Evropesma
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Evropesma or Europjesma (Еуропјесма; Montenegro
's version of the name) was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro
which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest
. It was organized by the Serbia and Montenegro
union of broadcasters UJRT (consisting of RTS
and RTCG
).
In 2005 and 2006, Beovizija
and Montevizija
served as Serbia
's and Montenegro
's semi-finals for Evrop(j)esma (respectively). After the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro, the semifinal contests took over the role of this festival.
argued that fairly anonymous representatives from Montenegro
have little chance against a number of big music stars that generally take part on behalf of RTS
, and who are usually famous in Montenegro itself. RTCG
failed to engage any of the big Montenegro
stars that could actually gain televotes to take part in Montevizija
. Because of this, RTCG demanded that televoting should only be a part of the decision on who is going to win the competition. As a result, there are four judges appointed by RTCG, four by RTS and televoting was the ninth jury member. Points are allocated as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7,8,9 and 10 in 2004).
, Serbia
, featured 24 performers, 19 from Serbia and only 5 from Montenegro
. Four of the songs that represented RTS were selected in Beovizija 2004
, which was in part a semifinal for Evrop(j)esma. The representatives for RTCG were selected internally, and the others were selected by UJRT. Željko Joksimović
won the 2004 Evropesma with "Lane moje", going on to reach second place in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul
, Turkey
. The members of the Serbian jury didn't give a single point to the songs that represented Montenegro
, which caused some controversy. But, the both sides agreed that Željko Joksimović was the best choice.
In the table above, the songs that represented RTCG
are in Italic font. The qualifying songs from Beovizija
are in bold.
, Montenegro
. Even before the contest started there were some controversies. RTCG said that RTS was favoring their entrants Ogi Radivojević and Jelena Tomašević
, runner up and winner, respectively, of Beovizija 2005
. Željko Joksimović
, author of the song "Jutro" performed by Jelena Tomašević, even arranged a winning party for Jelena, before the show. RTCG judges voted by awarding few points to any of the Serbian performers, while giving the maximum points the band No Name
(who also won the televote
). They didn't give any points to the Serbian performers, while the RTS jury did give a small number of points to the Montenegrin ones.
Before allowing Zauvijek moja
to be confirmed as Serbia and Montenegro
's entry, the EBU launched an investigation into a number of formal complaints, which also related to hotly disputed allegations of plagiarism. However, after prolonged deliberations, the song was given green light.
There were rumors that the televote, which only lasted for 10 minutes, was free of charge in Montenegro and not in Serbia, but it was proven false.
In the table above, shaded columns correspond to jurors from Montenegro and italicized rows correspond to songs from Serbia.
, Serbia
, on March 11, 2006, saw the same voting pattern from the judges from both republics: this year's favorites, once again winners and the runner up of Beovizija 2006
, Flamingosi
feat. Louis
and Ana Nikolić
, respectively, received no points from the RTCG judges. The judges appointed by RTS in turn awarded eight points to No Name
and four points to Stevan Faddy
, enough for No Name to score another win. The Beovizija favorites Flamingosi finished second. The televote placed Beovizija favorites first and second and No Name third.
The stir began during the voting, as the audience started leaving the event in the midst of it, after realizing that their favourites were not going to win. The remaining audience booed No Name off the stage, with trowing objects (even bottles) to the stage, as they came out to accept the award and perform their song again, in the Eurovision Song Contest tradition. Audience then wooed Flamingosi on stage and they performed their song with the other finalists from Beovizija present on stage.
As a result, the Executive Board of UJRT did not accept the victory of No Name, stating that voting violated the merits of the competition, albeit not being found irregular. Source: UJRT statement
The Director General of the RTS and the head of UJRT, Aleksandar Tijanić
, wrote a letter to his counterpart at the RTCG, Radovan Miljanić, suggesting that a new contest be held, featuring five songs from both semi-finals that got the most points. The winner would be selected solely through televoting
http://www.rts.rs/euro/jedna_vest.asp?source=komentar&IDNews=469. At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union
that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest. The European Broadcasting Union responded on March 18, 2006, two days before the deadline for the submission of the national entry to the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, by suggesting that the broadcasters find a solution on their own http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/5804. This was to no avail, and finally, on March 20, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. As the UJRT broadcasted the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote, but only those in Serbia.
