Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Montenegrin entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG. Who See represented Montenegro with the song "Igranka", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final of the contest, placing 12th and scoring 41 points, their second best result in the history of Montenegro taking part in Eurovision at the time, and Montenegro's fourth best result to date.
On 20 December 2012, RTCG announced that hip-hop duo Who See would represent Montenegro in Malmö.[1] The duo consists of Dejan Dedović and Mario Đorđević. On 1 February 2013, RTCG announced that Nina Žižić would join the duo as a featured vocalist.[2] The Montenegrin song, "Igranka", was presented during a television special titled on 14 February 2013.[3][4] The show was televised on TVCG 1 and RTV Montenegro as well as broadcast online via the broadcaster's website rtcg.me and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[5] "Igranka" was written by Who See and Wikluh Sky, while production and mixing was carried out by Wikluh Sky.[2] The duo recorded the music video for the song in Podgorica and directed by Zoran Markovic—Zonja.[4]
At Eurovision[]
Who See at the first semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö
Montenegro was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[6] In the first semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Montenegro would perform 9th, following the Netherlands and preceding Lithuania.[7] This was the first time since 2007 that Montenegro was not drawn to open the semifinal during their participation. The Montenegrin performance featured the members of Who See dressed as astronauts, while Nina Žižić was dressed like a cyborg.[8] Montenegro failed to qualify from the first semi-final of the competition, placing 12th and scoring 41 points.[9][10]
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