Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Serbia and Montenegro
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	Beovizija 19 February 2005 Montevizija 2 March 2005 Evropjesma 15 March 2005
Selected entrant	No Name
Selected song	"Zauvijek Moja"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 137 points
Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005 • 2006►

Serbia and Montenegro were represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Montenegrin group No Name with the song "Zauvijek Moja".

Evropesma 2005

For full results, see Evropesma 2005

The national final was held in Podgorica on 4 March 2005. It featured 14 songs selected by Serbian broadcaster RTS in Beovizija 2005 festival and 10 songs that qualified from the Montenegrin semifinal "Montevizija 2005". "Zauvijek Moja" (Forever Mine) by the band No Name, a qualifier from Montenegro's semifinal, was the controversial winner of the event which was decided by a mixture of jury selection and televote. The Serbian favourite Jelena Tomašević with the song Jutro did not receive any points from the Montenegrin jury while No Name received a small amount of points from the Serbian jury. The probable partisan feeling that led to such a polarised outcome may be partly attributable to the fallout from an earlier heated dispute, initiated when the Serbian qualifiers had been actively promoted on the airwaves in the run-up to the final, in a breach of the rules agreed between the two sides, and one of the reason is probably last year's Evropesma, when all of the Montenegrin songs weren't awarded a single point by the Serbian jury. 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 the green light. The song won the award for the best composition in the contest. The song is written by Milan Perić and composed by Slaven Knezović.

At Eurovision

The spokesperson who revealed Serbia and Montenegro's votes for other countries was RTCG journalist and presenter Nina Radulovic.^[1]

Points Awarded by Serbia and Montenegro

Semi final 12 points  Croatia 10 points  Macedonia 8 points  Hungary 7 points  Slovenia 6 points  Moldova 5 points  Romania 4 points  Norway 3 points  Israel 2 points   Switzerland 1 point  Bulgaria

Final 12 points  Greece 10 points  Croatia 8 points  Albania 7 points  Macedonia 6 points  Hungary 5 points  Moldova 4 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 points  Romania 2 points  Norway 1 point  Cyprus

Points Awarded to Serbia and Montenegro

References

Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 2004 2005 2006
Artists 2000s Željko Joksimović No Name No Name
Songs 2000s "Lane moje" "Zauvijek moja" "Moja ljubavi"
Competed separately as Serbia and Montenegro from 2007 (Note: Entries scored out are when Serbia and Montenegro did not compete)