Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Serbia and Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision [Song Contest 2005] with the song "Zauvijek moja", composed by Slaven Knezović, with lyrics by written by Milan Perić, and performed by the band No Name. The Serbian-Montenegrin participant broadcaster, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija, organised the national final Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 in order to select its entry for the contest. Serbian Radio Television of Serbia and Montenegrin Radio and Television of Montenegro each submitted twelve entries from their respective selections Beovizija 2005 and Montevizija 2005 with twenty-four entries in total competing in the national final on 4 March 2005. "Zauvijek moja" performed by No Name was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from an eight-member jury panel and a public televote.
As one of ten highest placed finishers in the contest Serbia and Montenegro directly qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2005. Performing in position 12, Serbia and Montenegro placed seventh out of the 24 participating countries with 137 points.
Background
Prior to the 2005 contest, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Serbia and Montenegro as an independent country one time. Its only entry, "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović, placed second.As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, UJRT organised the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest while Serbian Radio Television of Serbia and Montenegrin Radio and Television of Montenegro broadcast the event within their respective republics. UJRT confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2005 contest on 14 November 2004. The Evropesma-Europjesma national final had been used in 2004 in order to select its entry, a procedure that continued for the selection of the 2005 entry as announced along with its participation confirmation.
Before Eurovision
''Beovizija 2005''
RTS organised the 3rd edition of Beovizija in order to select its entries for the national final. Jelena Tomašević won Beovizija 2005 with the song "Jutro", written by Željko Joksimović and Aleksandra Milutinović. She received 78 points from the jury and the maximum 12 points by SMS and televoting. The hosts were actors Slobodan Ninković and Jelena Jovičić, who sang many former Eurovision Song Contest hits as a tribute to 50th anniversary of the event.| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Maja Mitrović | "Nama treba ljubav" | 13 | 3 | 16 | 11 |
| 2 | Dušan Zrnić | "Nebo" | 13 | 4 | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Epilog | "Oproštaj" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Tatjana Đorđević | "Ko je kriv" | 9 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Lu Lu | "Bolje da te nemam" | 14 | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| 6 | Momčilo Klinika | "Marija" | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Koktel bend | "Minđuša" | 24 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| 8 | Ana Cvetković | "Nevidljiva" | 60 | 7 | 67 | 3 |
| 9 | Urban puls | "Ti znaš" | 7 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Boban | "Šta mi vredi" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Luna | "Sentimientos" | 11 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 12 | Marija Šerifović | "Ponuda" | 33 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| 13 | Nataša Kojić – Taša | "Dobre devojke" | 24 | 6 | 30 | 8 |
| 14 | Draft | "Dodir" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Trik FX | "Robija" | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | Jelena Tomašević | "Jutro" | 78 | 12 | 90 | 1 |
| 17 | Astra | "Potraži me" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | Ziki | "Čovek kao ja" | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 19 | Džej and Maja | "Pobedila si me" | 38 | 10 | 48 | 4 |
| 20 | Ogi | "Hajde Cico" | 61 | 8 | 69 | 2 |
| 21 | Čipi | "Ljubav–vest dana" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 22 | Viktorija | "Kaži sestro" | 37 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| 23 | Teodora Bojović | "Ti si kriv" | 34 | 5 | 39 | 5 |
''Montevizija 2005''
