Serbia and Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Zauvijek moja" written by Milan Perić and Slaven Knezović. The song was performed by the band
No Name. The union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro,
Udruženje javnih radija i televizija
Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT; Serbian Cyrillic: Удружење јавних радија и телевизија, en, Alliance of Public Radio and Television) was the union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro. It se ...
(UJRT) organised the national final ''Evropesma-Europjesma 2005'' in order to select the Serbian and Montenegrin entry for the 2005 contest in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
,
Ukraine
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. The Serbian national broadcaster,
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Радио-телевизија Србије, sr-Lat, Radio-televizija Srbije, italics=yes; abbr. RTS/PTC) is Serbia's public broadcaster. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sports programming thr ...
(RTS), and the Montenegrin broadcaster
Radio i televizija Crne Gore (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. "Zauvijek moja" 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
2004
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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, Serbia and Montenegro had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest one time. The first Serbian and Montenegrin entry in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
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, "
Lane moje
"Lane moje" ( sr-cyr, Лане моје, ; literally "My Fawn", figuratively "My Darling") is the name of the song performed by Serbian musician Željko Joksimović at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for , in which it finished second. Inspired ...
" performed by
Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar an ...
, placed second in the final.
The union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro,
Udruženje javnih radija i televizija
Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT; Serbian Cyrillic: Удружење јавних радија и телевизија, en, Alliance of Public Radio and Television) was the union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro. It se ...
(UJRT), organises the selection process for the nation's entry with Serbia and Montenegro's respective broadcasters,
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Радио-телевизија Србије, sr-Lat, Radio-televizija Srbije, italics=yes; abbr. RTS/PTC) is Serbia's public broadcaster. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sports programming thr ...
(RTS) and
Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG), broadcasting the event within their respective republics. UJRT confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest on 14 November 2004.
The ''
Evropesma-Europjesma'' national final had been used in 2004 in order to select their entry, a procedure that continued for the selection of the 2005 entry as announced along with their participation confirmation.
Before Eurovision
Beovizija 2005
Beovizija 2005 was the 3rd edition of
Beovizija
''Beovizija'' ( sr, Беовизија) was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. ''Beovizija'' is organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, ...
.
Jelena Tomašević
Jelena Tomašević ( sr-cyr, Јелена Томашевић, ; born November 1, 1983) is a Serbian pop singer of international career famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 20 ...
won Beovizija 2005 with the song Jutro, written by
Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar an ...
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
Slobodan "Boda" Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан "Бода" Нинковић; born 25 November 1956 in Smederevo) is a Serbian actor. He is known for his work in the films '' Ulysses' Gaze'', '' The Crusaders'' and '' We Are Not Angels''. He ...
and Jelena Jovičić, who sang many former Eurovision Song Contest hits as a tribute to 50th anniversary of the event.
Montevizija 2005
Montevizija 2005 was the first edition of Montevizija, a
Montenegrin pop music festival that was the Montenegrin semifinal for choosing the
Serbo-Montenegrin entry for
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, following the country's victory at the with the song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...
in
Kyiv
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Ky ...
,
Ukraine
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. The final was held on 2 March 2005 in
Podgorica
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and presented by
Andrija Milošević
Andrija Milošević ( sr-cyr, Андрија Милошевић, born 6 August 1978) is a Montenegrin-born Serbian actor and television host. He is known for his roles in the theater show ''Pevaj, brate'' and TV series ''M(j)ešoviti brak'', ''Budv ...
, 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.
Evropesma-Europjesma 2005
''Evropesma-Europjesma 2005'' was national final organised by
UJRT in order to select the Serbian and Monetengrin entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition took place at the RTCG studios in
Podgorica
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on 4 March 2005, hosted by Andela Nenadović, Žana Gardašević and
Andrija Milošević
Andrija Milošević ( sr-cyr, Андрија Милошевић, born 6 August 1978) is a Montenegrin-born Serbian actor and television host. He is known for his roles in the theater show ''Pevaj, brate'' and TV series ''M(j)ešoviti brak'', ''Budv ...
