Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 27 December 2008 and 20 January 2009.[4][5] At the closing of the deadline, RTCG received 22 entries. A selection jury consisting of Vesna Ivanović, Lidija Radović, Zoran Živković, Dalibor Nedović, Branka Banović, Boško Rašović and Vesna Banović evaluated the received submissions and selected the Montenegrin representative in the contest, however RTCG reserved the right to select another performer for the song if considered more suitable.[6] On 23 January 2009, RTCG announced via the broadcaster's website that Andrea Demirović would represent Montenegro in Moscow with the song "Just Get Out of My Life", written by Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger and José Juan Santana Rodriguez.[2][3]

Before the announcement of RTCG on 23 January, rumours have circulated on the selected Montenegrin artist and song for the 2009 contest, including 2007 Montenegrin national final participant Nina Petković with "Srce balkansko", Sergej Ćetković with "Sjenke ljubavi", Ivan Čanović and Merima Njegomir with "Kad bi dao Bog", and FreeJack with "Ljubav je san".[7] It had also been rumoured that Željko Joksimović would compose the Montenegrin song, which would have been sung by Milena Vučić, however Joksimović stated that these rumours were false.[8][9]

Demirović and her team went on an extensive tour around other participating countries to promote the entry, including the Greek national final on 18 February 2009 and in the semi-final of the Serbian national final, Beovizija 2009, on 7 March.[10][11] She also performed at the Macedonian national final, Skopje Fest 2009, on 22 February.[12] Along with 22 other competing entries Demirović performed at the Eurovision Promo Concert in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 18 April. She received media coverage in the Netherlands and in neighbouring Belgium.[13]