Evropesma

Evropesma (Serbian Cyrillic: 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 represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was organized by the Serbia and Montenegro union of broadcasters UJRT (consisting of RTS and RTCG).

In 2005 and 2006, Beovizija and Montevizija served as Serbia's and Montenegro's semi-finals for Evrop(j)esma (respectively). After the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro, the semifinal contests took over the role of this festival.

Voting process

RTCG argued that fairly anonymous 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, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in 2004).

Winners

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 2004, 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 reach second place in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey. The members of the Serbian jury didn't give a single point to the songs that represented Montenegro and member of Montenegrin jury didn't give points to winner and the runner up of Beovizija, which caused some controversy.

 Final - 21 February 2004
Draw Sent by Singer Song Place 123456789 Points
1 UJRT Jovana Nikolić Posle Tebe 10 132 6 27223
2 UJRT Teodora Bojović & Nightshift Daj Mi Snage 6 48 5 8 8 33
3 RTCG Evropa Evropa 5 9 4 8 8 837
4 UJRT Extra Nena More Ljubavi 12 4 42 5 15
5 UJRT Saša Vasić Priznaj 15 8 8
6 UJRT Jelena Tomašević Kad Ne Bude Tvoje Ljubavi 11 6 7 5 2 20
7 UJRT Slobodan Bajić Možeš Da Me Ne Voliš 19 3 1 4
8 UJRT Ana Milenković Takva Žena 18 2 1 2 1 6
9 UJRT Tanja Banjanin Istina 22 0
10 RTS Boris Režak Zauvek 22 0
11 UJRT Knez Navika 17 3 4 7
12 RTCG Negre K'o Nijedna Druga 3 10 9 9 9 946
13 UJRT Madam Piano Igra 9 7 8 6 4 25
14 RTS Negative Zbunjena 4 10 9 10 9644
15 UJRT Tanja Jovićević Uzmi Me 15 2 12 3 8
16 UJRT Saša Dragaš Dao Bih Sve 22 0
17 RTCG Sergej Ćetković Ne Mogu Da Ti Oprostim 8 5 5 5 5 727
18 UJRT Željko Joksimović Lane Moje 1 69101010910101084
19 RTS Leontina Zamisli 12 8 4 315
20 UJRT Peti Element Reka Bez Povratka 2 35664766447
21 RTS Nataša Kojić Moje Oko Plavo 21 11
22 UJRT Mogul Ne Trgujem Osećanjima 20 3 3
23 UJRT Mari Mari Kad Ponos Ubije Ljubav 14 1 3113 9
24 RTCG Andrijana Božović & Marija Božović Nijedna Suza 6 7 7 7 7 533

2005 event and controversy

Europjesma 2005 was held on March 4, 2005, in Podgorica, Montenegro. Even before the contest started there were some controversies. RTCG said that RTS was favoring their entrants Ogi Radivojević and Jelena Tomašević, runner up and winner, respectively, of Beovizija 2005. 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 performers, while giving the maximum points the band No Name (who also won the televote).

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 the green light.

There were rumors that the televote, which only lasted for 10 minutes, was free of charge in Montenegro and not in Serbia, but it was proven false.

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.

2006 event and controversy

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 2006, Flamingosi (Serbian-Montenegrin duo) 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, and threw objects (such as bottles) at the stage, as they came out to accept the award and perform their song again, in the Eurovision Song Contest tradition. The 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 and the head of UJRT, 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 broadcast the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote, but only those in Serbia.

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 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rts.rs/euro/jedna_vest.asp?source=komentar&IDNews=469
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/5804
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