Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

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**Serbia and Montenegro**

Member station	RTS, RTCG
National selection event(s)	Evropesma
Appearances	2
First appearance	2004
Best result	2nd, 2004
Worst result	7th, 2005

Serbia and Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, debuting in 2004 (see ESC2004). The debut was a success, the country finishing second with the performance of Željko Joksimović. In 2005, the second performance fared 7th, courtesy of the band No Name from Podgorica, Montenegro.

No Name were close to becoming the national entry once more, for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, however since their 2005 win of the national qualifier had been disputed due to tactical voting by the Radio-Television of Montenegro jury, and since the 2006 vote saw a repeat of this, the UJRT, the national union of broadcasters, did not reach an agreement on sending them to the contest again. On March 20, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the ESC. The country did however participate in the final voting for the winner. The Eurovision semifinal was not broadcast in Montenegro in 2006, and so the votes from Serbia & Montenegro, were actually from Serbia alone.

Both countries will send separate entries to the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, after the Montenegrin referendum on independence and dissolution of the state union in June 2006.

See Evropesma for details about the national pre-selections 2004-2006.