As the withdrawal left an empty slot in the final, Croatia
and their representative Severina
took it. The 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Croatia
n representative Boris Novković
won the 11th place, one place below the cutoff for the direct entry into the final.
In this table, red color denotes songs and jurors from Montenegro, blue those from Serbia.
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
's version of the name) was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
. It was organized by the Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
union of broadcasters UJRT (consisting of RTS
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
and RTCG
RTCG
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...
).
In 2005 and 2006, Beovizija
Beovizija
Beovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
and Montevizija
Montevizija
Montevizija was a pop music festival. It was the Montenegrin semi-final to choose songs for the final, Europjesma. The winner of Europjesma was going to represent Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest. Montevizija was organized by RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster...
served as Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
's and Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
's semi-finals for Evrop(j)esma (respectively). After the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro, the semifinal contests took over the role of this festival.
Voting process
RTCGRTCG
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...
argued that fairly anonymous representatives from Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
have little chance against a number of big music stars that generally take part on behalf of RTS
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
, and who are usually famous in Montenegro itself. RTCG
RTCG
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...
failed to engage any of the big Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
stars that could actually gain televotes to take part in Montevizija
Montevizija
Montevizija was a pop music festival. It was the Montenegrin semi-final to choose songs for the final, Europjesma. The winner of Europjesma was going to represent Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest. Montevizija was organized by RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster...
. Because of this, RTCG demanded that televoting should only be a part of the decision on who is going to win the competition. As a result, there are four judges appointed by RTCG, four by RTS and televoting was the ninth jury member. Points are allocated as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7,8,9 and 10 in 2004).
Winners
- 2004 Željko JoksimovićŽeljko JoksimovicŽeljko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries...
(won 2nd place in the ESC 2004) - 2005 No NameNo Name (band)No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and...
(won 7th place in the ESC 2005) - 2006 No NameNo Name (band)No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and...
(disputed by RTSRadio Television of SerbiaRadio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
, unverified by UJRT)
2004 event and controversy
The first Evrop(j)esma, held February 21, 2004, in BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, featured 24 performers, 19 from Serbia and only 5 from Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
. Four of the songs that represented RTS were selected in Beovizija 2004
Beovizija 2004
Beovizija 2004 was the second edition of Beovizija. This year's festival was also the semi-final for Evropesma 2004, the festival where the Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 Eurovision Song Contest was chosen....
, which was in part a semifinal for Evrop(j)esma. The representatives for RTCG were selected internally, and the others were selected by UJRT. Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimovic
Željko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries...
won the 2004 Evropesma with "Lane moje", going on to reach second place in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The members of the Serbian jury didn't give a single point to the songs that represented Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, which caused some controversy. But, the both sides agreed that Željko Joksimović was the best choice.
| Draw | Singer | Song | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jovana Nikolić | Posle Tebe | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | ||
| 2 | Teodora Bojović & Nightshift | Daj Mi Snage | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | ||||
| 3 | Evropa | Evropa | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 37 | ||||
| 4 | Extra Nena | More Ljubavi | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | |||||
| 5 | Saša Vasić | Priznaj | 15 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 6 | Jelena Tomašević Jelena Tomaševic Jelena Tomašević is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".- Music career :Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won... |
Kad Ne Bude Tvoje Ljubavi | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | |||||
| 7 | Slobodan Bajić | Možeš Da Me Ne Voliš | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 8 | Ana Milenković | Takva Žena | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 9 | Tanja Banjanin | Istina | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Boris Režak | Zauvek | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Knez | Navika | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
| 12 | Negre | K'o Nijedna Druga | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 46 | ||||
| 13 | Madam Piano | Igra | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | |||||
| 14 | Negative Negative (pop-rock band) -History:Negative was formed in 1999 by a former Tap 011 vocalist Ivana Pavlović, guitarists Nikola Radaković and Vladimir "Grle" Đurđević, bass guitarist Milen Zlatanović and drummer Miloš Bilanović. They released their debut self-titled album Negative in 1999. The album was mostly power... |
Zbunjena | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 44 | ||||
| 15 | Tanja Jovićević | Uzmi Me | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| 16 | Saša Dragaš | Dao Bih Sve | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Sergej Ćetković Sergej Cetkovic Sergej Ćetković is a popular Montenegrin singer in former Yugoslavia.-Biography:Sergej Ćetković was born in Podgorica, Montenegro on 8 March 1976.... |
Ne Mogu Da Ti Oprostim | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimovic Željko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries... |
Lane Moje | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 84 |
| 19 | Leontina | Zamisli | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 20 | Peti Element | Reka Bez Povratka | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 47 |
| 21 | Nataša Kojić | Moje Oko Plavo | 21 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 22 | Mogul | Ne Trgujem Osećanjima | 20 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 23 | Mari Mari | Kad Ponos Ubije Ljubav | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 24 | Andrijana Božović & Marija Božović | Nijedna Suza | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 |
In the table above, the songs that represented RTCG
RTCG
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...
