Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
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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 internally selected by the Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Songwriter Željko Joksimović represented Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Lane moje" and Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nije ljubav stvar" where he respectively placed second and third in the grand final of the competition. Knez was announced as the Montenegrin representative on 31 October 2014, while his song, "Adio", was presented to the public on 17 March 2015.
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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Country | Montenegro | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 31 October 2014 Song: 17 March 2015 | |||
Selected entrant | Knez | |||
Selected song | "Adio" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 57 points) | |||
Final result | 13th, 44 points | |||
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Montenegro was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 4, "Adio" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 10 May. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed ninth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points. In the final, Montenegro performed in position 16 and placed thirteenth out of the 27 participating countries, scoring 44 points.