Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Serbia and Montenegro were represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Montenegrin group No Name with the song "Zauvijek Moja".

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Serbia and Montenegro
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)Beovizija
19 February 2005
Montevizija
2 March 2005
Evropjesma
4 March 2005
Selected entrantNo Name
Selected song"Zauvijek Moja"
Finals performance
Final result7th, 137 points
Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Evropesma 2005

For full results, see Evropesma 2005

The national final was held in Podgorica on 4 March 2005. It featured 13 (originally 14) songs selected by Serbian broadcaster RTS in Beovizija 2005 festival and 10 songs that qualified from the Montenegrin semifinal "Montevizija 2005". Serbian band Luna initially planned to compete in the final, but the band withdrew just before the event started due to boycott. They were allocated to perform 11th with the song "Sentimientos".

"Zauvijek Moja" (Forever Mine) by the band No Name, a qualifier from Montenegro's semifinal, was the controversial winner of the event which was decided by a mixture of jury selection and televote. The Serbian favourite Jelena Tomašević with the song Jutro did not receive any points from the Montenegrin jury while No Name received a small number of points from the Serbian jury. The probable partisan feeling that led to such a polarised outcome may be partly attributable to the fallout from an earlier heated dispute, initiated when the Serbian qualifiers had been actively promoted on the airwaves in the run-up to the final, in a breach of the rules agreed between the two sides, and one of the reason is probably last year's Evropesma, when all of the Montenegrin songs were not awarded a single point by the Serbian jury. 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. The song won the award for the best composition in the contest. The song is written by Milan Perić and composed by Slaven Knezović.

DrawArtistSong Jury TelevoteTotalPlace
Votes Points
1Lu Lu"Bolje da te nemam" 2 0219
2No Name"Zauvijek moja" 72 32,607 12841
3Džej & Maja"Pobedila si ljubav" 5 898 2715
4Ogi"Hajde cico" 44 4,187 7513
5Andrea Demirović"Šta će mi dani" 38 1,784 4425
6Teodora Bojović"Ti si kriv" 9 0914
7Ana Cvetković"Nevidljiva" 24 748 12510
8Svetlana Raičković"Praznina" 6 0616
9Jelena Tomašević"Jutro" 44 16,978 10542
10Biljana Mitrović"Kad ljubav umire" 2 0219
11Luna"Sentimientos"
12Ivana Popović"U oku tvom" 7 2,066 51213
13Koktel bend"Minđuša" 6 0616
14Viktorija"Kaži, sestro" 0 0021
15Andrijana Božović"Sve ti boje dobro stoje" 32 1,466 3356
16Tatjana Đorđević"Ko je kriv" 0 0021
17Bojan Marović"Svejedno" 23 3,079 6299
18Maja Mitrović"Nama treba ljubav" 30 0308
19Marija Šerifović"Ponuda" 5 0518
20Marko Vukčević"Govor tijela" 35 0356
21Nataša Kojić – Taša"Dobre devojke" 0 0021
22Marija Božović"Pronađi put" 23 02311
23Dušan Zrnić"Nebo" 15 01512
24Stevan Faddy"Utjeha" 42 4,283 8504

At Eurovision

Serbia & Montenegro automatically qualified to the grand final, because it was on the top 12 last year. In the grand final, finished 7th with 137 points.meaning that Serbia and Montenegro automatically qualified for the final in the 2006 contest. The spokesperson who revealed Serbia and Montenegro's votes for other countries was RTCG journalist and presenter Nina Radulovic.[1]

Points awarded by Serbia and Montenegro

Points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro

Points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References

  1. Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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