are in Italic font. The qualifying songs from Beovizija
Beovizija
Beovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
are in bold.
2005 event and controversy
Europjesma 2005 was held on March 4, 2005, in PodgoricaPodgorica
Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
. Even before the contest started there were some controversies. RTCG said that RTS was favoring their entrants Ogi Radivojević and Jelena Tomašević
Jelena Tomaševic
Jelena Tomašević is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".- Music career :Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won...
, runner up and winner, respectively, of Beovizija 2005
Beovizija 2005
Beovizija 2005 is the 3rd edition of Beovizija. Jelena Tomašević won Beovizija 2005 with the song Jutro, written by Željko Joksimović and Aleksandra Milutinović...
. Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimovic
Željko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries...
, author of the song "Jutro" performed by Jelena Tomašević, even arranged a winning party for Jelena, before the show. RTCG judges voted by awarding few points to any of the Serbian performers, while giving the maximum points the band No Name
No Name (band)
No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and...
(who also won the televote
Televoting
Televoting, telephone voting or phone voting is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by telephone. Televoting can also extend to voting by SMS text message via a mobile cell phone.- Broadcast contest televoting :...
). They didn't give any points to the Serbian performers, while the RTS jury did give a small number of points to the Montenegrin ones.
Before allowing Zauvijek moja
Zauvijek moja
"Zauvijek moja" is a pop song by Montenegrin band No Name which won the festivals Montevizija 2005 and Evropesma and so was selected to represent Serbia and Montenegro at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. No Name went directly to the finals, due to Serbia and Montenegro's second place the...
to be confirmed as Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
's entry, the EBU launched an investigation into a number of formal complaints, which also related to hotly disputed allegations of plagiarism. However, after prolonged deliberations, the song was given green light.
There were rumors that the televote, which only lasted for 10 minutes, was free of charge in Montenegro and not in Serbia, but it was proven false.
| Rank | Order | Song | Singer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Televoting | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Zauvijek moja | No Name No Name (band) No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and... |
6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 32607 | 12 | 84 |
| 2 | 9 | Jutro | Jelena Tomašević Jelena Tomaševic Jelena Tomašević is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".- Music career :Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won... |
12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 16978 | 10 | 54 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Hajde Cico | Ogi | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4187 | 7 | 51 | ||||
| 4 | 24 | Utjeha | Stevan Faddy Stevan Faddy Stevan Faddy born 2 September 1986 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Sunčane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala"... |
10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4283 | 8 | 50 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Šta će mi dani | Andrea Demirović Andrea Demirovic Andrea Demirović also known as simply Andrea, is a Montenegrin singer and a student of the Cetinje Music Academy - Music Pedagogy.... |
8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1784 | 4 | 42 | |||
| 6 | 15 | Sve ti boje dobro stoje | Andrijana Božović | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1466 | 3 | 35 | ||
| 6 | 20 | Govor tijela | Marko Vukčević | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 35 | ||||
| 8 | 18 | Nama treba ljubav | Maja Mitrović | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 9 | 17 | Svejedno | Bojan Marović Bojan Marovic Bojan Marović is a Montenegrin singer and actor. He is from and currently resides in Podgorica.-Biography:... |
4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3079 | 6 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Nevidljiva | Ana Cvetković | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 748 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 22 | Pronađi put | Marija Božović | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | Nebo | Dušan Zrnić | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| 13 | 12 | U oku tvom | Ivana Popović | 1 | 6 | 2066 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | Ti si kriv | Teodora Bojović | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | Pobedila si me | Džej i Maja | 5 | 898 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 16 | 13 | Minđuša | Koktel Bend | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Praznina | Svetlana Raičković | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 18 | 19 | Ponuda | Marija Šerifović Marija Šerifovic Marija Šerifović is a singer from Serbia. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović was born in Kragujevac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia and is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer... |
2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| 19 | 10 | Kada ljubav umire | Biljana Mitrović | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 19 | 1 | Bolje da te nemam | Lu Lu | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 21 | 14 | Kaži sestro | Viktorija | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 16 | Ko je kriv | Tatjana Đorđević Tatjana Djordjevic Tatjana Đorđević is a young Serbian, Rock female singer.-Career:... |
0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 21 | Dobre devojke | Taša | 0 |
In the table above, shaded columns correspond to jurors from Montenegro and italicized rows correspond to songs from Serbia.
