46 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | Lazarica | Ivana Jordan | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2007 | 7 | 42 | ||
| 7 | 19 | Sudbina | Bojan Delić | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 405 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | 24 | Greh | Tijana Dapčević | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 687 | 5 | 27 | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Feniks | Nela Popović | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | Da ti se dlanovi zalede | Mari Mari | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | Anđeo u očima | Crveno i crno | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||||||
| 12 | 20 | Kapija | Biber | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| 13 | 18 | Kad ti treba | Maja Nikolić | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||||
| 14 | 1 | Koraci | Dan poslije | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 15 | 13 | Željna | Vladana & Bojana | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |||||||
| 16 | 23 | Uspavanka | Grim | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| 17 | 21 | Naći ću te | Jelena Kažanegra | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
| 18 | 12 | Konak | Ana Bekuta | 2 | 3 | 419 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | Živa sam | Milena Vučić | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Kap po kap | Romana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 21 | 11 | Putujem sama | Krug | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 22 | 16 | Jednom pokidano | Blizanci | 412 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | 6 | Maler | Blah, blah bend | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 | 10 | Poruka za ljubav | Ivana Knežević | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
In this table, red color denotes songs and jurors from Montenegro, blue those from Serbia.
