Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Serbia and Montenegro

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Member station RTS, RTCG
National selection events Evropesma
Appearances 3
First appearance 1992
Best result 2nd, 2004
Worst result 13th, 1992
External links
Serbia and Montenegro's page at Eurovision.tv

Serbia and Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, debuting in 1992 as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Serbia and Montenegro did not enter again until 2004 (see Eurovision 2004). This entry 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 sent separate entries to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, after the Montenegrin referendum on independence and dissolution of the state union in June 2006.

In the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Serbia won the contest with 268 points, far ahead from the 2nd place contestant Ukraine in which got 235 points. Serbia won with Marija Šerifović, with the ballad Molitva. Serbia hosted the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade.

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Year Artist Title Final Points Semi Points
1992 Extra Nena Ljubim te pesmama 13 44
2004 Željko Joksimović Lane moje 2 263 1 263
2005 No Name Zauvijek moja 7 137 X X
2006 No Name Moja ljubavi Withdrew

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