Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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 Montenegro
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal Selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Artist: 31 October 2014 Song: 17 March 2015 |
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| Selected entrant | Knez | |||
| Selected song | "Adio" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 57 points) | |||
| Final result | 13th, 44 points | |||
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Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Adio", written by Željko Joksimović, Marina Tucaković and Dejan Ivanović. The song was performed by Knez, who was selected by Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) in October 2014 to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. The song "Adio" was later presented to the public in March 2015. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals "Adio" placed ninth out of the 17 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Montenegro's seventh Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Adio" finished in thirteenth place, receiving 44 points. This was Montenegro's best placing in the contest, to this point, since their debut in 2007.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Montenegro had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent nation six times since its first entry in its own right in 2007. Its best placing in the contest was nineteenth, which it achieved in 2014 with the song "Moj svijet" performed by Sergej Ćetković. In 2014, Montenegro qualified to the final for the first time since they began participating. The nation briefly withdrew from the competition in 2010 and 2011 citing financial difficulties as the reason for their absence.
The Montenegrin broadcaster for the 2015 Contest, who broadcasts the event in Montenegro and organises the selection process for its entry, was Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG). Since 2009, the Montenegrin broadcaster has internally selected both the artists and song that would represent Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest. On 9 September 2014, RTCG confirmed that Montenegro would participate at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Later on 2 October 2014, the broadcaster revealed that the Montenegrin entry would be selected via an internal selection.
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