Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Montenegro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Heaven" performed by D mol. The group won the national final Montevizija 2019, where they were credited as D-Moll. The spelling of their name was later changed to D mol.

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Montenegro
National selection
Selection processMontevizija 2019
Selection date(s)9 February 2019
Selected entrantD mol
Selected song"Heaven"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Dejan Božović
  • Adis Eminić
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th)
Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2018 • 2019 • 2022►

Background
Main article: Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 contest, Montenegro had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent nation ten times since its first entry in its own right in 2007.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was thirteenth, which they achieved in 2015 with the song "Adio" performed by Knez. In 2014, Montenegro qualified to the final for the first time since they began participating and have since featured in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest two times up to this point. The nation briefly withdrew from the competition between 2010 and 2011 citing financial difficulties as the reason for their absence.[2][3] In 2007 and 2008, the Montenegrin entry was selected via the national final MontenegroSong. Since 2009, the broadcaster had opted to internally select both the artist and song that would represent Montenegro. For the selection of the 2018 entry, RTCG, the national broadcaster, opted to return to a national final format.[4] In 2018, Montenegro failed to qualify to the final, placing 16th in the second semi-final with the song "Inje" performed by Vanja Radovanović.

Before Eurovision

Montevizija 2019

Montevizija 2019 was the national final organised by RTCG in order to select Montenegro's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Five entries competed in a televised final on 9 February 2019, which was held at the RTCG studios in Podgorica and hosted by Ajda Šufta and Ivan Maksimović. The show was televised on TVCG 1, TVCG SAT and RTCG HD as well as broadcast online via the broadcaster's website rtcg.me.[5]

Competing entries

Artists and songwriters were able to submit their entries between 28 October 2018 and 28 November 2018. Songwriters of any nationality were allowed to submit entries, but songs were required to be either in Montenegrin or English.[6][7] At the closing of the deadline, RTCG received 27 entries. A selection jury consisting of composer Slaven Knezović, singer Vladimir Maraš, music and singing teacher Aleksandra Vojvodić Jovović, composer Slobodan Bučevac and producer, composer and arranger Mihailo Radonjić evaluated and marked the received submissions against a number of criteria: up to 50 points for composition, up to 30 points for lyrics and up to 20 points for the production potential of the composition. The top five entries were selected for the national final.[8] The selected entries were announced on 18 December 2018.[9]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Andrea Demirović "Ja sam ti san" Andrea Demirović, Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Adam Featherstone, Will Taylor
D-moll "Heaven" Dejan Božović, Adis Eminić
Ivana Popović-Martinović "Nevinost" Slavko Milovanović, Ivana Popović-Martinović
Monika Knezović "Nepogrješivo" Vladimir Graić, Snežana Vukomanović
Nina Petković "Uzmi ili ostavi" Bojan Momčilović, Nina Petković, Zoran Radonjić

Final

The final took place on 9 February 2019. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the combination of the votes of an international jury (25%), a Montenegrin expert jury (25%), a radio jury (25%) and public SMS voting (25%) selected the top two entries proceeded to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Heaven" performed by D-moll was selected as the winner entirely by public SMS voting.[10]

The international jury panel consisted of:[11]

Final – 9 February 2019
Draw Artist Song Jury Radio Televote Total Place
International Expert
1 D-moll "Heaven" 5 2 5 5 17 1
2 Andrea Demirović "Ja sam ti san" 1 3 3 0 7 3
3 Monika Knezović "Nepogrješivo" 2 1 0 1 4 5
4 Ivana Popović-Martinović "Nevinost" 3 5 1 3 12 2
5 Nina Petković "Uzmi ili ostavi" 0 0 2 2 4 4
Detailed International Jury Votes
Draw Song
UKR
AZE
SLO
HUN
MLT
SWE		 Total Points
1 "Heaven" 213212 115
2 "Ja sam ti san" 455143 221
3 "Nepogrješivo" 134434 192
4 "Nevinost" 341421 143
5 "Uzmi ili ostavi" 522555 240
Detailed Radio Jury Votes
Draw Song Andrijevica Cetinje Bar Ulcinj Budva Tivat Kotor Herceg
Novi		 R98 CG1 Nikšić Danilovgrad Bijelo
Polje		 Glas
Plava		 Rožaje Berane Petnjica Total Points
1 "Heaven" 11535311441522211 425
2 "Ja sam ti san" 42122225225211423 423
3 "Nepogrješivo" 23353454134455345 630
4 "Nevinost" 55414532313133552 551
5 "Uzmi ili ostavi" 34241143552344134 532
Superfinal – 9 February 2019
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 D-moll "Heaven" 62% 1
2 Ivana Popović-Martinović "Nevinost" 38% 2

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Montenegro was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[12]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Montenegro was set to perform in position 2, following the entry from Cyprus and preceding the entry from Finland.[13]

Semi-final

Montenegro performed second in the first semi-final, following the entry from Cyprus and preceding the entry from Finland. At the end of the show, Montenegro was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed sixteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 46 points: 15 points from the televoting and 31 points from the juries.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results will be released shortly after the grand final.[14]

Points awarded to Montenegro
Points awarded to Montenegro (Semi-final 1)[15]
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Serbia
10 points  San Marino
8 points  Serbia
7 points  Slovenia
6 points
5 points  Greece
4 points  Cyprus
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Montenegro

Detailed voting results

The following members composed the Montenegrin jury:[14]

  • Vjera Nikolić (jury chairperson) – music professor
  • Verica Čuljković – music professor
  • Marko Pešić – musician, represented Montenegro in the 2016 contest as member of Highway
  • Saša Barjaktarović – music professor
  • Igor Perović – musician, journalist
Detailed voting results from Montenegro (Semi-final 1)[15]
Draw Country Jury Televote
V. Čuljković M. Pešić S. Barjaktarović V. Nikolić I. Perović Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus242363874
02  Montenegro
03  Finland12131016111215
04  Poland9121315141513
05  Slovenia14161211910138
06  Czech Republic4579108383
07  Hungary6114475614
08  Belarus16101410131465
09  Serbia3852147112
10  Belgium8141614121111
11  Georgia1078859216
12  Australia739586547
13  Iceland1166747456
14  Estonia13151512161692
15  Portugal1591113151312
16  Greece12162112101
17  San Marino51313210210
Detailed voting results from Montenegro (Final)[16]
Draw Country Jury Televote
V. Čuljković M. Pešić S. Barjaktarović V. Nikolić I. Perović Rank Points Rank Points
01  Malta1264455619
02  Albania1632323847
03  Czech Republic1015816810118
04  Germany11252425232326
05  Russia151113210210
06  Denmark417209138317
07  San Marino2626266261938
08  North Macedonia255564756
09  Sweden8121315221720
10  Slovenia1910191471574
11  Cyprus24461846514
12  Netherlands2013127912101
13  Greece2572526252023
14  Israel17192324212525
15  Norway5221722121413
16  United Kingdom21182121202424
17  Iceland6241019141392
18  Estonia2323911151821
19  Belarus13161420242216
20  Azerbaijan1411710161183
21  France18212223192622
22  Italy79158179265
23  Serbia12321112112
24  Switzerland9141112181611
25  Australia381813107415
26  Spain22201617112112

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