2006 event and controversy
2006 Evropesma, held in BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, on March 11, 2006, saw the same voting pattern from the judges from both republics: this year's favorites, once again winners and the runner up of Beovizija 2006
Beovizija 2006
Beovizija 2006 was the 4th edition of Beovizija. 23 songs competed in the Beovizija 2006 contest, one song, due to be performed by Zvezde Granda and Nevena Paripović, was not featured, though no reason was given for this....
, Flamingosi
Flamingosi
Flamingosi is a popular Serbian duo. Its members are the Serbian TV presenter Ognjen Amidžić and actor Marinko Madžgalj . The group was founded in the summer of 2005. Their style was a mix of typical Serbian Folk, rock and jazz. They became a big hit that year, in turn gaining mass popularity...
feat. Louis
Ljubiša Stojanovic Louis
Ljubiša Stojanović "Louis" was a Serbian singer, born in Leskovac. Louis was known for his unique musical style and was in the music business from 1970 until his death. His stage name Louis originated from when he was nine and successfully performed Louis Armstrong's songs. He graduated from the...
and Ana Nikolić
Ana Nikolic
Ana Nikolić is a well known Serbian pop singer-songwriter. She won over Serbian audience not only by her song named “Januar”, but also with her attractive appearance and seductive dancing performance which she studied and perfected on Musical Academy in Berlin...
, respectively, received no points from the RTCG judges. The judges appointed by RTS in turn awarded eight points to No Name
No Name (band)
No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and...
and four points to Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy born 2 September 1986 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Sunčane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala"...
, enough for No Name to score another win. The Beovizija favorites Flamingosi finished second. The televote placed Beovizija favorites first and second and No Name third.
The stir began during the voting, as the audience started leaving the event in the midst of it, after realizing that their favourites were not going to win. The remaining audience booed No Name off the stage, with trowing objects (even bottles) to the stage, as they came out to accept the award and perform their song again, in the Eurovision Song Contest tradition. Audience then wooed Flamingosi on stage and they performed their song with the other finalists from Beovizija present on stage.
As a result, the Executive Board of UJRT did not accept the victory of No Name, stating that voting violated the merits of the competition, albeit not being found irregular. Source: UJRT statement
The Director General of the RTS and the head of UJRT, Aleksandar Tijanić
Aleksandar Tijanic
Aleksandar Tijanić , Serbian journalist and current national TV director, was born in Đakovica, FPR Yugoslavia on 13 December 1950...
, wrote a letter to his counterpart at the RTCG, Radovan Miljanić, suggesting that a new contest be held, featuring five songs from both semi-finals that got the most points. The winner would be selected solely through televoting
Televoting
Televoting, telephone voting or phone voting is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by telephone. Televoting can also extend to voting by SMS text message via a mobile cell phone.- Broadcast contest televoting :...
http://www.rts.rs/euro/jedna_vest.asp?source=komentar&IDNews=469. At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest. The European Broadcasting Union responded on March 18, 2006, two days before the deadline for the submission of the national entry to the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, by suggesting that the broadcasters find a solution on their own http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/5804. This was to no avail, and finally, on March 20, 2006, Serbia and Montenegro officially withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. As the UJRT broadcasted the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote, but only those in Serbia.
