Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Montenegro
National selection
Selection process	Artist: MontenegroSong; Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 27 January 2008; Song: 8 March 2008
Selected entrant	Stefan Filipović
Selected song	"Zauvijek volim te"
Selected songwriter(s)	Grigor Koprov; Ognen Nedelkovski;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (14th)
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Montenegro was represented by Stefan Filipović with the song "Zauvijek volim te" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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 Podgorica 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.^[1]

Competing artists[]

Six artists: Andrea Demirović, Grim, Jelena Kažanegra, Nenad Knežević Knez, Stefan Filipović and Vesna Milačić Kaja, were invited by RTCG for the national final. The invited artists were announced on 13 January 2008.^[2]

Final[]

The final took place on 27 January 2008. The six competing artists performed cover versions of popular songs or original songs and Stefan Filipović was selected as the winner entirely public SMS voting.^[3] The public SMS vote in the final registered 6,355 votes.

Final – 27 January 2008
Draw	Artist	Song (Original artists)	Televote	Place
1	Andrea Demirović	"I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston)	1,300	2
2	Grim	"The Power of Love" (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)	345	5
3	Jelena Kažanegra	"The Best" (Bonnie Tyler/Tina Turner)	377	4
4	Nenad Knežević Knez	"Balerina" (Makadam)	667	3
5	Vesna Milačić Kaja	"Here I Go Again" (Whitesnake)	341	6
6	Stefan Filipović	"Za nju" (Original song)	3,325	1

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.^[4] "Zauvijek volim te" was written by Grigor Koprov, Ognen Nedelkovski and Vladimir Dojčinovski who had previously composed the Macedonian song in 2007. 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 20 May 2008, in Belgrade. However the entry failed to achieve enough votes in order to qualify for the final of the contest, finishing 14th.^[5]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Montenegro[]

Points awarded to Montenegro (Semi-final 1)^[6]
Score	Country
12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Slovenia
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	San Marino

Points awarded by Montenegro[]

Points awarded by Montenegro (Semi-final 1)^[6]
Score	Country
12 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 points	Slovenia
8 points	Russia
7 points	Greece
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Israel
4 points	Norway
3 points	Azerbaijan
2 points	Finland
1 point	Ireland

Points awarded by Montenegro (Final)^[7]
Score	Country
12 points	Serbia
10 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 points	Russia
7 points	Albania
6 points	Greece
5 points	Israel
4 points	Ukraine
3 points	Latvia
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Armenia

References[]

^ Floras, Stella (27 January 2008). "Live: Montenegro selects singer tonight". Esctoday. Retrieved 29 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Floras, Stella (13 January 2008). "Montenegrosong finalists announced". Esctoday.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Murray, Gavin (8 March 2008). "Tonight: Montenegro song presentation". Esctoday.
^ "First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Results of the Grand Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

External links[]

[1] Floras, Stella (27 January 2008). "Live: Montenegro selects singer tonight". Esctoday. Retrieved 29 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Floras, Stella (13 January 2008). "Montenegrosong finalists announced". Esctoday.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] Murray, Gavin (8 March 2008). "Tonight: Montenegro song presentation". Esctoday.

[5] "First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[2008semi1-6] "Results of the First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[2008final-7] "Results of the Grand Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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