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Montenegro: NeonoeN comment on the possibility of being disqualified from Eurovision 2025.

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Just a few days ago, the band NeonoeN with their song “CLICKBAIT” won Montesong and the ticket to Basel, Switzerland, as they were selected to represent Montenegro at Eurovision 2025.

However, the national broadcaster of Montenegro, RTCG, confirmed the news that the winning band had presented a different version of the song “CLICKBAIT” before September 1, 2024, which violates the contest’s regulations, and if this is proven, NeonoeN may face disqualification.

The band, following the disclosure of this news, responded via social media, defending their victory and expressing their support in case another artist is chosen. Specifically, NeonoeN wrote in a post on their Instagram account:

Thank you to our colleagues and everyone who reached out to us. We are happy that you know that “CLICKBAIT” won under fair conditions and we had no advantage because we presented one of the versions of the song to a small audience in the past, when Montesong wasn’t even under consideration yet.

As we have already said, we love and appreciate all the participants in Montesong. We will respect any decision and are ready either to represent Montenegro to the best of our ability in Basel, or to support Nina if the decision is not in our favor.

Honestly, we expect and hope that NeonoeN and “CLICKBAIT” will impress at Eurovision and present Montenegro in the best possible way. After all, the EBU has dealt with similar situations in the past and always resolved them the same way.

Once again, THANK YOU all.

What will happen if NeonoeN is disqualified from Eurovision 2025?

Nina Žižić, who came second in Montesong with her song “Dobrodošli” (“Welcome”), could replace NeonoeN if they are disqualified from the contest. However, in the past, EBU has faced similar situations without canceling any participation. For example, after the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, a public performance of an earlier version of Jamala’s winning song “1944” from May 2015 was discovered. The video had been viewed by a few hundred people before it was published. The EBU then determined that the published video did not give Jamala’s song an unfair advantage in Eurovision 2016, and therefore no sanctions were imposed. A similar incident occurred with the 2019 Eurovision-winning song “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence, and the decision was similar to Jamala’s case.

You can listen to the song “CLICKBAIT” by NeonoeN below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgSe4zKNxc&ab_channel=ESCRock

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates!

SOURCE: euromix

Montenegro:Rotko Stjuart expresses his wish to represent Montenegro in a future contest!

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Despite Montenegro not taking part in this year’s contest,the Montenegrin artists’ interest in representing their homeland in a future edition of the Eurovision Song Contest remains high enough.Montenegrin virtual star Rotko Stuart,who started his singing career in 2021,has shown an immense interest in taking part in the contest by releasing a song dedicated to it with the title “Pjesma za Evroviziju / I Wanna Funk You”.

The artist explicitly stated his intention in representing Montenegro with the following words:

If you are a listener that felt bad because Montenegro once again withdrew from the biggest European music festival, I hope you will enjoy “Pjesma za Evroviziju” with which I will not be representing Montenegro this year. And spread the message onwards. If however you are a sponsor who would make it possible for Rotko to virtually represent Montenegro in Liverpool and to gather inspiration for his new songs and projects, you can contact me without any hesitation via rotkostjuart.me or my social media pages.

You can listen to his song here:

Montenegro debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest as a separate country in 2007 and has made it to the final only twice ever since,in 2014 and 2015,with the later one being their best result to date (Adi0-13th place in the final).The best result of a Montenegrin song to date,however,remains “Zauvijek Moja” by No Name,which reached a 7th place in the 2005 edition as part of Serbia and Montenegro.

You can listen to Montenegro’s best resulting entry here:

Source:escbubble