As the withdrawal left an empty slot in the final, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
and their representative Severina
Severina Vuckovic
Severina Vučković is a Croatian singer and actress. She is commonly referred to by her stage name Severina.- Music career :Severina's style can be described as pop with various folk and cabaret influences. As a child, she took smaller parts in theatre and opera productions in her native Split...
took it. The 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n representative Boris Novković
Boris Novkovic
Boris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager...
won the 11th place, one place below the cutoff for the direct entry into the final.
| Points awarded at Evropesma 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Order | Song | Singer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Televoting | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Moja ljubavi Moja Ljubavi "Moja ljubavi" is a pop song by Montenegrin boy band No Name that was placed second in the Montenegrin semifinal Montevizija 2006 and won the Serbo-Montenegrin Eurovision Song Contest national selection Evropesma/Europjesma 2006 with a new arrangement and therefore became the Serbian and... |
No Name No Name (band) No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and... |
12 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3475 | 8 | 64 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Ludi letnji ples | Flamingosi Flamingosi Flamingosi is a popular Serbian duo. Its members are the Serbian TV presenter Ognjen Amidžić and actor Marinko Madžgalj . The group was founded in the summer of 2005. Their style was a mix of typical Serbian Folk, rock and jazz. They became a big hit that year, in turn gaining mass popularity... feat. Louis Ljubiša Stojanovic Louis Ljubiša Stojanović "Louis" was a Serbian singer, born in Leskovac. Louis was known for his unique musical style and was in the music business from 1970 until his death. His stage name Louis originated from when he was nine and successfully performed Louis Armstrong's songs. He graduated from the... |
12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11928 | 12 | 60 | ||||
| 3 | 9 | Cipele | Stevan Faddy Stevan Faddy Stevan Faddy born 2 September 1986 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Sunčane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala"... |
10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1583 | 6 | 50 | |||
| 4 | 17 | Za nju | Stefan Filipović Stefan Filipovic Stefan Filipović is a Montenegrin pop singer.- Biography :... |
7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 561 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | 22 | Romale romali | Ana Nikolić Ana Nikolic Ana Nikolić is a well known Serbian pop singer-songwriter. She won over Serbian audience not only by her song named “Januar”, but also with her attractive appearance and seductive dancing performance which she studied and perfected on Musical Academy in Berlin... |
8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3981 | 10 | 46 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | Lazarica | Ivana Jordan | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2007 | 7 | 42 | ||
| 7 | 19 | Sudbina | Bojan Delić | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 405 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | 24 | Greh | Tijana Dapčević | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 687 | 5 | 27 | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Feniks | Nela Popović | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | Da ti se dlanovi zalede | Mari Mari | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | Anđeo u očima | Crveno i crno | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||||||
| 12 | 20 | Kapija | Biber | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| 13 | 18 | Kad ti treba | Maja Nikolić Maja Nikolić Maja Nikolić is a famous contemporary pop star in Serbia. Maja showed a preference for music at the early age. She inherited her singing gift from her father and mother. Her father, Novak has his own band and sings pop music, while her mother Slavica sings traditional music... |
6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||||
| 14 | 1 | Koraci | Dan poslije | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 15 | 13 | Željna | Vladana & Bojana | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |||||||
| 16 | 23 | Uspavanka | Grim Grim (band) Grim was a Montenegrin gothic metal band. It was formed in 1999 in Bar, Montenegro. Their first single "Rijeka Moga Sna" was released in 2003, and a video was filmed for it... |
3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| 17 | 21 | Naći ću te | Jelena Kažanegra | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
| 18 | 12 | Konak | Ana Bekuta | 2 | 3 | 419 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | Živa sam | Milena Vučić | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Kap po kap | Romana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 21 | 11 | Putujem sama | Krug | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 22 | 16 | Jednom pokidano | Blizanci Blizanci Blizanci is a Serbian musical duo. Its members are composed of twins Predrag and Nenad Jovanović, hence the name Blizanci .-Biography:... |
412 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23 | 6 | Maler | Blah, blah bend | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 | 10 | Poruka za ljubav | Ivana Knežević | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
In this table, red color denotes songs and jurors from Montenegro, blue those from Serbia.