Today is a big day for Eurovision fans as Montenegro officially releases the songs competing in this year’s Montesong festival and officially starting this year’s national finals season! The event, which serves as Montenegro’s national selection process for Eurovision, comes with an exciting lineup of artists and songs hoping to capture both the nation’s and Europe’s votes. A Diverse Lineup …
With the oncoming excitement about Montenegro’s return to Eurovision and the announcement of Montesong 2024, there has been a change in the competition’s lineup ahead of the show. Namely, Boban Rajović, one of the Montesong 2024 finalists, has announced his withdrawal from the competition, citing personal reasons. Boban Rajović Instagram / Print Screen “I think it’s unnecessary to speak about …
Shortly after they have announced their return to the Eurovision Song Contest with an improved national selection, Montesong has revealed a list of 16 finalists for the 2024 edition! The response from Montenegrin artists has been enthusiastic, with 36 applications received for this year’s competition. From this diverse pool of submissions, the expert jury shortlisted 16 finalists, who will compete …
After a two-year break, Montenegro is preparing to make a return to the Eurovision stage in 2025. The new and improved Montesong festival, which will serve as the country’s national selection for Eurovision, is set to take place on November 26 and 27, 2024 in Podgorica. Previously, Radio and Television Montenegro (RTCG) has officially launched a public call for submissions, …
RTCG, the national broadcaster of Montenegro, has announced its return to the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland in 2025. The broadcaster expressed its belief that this will mark the beginning of a new and successful era for Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest. The last time Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest was in 2022, when Vladana performed her …
A newly released document by the Montenegrin broadcaster, RTCG, seems to suggest that the country is gearing up for a grand return to the Eurovision Song Contest that is scheduled for Switzerland next May. The news hit the media and caused quite a splash. In light of only 37 countries participating in the contest in Malmo this year, another Balkan …
This week has seen the unfortunate news that three countries have withdrawn from Eurovison 2023, including Montenegro, but American Eurofans may be further disappointed to hear that an American Song Contest participant may have been Montenegro’s choice to compete in Liverpool. Enisa Nikaj, who represented the state of New York in the American Song Contest 2022, reported on Twitter that …
The deadline for participation at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest has already passed, meaning that at the current moment, only the EBU know for certain, who they can expect to see in Liverpool next year. Unfortunately, this also means, that broadcasters that haven’t yet publicly announced their participation, are speculated to have considered withdrawal from the contest, and today that …
Today marks the final day for any broadcaster with an active membership in the European Broadcasting Union to apply for participation in Eurovision 2023. After this, no additional broadcaster will be able to participate in the contest that did not originally apply – but broadcasters who submitted an application can still withdraw prior to October 11th without financial penalty. Any …
During the grand final, the EBU released a statement that mentioned that six of the participating countries were found to create an “irregular voting pattern”, this led to the jury votes from the six countries being completely removed and replaced by a “substitute aggregated result”. Now, we finally get to see, what the EBU were so suspicious about. The results …
