Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Serbia and Montenegro
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	Beovizija 10 March 2006 Montevizija 24 February 2006 Evrop(j)esma 11 March 2006
Selected entrant	No Name
Selected song	"Moja ljubavi"
Finals performance
Final result	Withdrawn
Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2005 • 2006

Serbia and Montenegro originally applied to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 selecting Montenegrin group No Name with the song "Moja ljubavi", however due to the tactical voting of RTCG jurors, the country did not participate.

Evropesma 2006

For full results, see Evropesma 2006

2006 Evropesma, held in Belgrade, 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, and threw objects (such as bottles) at the stage, as they came out to accept the award and perform their song again, in the Eurovision Song Contest tradition. The audience then wooed Flamingosi on stage and they performed their song with the other finalists from Beovizija present on stage.

Withdrawal

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. 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. 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 broadcast the semifinal and final, the viewers were able to vote, but only those in Serbia.^[1] At the same time, RTCG requested from the European Broadcasting Union that they intervene in accepting the voting results from the controversial contest.^[2]

At Eurovision

Despite not participating, Serbia and Montenegro was still able to vote in the semifinal and in the final. The spokesperson who revealed Serbia and Montenegro's votes for other countries was Jovana Janković.

Points Awarded by Serbia and Montenegro

Semi final 12 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 points  Macedonia 8 points  Finland 7 points  Slovenia 6 points  Russia 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Lithuania 2 points  Iceland 1 point  Ireland

Final 12 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 points  Croatia 8 points  Macedonia 7 points  Finland 6 points  Greece 5 points  Russia 4 points  Romania 3 points  Lithuania 2 points  Ukraine 1 point  Sweden

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)