Montenegro was represented by

Stefan Filipović Stefan Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Филиповић) (born January 18, 1987) is a Montenegrin pop singer. Biography Filipović was born in Titograd, now Podgorica, and studied in the Cetinje Music Academy. He started singing at ...

with the song "Zauvijek volim te" in the

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, held in

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Before Eurovision

MontenegroSong 2008

''MontenegroSong 2008'' was the national final organised by RTCG to select Montenegro's entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Six candidates competed in the televised final on 27 January 2008, which was held at the Shass Disco in

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and hosted by Dražen Bauković and Marija Vujović. The show was televised on TVCG 1 as well as broadcast online via the broadcaster's website ''rtcg.org''.

Final

The final took place on 27 January 2008. The participants were announced on 13 January 2008. Six artists:

Andrea Demirović Andrea Demirović ( sr-cyrl, Андреа Демировић; born 17 June 1985), also known as simply Andrea, is a Montenegrins, Montenegrin singer and a student of the Cetinje Music Academy – ''Music Pedagogy''. Demirović was born in Podgor ...

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, Jelena Kažanegra,

Nenad Knežević Knez Nenad Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Кнежевић; born 5 December 1967), better known as Knez, is a Montenegrin singer, based in Belgrade, Serbia. Best known for his 1994 hit "Dal' si ikada mene voljela" (''Have You Ever Loved Me'') ...

and Vesna Milačić Kaja, were invited by RTCG for the national final. The six competing artists performed cover versions of popular songs or original songs and

was selected as the winner entirely public SMS voting. The public SMS vote in the final registered 6,355 votes.

Song selection

The Montenegrin song, "Zauvijek volim te", was presented during a television special on 8 March 2008. The show was televised on TVCG 2 as well as broadcast online via the broadcaster's website ''rtcg.org''. "Zauvijek volim te" was written by

Grigor Koprov Grigor Koprov ( mk, Григор Копров) (born September 30, 1943)Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Vol. 2, Stanford University Press, 2002, , pp. 160-168. is arguably one of the most famous Macedonian pop music ...

, Ognen Nedelkovski and Vladimir Dojčinovski who had previously composed the Macedonian song in

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. The selection of the song was decided by a thirty-member selection jury from five songs received from songwriters invited by RTCG. An English version of the song, "Never Forget That I Love You", was also recorded.

At Eurovision

Montenegro competed at the first semi-final of

on 20 May 2008, in

. However the entry failed to achieve enough votes in order to qualify for the final of the contest, finishing 14th.

Voting

Points awarded to Montenegro

Points awarded by Montenegro

References

External links

The announcement on RTCG website (in Serbian)The six candidatesMontenegrin song title announced
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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