Montenegro: With Neonoen and “Clickbait” in Basel!

Tonight the national final of Montenegro took place for the selection of the country’s participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Montesong 2024 was held in Podgorica, at the Voco Sports Hall with a total of sixteen competing artists.

Montenegro will return to the contest after two years break. The last time they participated was with Vladana who finished 17th in the semi-final and did not qualify to the grand final.

The presenters of the national final were Marko Todorović and Vladana Vučinić.

The Show

The show started with Danijel Popovic, a well-known Montenegrin artist who went to Eurovision for Yugoslavia back in 1983, performing the beloved Yugoslav song “Džuli” (Julie), that got the fourth place. Vladana Vučinić also performed her song “Breathe” , but the Italian version. Afterwards, the hosts took us through a deep-dive of Montenegrin Eurovision history, showcasing all the iconic moments. After even more history, and a special shout-out to Basel, the show began.

Before the voting started, the hosts joked about Montenegro not having a place where Eurovision could be hosted. Because of that, they jokingly hoped for the second place. While people were voting, Sergej Ćetković performed “Moj Svijet”.

After the the voting closed Emmelie de Forest performed her winning song “Only Teardrops”.

The order of performances was as follows:

1. Anastasija Koprolčec – “Kraj” (The end)
2. Tina Džankić – “Nova” (New)
3. Nemanja Petrović – “Među zvijezdama” (Among the stars)
4. Bend 9 – “Stop war”
5. Tamara Živković – “Poguban let” (Fatal flight)
6. Luka Radović – “Kada dođe maj” (When May comes)
7. Đurđa – “To ljubav je” (That’s love)
8. Kejt – “Obala raja” (Coast of paradise)
9. Nina Žižić – “Dobro došli” (Welcome)
10. Neonoen – “Clickbait”
11. Isak Šabanović- “Ljeto, ljeto, ljeto” (Summer, summer, summer)
12. Glumci Bend – “San” (Dream)
13. Dolce Hera – “Repeat”
14. Baryak – “Dva srca” (Two hearts)
15. Verica Čuljković – “Čuješ li” (Do you hear?)
16. Milena Vučić – “Škorpija” (Scorpio)

Voting

The winner of Montesong 2024 was determined by a 50% jury vote and a 50% public televote. The jury consisted of seven members, who awarded points (1 to 7, 8, 10, and 12) to their ten favorite songs. These points were then combined to give an overall jury result, which were converted into points from 1 to 7, 8, 10, and 12.

For the public vote, voters were able to submit only one vote per phone number. Voting was done via SMS and the cost was 1 Euro. Voting opened for 20 minutes, and the total votes were then converted into points from 1 to 7, 8, 10, and 12

Results

The voting was formed by 50% jury vote and a 50% public televote. The jury results were:

The jury awarded with 12 points Nemanja Petrović, Baryak, Nina Žižić, Neonoen and Milena. The winner of the jury vote was Nina Žižić.

The public gave the 12 points to Baryak. The number of televotes was announced by the televote supervisor and was in total 2233 votes.

The winner was Neonoen with “Clickbait”. They got 10 points from both the televote and the jury.

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