Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Serbia and Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "", composed by Slaven Knezović, with lyrics by written by Milan Perić, and performed by the band No Name. The Serbian-Montenegrin participant broadcaster, (UJRT), organised the national final Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 in order to select its entry for the contest. Serbian (RTS) and Montenegrin (RTCG) each submitted twelve entries from their respective selections Beovizija 2005 and Montevizija 2005 with twenty-four entries in total competing in the national final on 4 March 2005. "" performed by No Name was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from an eight-member jury panel and a public televote.

As one of ten highest placed finishers in the contest Serbia and Montenegro directly qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2005. Performing in position 12, Serbia and Montenegro placed seventh out of the 24 participating countries with 137 points.

Background

Prior to the 2005 contest, (UJRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Serbia and Montenegro as an independent country one time. Its only entry, "" performed by Željko Joksimović, placed second.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, UJRT organised the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest while Serbian (RTS) and Montenegrin (RTCG) broadcast the event within their respective republics. UJRT confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2005 contest on 14 November 2004. The Evropesma-Europjesma national final had been used in 2004 in order to select its entry, a procedure that continued for the selection of the 2005 entry as announced along with its participation confirmation.

Before Eurovision Beovizija 2005 RTS organised the 3rd edition of Beovizija in order to select its entries for the national final. Jelena Tomašević won Beovizija 2005 with the song "Jutro", written by Željko Joksimović and Aleksandra Milutinović. She received 78 points from the jury and the maximum 12 points by SMS and televoting. The hosts were actors Slobodan Ninković and Jelena Jovičić, who sang many former Eurovision Song Contest hits as a tribute to 50th anniversary of the event.

+ Beovizija 200519 February 2005 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place 1 Maja Mitrović "Nama treba ljubav" () 13 3 16 11 2 Dušan Zrnić "Nebo" () 13 4 17 10 3 Epilog "Oproštaj" () 1 0 1 18 4 Tatjana Đorđević "Ko je kriv" () 9 0 9 14 5 Lu Lu "Bolje da te nemam" () 14 0 14 12 6 Momčilo Klinika "Marija" () 2 0 2 17 7 Koktel bend "Minđuša" () 24 2 26 9 8 Ana Cvetković "Nevidljiva" () 60 7 67 3 9 Urban puls "Ti znaš" () 7 0 7 15 10 Boban "Šta mi vredi" () 0 0 0 21 11 Luna "Sentimientos" 11 0 11 13 12 Marija Šerifović "Ponuda" () 33 0 33 7 13 Nataša Kojić – Taša "Dobre devojke" () 24 6 30 8 14 Draft "Dodir" () 1 0 1 18 15 Trik FX "Robija" () 0 1 1 18 16 Jelena Tomašević "Jutro" () 78 12 90 1 17 Astra "Potraži me" () 0 0 0 21 18 Ziki "Čovek kao ja" () 4 0 4 16 19 Džej and Maja "Pobedila si me" () 38 10 48 4 20 Ogi "Hajde Cico" () 61 8 69 2 21 Čipi "Ljubav–vest dana" () 0 0 0 21 22 Viktorija "Kaži sestro" () 37 0 37 6 23 Teodora Bojović "Ti si kriv" () 34 5 39 5

Montevizija 2005 RTCG organised the first edition of Montevizija in order to select its entries for the national final. Montevizija 2005 was held on 2 March in Podgorica hosted by Andrija Milošević, Žana Gardašević, and Anđela Nenadović. Twenty-four songs competed and nine juries – 8 jury members and a public televote determined the ten songs to progress to the final of Evropjesma.

+ Montevizija 20052 March 2005 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place 1 Nina Petković "Ljubav je" () 11 3 14 11 2 Slobodan Kovačević "Јој" () 0 0 0 20 3 Duka Martinović "Nisam tvoj" () 0 0 0 20 4 Mićo Vujović "Naopačke" () 0 0 0 20 5 No Name "Zauvijek moja" () 85 12 97 1 6 Bojan Marović "Svejedno" () 59 6 65 4 7 Bojan Delić "Dan i noć" () 0 4 4 15 8 Stevan Faddy "Utjeha" () 68 10 78 2 9 Svetlana Raičković "Praznina" () 30 0 30 8 10 Suzana Tot "Ljubav ja i ti" () 6 0 6 14 11 Vladana Vučinić "Samo moj nikad njen" () 1 0 1 18 12 Goran Pejović Gula "Ja sakrivam sebe u sebi" () 0 1 1 18 13 Makadam "Talija" () 9 2 11 12 14 Marko Vukčević "Govor tijela" () 15 0 15 10 15 Еma Čivović "Ove noći kad bi me zvao" () 2 0 2 16 16 Biljana Mitrović "Kad ljubav umire" () 31 0 31 7 17 Slaven Knezović "Plaćam te životom ljepoto" () 8 0 8 13 18 Andrijana Božović "Sve ti boje dobro stoje" () 65 5 70 3 19 Ivana Popović "U oku tvom" () 10 8 18 9 20 Marija Božović "Pronađi put" () 34 0 34 6 21 Andrea Demirović "Šta će mi dani" () 28 7 35 5 22 Nebojša Đukanović "Začaran" () 2 0 2 16 23 Božidarka Nikčević "Nema te" () 0 0 0 20 24 Kаја and Crveno i crno "Nisam ti jedina" () 0 0 0 20

Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 was the national final organised by UJRT in order to select the Serbian–Monetengrin entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition took place at the RTCG studios in Podgorica on 4 March 2005, hosted by Andela Nenadović, Žana Gardašević and Andrija Milošević. The show was broadcast in Serbia on RTS 1 and RTS Sat as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website rts.co.yu, and in Montenegro on TVCG 1 and TVCG Sat.

Competing entries Serbian RTS and Montenegrin RTCG, each conducted separate selections in order to select the twenty-four entries to proceed to the national final: RTS organised Beovizija 2005 on 19 February 2005 where twenty-three songs competed, while RTCG organised Montevizija 2005 on 2 March 2005 with twenty-four entries competing. The top fourteen entries from Beovizija 2005 and the top ten entries from Montevizija 2005 qualified for the national final. Shortly before the competition, "Sentimientos" performed by Luna, which was allocated to perform eleventh during the show, was withdrawn due to boycott. Artist Song Songwriter(s) Broadcaster Ana Cvetković "Nevidljiva" (Невидљива) Ruža Jeremić, Dragana Jovanović RTS Andrea Demirović "Šta će mi dani" (Шта ће ми дани) Andrea Demirović RTCG Andrijana Božović "Sve ti boje dobro stoje" (Све ти боје добро стоје) Rastko Aksentijević RTCG Biljana Mitrović "Kad ljubav umire" (Када љубав умире) Biljana Mitrović, Nebojša Đukanović, Mirko Šćepanović RTCG Bojan Marović "Svejedno" (Свеједно) Leontina Vukomanović RTCG Dušan Zrnić "Nebo" (Небо) Danir Demirovski, Dušan Zrnić RTS Džej and Maja "Pobedila si me" (Победила си ме) Maja Miloš, Zoran Lesendrić RTS Ivana Popović "U oku tvom" (У оку твом) Slavko Šućur, Tanja Ðonlaga RTCG Jelena Tomašević "Jutro" (Јутро) Aleksandra Milutinović, Željko Joksimović RTS Koktel bend "Minđuša" (Минђуша) Leontina Vukomanović RTS Lu Lu "Bolje da te nemam" (Боље да те немам) Snežana Vukomanović, Mirko Vukomanović RTS Luna "Sentimientos" Čeda Čvorak RTS Maja Mitrović "Nama treba ljubav" (Нама треба љубав) Duško Trifunović, Rade Radivojević RTS Marija Božović "Pronađi put" (Пронађи пут) Nikola Radunović RTCG Marija Šerifović "Ponuda" (Понуда) Rastko Aksentijević RTS Marko Vukčević "Govor tijela" (Говор тијела) Marko Vukčević, Saša Vasić RTCG Nataša Kojić – Taša "Dobre devojke" (Добре девојке) Svetlana Slavković-Ceca, Marko Kon RTS No Name "Zauvijek moja" (Заувијек моја) Milan Perić, Slaven Knezović RTCG Ogi "Hajde Cico" (Хајде Цицо) Ognjan Radivojević, Marina Tucaković RTS Stevan Faddy "Utjeha" (Утјеха) Stevan Faddy RTCG Svetlana Raičković "Praznina" (Празнина) Svetlana Raičković RTCG Tatjana Đorđević "Ko je kriv" (Ко је крив) Snežana Vukomanović, Mirko Vukomanović RTS Teodora Bojović "Ti si kriv" (Ти си крив) Teodora Bojović RTS Viktorija "Kaži sestro" (Кажи сестро) Maja Miloš, Zoran Lesendrić RTS