. The show was broadcast in Serbia on
RTS1
RTS1 (Serbian Cyrillic: РТС1; First program of RTS ( sr, Први програм РТС-а/), First channel of RTS (/ ) or only First (/ )) is a Serbian public mainstream TV channel operated by RTS.
Previously on RTS1
Serbian TV series
*Ј ...
and
RTS Sat
RTS Svet (Serbian Cyrillic: РТС СBEТ, or RTS WORLD ( sr, РТС СBEТ/); Satellite program of RTS (/ )) is a Serbian satellite television channel. It is operated by RTS.
Audience
The channel is aimed at Serb
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, ...
as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website ''rts.co.yu'', and in Montenegro on
TVCG 1
Radio and Television of Montenegro ( cnr, Радио и Телевизија Црне Горе, Radio i Televizija Crne Gore; abbr. /RTCG) is the public service broadcaster of Montenegro. A state-owned company with its headquarters in Podgorica, ...
and
TVCG Sat.
Competing entries
The two broadcasters in Serbia and Montenegro, Serbian broadcaster
RTS
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and Montenegrin broadcaster
RTCG
Radio and Television of Montenegro ( cnr, Радио и Телевизија Црне Горе, Radio i Televizija Crne Gore; abbr. /RTCG) is the public service broadcaster of Montenegro. A state-owned company with its headquarters in Podgorica, i ...
, 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
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, which was allocated to perform eleventh during the show, was withdrawn due to boycott.
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
The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...
), 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
Constantinos Christophorou (Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου, born in Limassol, Cyprus on 25 April 1977) is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) an ...
, who would represent
Cyprus in 2005, and
Martin Vučić
Martin Vučić ( mk, Мартин Вучиќ, sr-Cyrl, Мартин Вучић) is a Macedonian pop musician.
Biography
He finished elementary school in Skopje and expressed his interests in music at an early age. He started playing drums at ...
, who would represent
Macedonia in 2005, were featured as guest performers during the show.
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 ''
Evropesma-Europjesma 2004''.
On 7 March, former Serbian and Montenegrin Eurovision contestant and composer of Tomašević's song,
Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar an ...
, 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
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Initially, the party advocated liberalism and the bringing down of Milo Đuk ...
titled "Poljem se vije". Following an investigation by the
European Broadcasting Union
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(EBU), the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group concluded that "Zauvijek moja" was eligible for the contest.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "
Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the twelve highest placed finishers in the
2004
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contest are required to qualify from the semi-final in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. As Serbia and Montenegro finished second in the 2004 contest, the nation automatically qualified to compete in the final on 21 May 2005. On 22 March 2005, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and final, and Serbia and Montenegro was set to perform in position 12 in the final, following the entry from
Israel
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and before the entry from
Denmark
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...
. Serbia and Montenegro placed seventh in the final, scoring 137 points.
The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Serbia on
RTS1
RTS1 (Serbian Cyrillic: РТС1; First program of RTS ( sr, Први програм РТС-а/), First channel of RTS (/ ) or only First (/ )) is a Serbian public mainstream TV channel operated by RTS.
Previously on RTS1
Serbian TV series
*Ј ...
and
RTS Sat
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Audience
The channel is aimed at Serb
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, ...
with commentary by
Duška Vučinić-Lučić
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Since 2003 she has provided national television commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest
The ...
, and in Montenegro on
TVCG 2
Radio and Television of Montenegro ( cnr, Радио и Телевизија Црне Горе, Radio i Televizija Crne Gore; abbr. /RTCG) is the public service broadcaster of Montenegro. A state-owned company with its headquarters in Podgorica, i ...
and
TVCG Sat with commentary for the semi-final by Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković, and commentary for the final by
Danijel Popović who represented
Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Yugoslavia took part in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest held in Munich, West Germany. It was represented by Daniel who sang Džuli.
Before Eurovision
Jugovizija 1983
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. The Serbian and Montenegrin spokesperson, who announced the Serbian and Montenegrin votes during the final, was Nina Radulović.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro and awarded by Serbia and Montenegro in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the semi-final and to Greece in the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro
Points awarded by Serbia and Montenegro
References
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision
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Eurovision
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