Final The final took place on 4 March 2005 where twenty-three songs competed. The winner, "Zauvijek moja" performed by No Name, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (8/9) and the Serbian and Montenegrin public via televoting (1/9). The Serbian jury consisted of Ognjen Popović (musician and composer), Petar Ivanović (conductor and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade), Silvana Ružić-Grujić (RTS music editor and music critic) and Biljana Arsić-Krstić (musician), while the Montenegrin jury consisted of Marina Tuca (singer and music professor), Zoran Živković (producer and artistic director), Tonči Petrović (composer) and Tijana Jovović (music professor and critic). Eurovision contestants Constantinos Christoforou, who would represent , and Martin Vučić, who would represent , were featured as guest performers during the show. + Evropesma-Europjesma 20054 March 2005 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 Lu Lu "Bolje da te nemam" 2 — 0 2 19 2 No Name "Zauvijek moja" 72 32,607 12 84 1 3 Džej and Maja "Pobedila si me" 5 898 2 7 15 4 Ogi "Hajde Cico" 44 4,187 7 51 3 5 Andrea Demirović "Šta će mi dani" 38 1,784 4 42 5 6 Teodora Bojović "Ti si kriv" 9 — 0 9 14 7 Ana Cvetković "Nevidljiva" 24 748 1 25 10 8 Svetlana Raičković "Praznina" 6 — 0 6 16 9 Jelena Tomašević "Jutro" 44 16,978 10 54 2 10 Biljana Mitrović "Kad ljubav umire" 2 — 0 2 19 11 Ivana Popović "U oku tvom" 7 2,066 5 12 13 12 Koktel bend "Minđuša" 6 — 0 6 16 13 Viktorija "Kaži, sestro" 0 — 0 0 21 14 Andrijana Božović "Sve ti boje dobro stoje" 32 1,466 3 35 6 15 Tatjana Đorđević "Ko je kriv" 0 — 0 0 21 16 Bojan Marović "Svejedno" 23 3,079 6 29 9 17 Maja Mitrović "Nama treba ljubav" 30 — 0 30 8 18 Marija Šerifović "Ponuda" 5 — 0 5 18 19 Marko Vukčević "Govor tijela" 35 — 0 35 6 20 Nataša Kojić – Taša "Dobre devojke" 0 — 0 0 21 21 Marija Božović "Pronađi put" 23 — 0 23 11 22 Dušan Zrnić "Nebo" 15 — 0 15 12 23 Stevan Faddy "Utjeha" 42 4,283 8 50 4 + Detailed Jury Votes Song RTS RTCG Total 1 "Bolje da te nemam" 2 2 2 "Zauvijek moja" 6 6 5 7 12 12 12 12 72 3 "Pobedila si me" 5 5 4 "Hajde Cico" 10 10 12 12 44 5 "Šta će mi dani" 4 8 8 8 10 38 6 "Ti si kriv" 3 3 1 2 9 7 "Nevidljiva" 1 7 4 6 4 2 24 8 "Praznina" 6 6 9 "Jutro" 12 12 10 10 44 10 "Kad ljubav umire" 1 1 2 11 "U oku tvom" 1 6 7 12 "Minđuša" 3 3 6 13 "Kaži, sestro" 0 14 "Sve ti boje dobro stoje" 8 1 5 6 7 5 32 15 "Ko je kriv" 0 16 "Svejedno" 4 1 4 4 5 5 23 17 "Nama treba ljubav" 7 2 8 6 7 30 18 "Ponuda" 2 3 5 19 "Govor tijela" 8 6 8 3 2 8 35 20 "Dobre devojke" 0 21 "Pronađi put" 3 2 7 4 3 4 23 22 "Nebo" 5 7 2 1 15 23 "Utjeha" 5 10 10 10 7 42

Controversy During the voting of Evropesma-Europjesma 2005, the Montenegrin jurors did not award any points to the Serbian Beovizija 2005 winner and runner-up, Jelena Tomašević and Ogi. The probable partisan feeling that led to such a polarised outcome may be partly attributable to the fallout from earlier disputes, including a breach of the rules regarding the active airplay of the Serbian acts before the competition and that the Serbian jurors did not award any points to the Montenegrin acts in .

On 7 March, former Serbian and Montenegrin Eurovision contestant and composer of Tomašević's song, Željko Joksimović, released a statement expressing his dissatisfaction towards the voting process as "the songs from Serbia were outvoted in a deeply unfair manner", while RTCG responded by stating that they did not influence the voting in any way. Plagiarism claims were also made towards "Zauvijek moja" as the introduction of the song was taken from the unofficial hymn of the Liberal Party of Montenegro titled "Poljem se vije". Following an investigation by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group concluded that "Zauvijek moja" was eligible for the contest.

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