RTCG organised the first edition of Montevizija in order to select its entries for the national final. Montevizija 2005 was held on 2 March in Podgorica hosted by Andrija Milošević, Žana Gardašević, and Anđela Nenadović. Twenty-four songs competed and nine juries – 8 jury members and a public televote determined the ten songs to progress to the final of Evropjesma.| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Nina Petković | "Ljubav je" | 11 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 2 | Slobodan Kovačević | "Јој" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Duka Martinović | "Nisam tvoj" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Mićo Vujović | "Naopačke" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | No Name | "Zauvijek moja" | 85 | 12 | 97 | 1 |
| 6 | Bojan Marović | "Svejedno" | 59 | 6 | 65 | 4 |
| 7 | Bojan Delić | "Dan i noć" | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Stevan Faddy | "Utjeha" | 68 | 10 | 78 | 2 |
| 9 | Svetlana Raičković | "Praznina" | 30 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| 10 | Suzana Tot | "Ljubav ja i ti" | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | Vladana Vučinić | "Samo moj nikad njen" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Goran Pejović Gula | "Ja sakrivam sebe u sebi" | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Makadam | "Talija" | 9 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 14 | Marko Vukčević | "Govor tijela" | 15 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 15 | Еma Čivović | "Ove noći kad bi me zvao" | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Biljana Mitrović | "Kad ljubav umire" | 31 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
| 17 | Slaven Knezović | "Plaćam te životom ljepoto" | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 18 | Andrijana Božović | "Sve ti boje dobro stoje" | 65 | 5 | 70 | 3 |
| 19 | Ivana Popović | "U oku tvom" | 10 | 8 | 18 | 9 |
| 20 | Marija Božović | "Pronađi put" | 34 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| 21 | Andrea Demirović | "Šta će mi dani" | 28 | 7 | 35 | 5 |
| 22 | Nebojša Đukanović | "Začaran" | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 23 | Božidarka Nikčević | "Nema te" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 24 | Kаја and Crveno i crno | "Nisam ti jedina" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
''Evropesma-Europjesma 2005''
Evropesma-Europjesma 2005 was the national final organised by UJRT in order to select the Serbian–Monetengrin entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition took place at the RTCG studios in Podgorica on 4 March 2005, hosted by Andela Nenadović, Žana Gardašević and Andrija Milošević. The show was broadcast in Serbia on RTS 1 and RTS Sat as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website rts.co.yu, and in Montenegro on TVCG 1 and TVCG Sat.Competing entries
Serbian RTS and Montenegrin RTCG, each conducted separate selections in order to select the twenty-four entries to proceed to the national final: RTS organised Beovizija 2005 on 19 February 2005 where twenty-three songs competed, while RTCG organised Montevizija 2005 on 2 March 2005 with twenty-four entries competing. The top fourteen entries from Beovizija 2005 and the top ten entries from Montevizija 2005 qualified for the national final. Shortly before the competition, "Sentimientos" performed by Luna, which was allocated to perform eleventh during the show, was withdrawn due to boycott.| Artist | Song | Songwriter | Broadcaster |
| Ana Cvetković | "Nevidljiva" | Ruža Jeremić, Dragana Jovanović | RTS |
| Andrea Demirović | "Šta će mi dani" | Andrea Demirović | RTCG |
| Andrijana Božović | "Sve ti boje dobro stoje" | Rastko Aksentijević | RTCG |
| Biljana Mitrović | "Kad ljubav umire" | Biljana Mitrović, Nebojša Đukanović, Mirko Šćepanović | RTCG |
| Bojan Marović | "Svejedno" | Leontina Vukomanović | RTCG |
| Dušan Zrnić | "Nebo" | Danir Demirovski, Dušan Zrnić | RTS |
| Džej and Maja | "Pobedila si me" | Maja Miloš, Zoran Lesendrić | RTS |
| Ivana Popović | "U oku tvom" | Slavko Šućur, Tanja Ðonlaga | RTCG |
| Jelena Tomašević | "Jutro" | Aleksandra Milutinović, Željko Joksimović | RTS |
| Koktel bend | "Minđuša" | Leontina Vukomanović | RTS |
| Lu Lu | "Bolje da te nemam" | Snežana Vukomanović, Mirko Vukomanović | RTS |
| Maja Mitrović | "Nama treba ljubav" | Duško Trifunović, Rade Radivojević | RTS |
| Marija Božović | "Pronađi put" | Nikola Radunović | RTCG |
| Marija Šerifović | "Ponuda" | Rastko Aksentijević | RTS |
| Marko Vukčević | "Govor tijela" | Marko Vukčević, Saša Vasić | RTCG |
| Nataša Kojić – Taša | "Dobre devojke" | Svetlana Slavković-Ceca, Marko Kon | RTS |
| No Name | "Zauvijek moja" | Milan Perić, Slaven Knezović | RTCG |
| Ogi | "Hajde Cico" | Ognjan Radivojević, Marina Tucaković | RTS |
| Stevan Faddy | "Utjeha" | Stevan Faddy | RTCG |
| Svetlana Raičković | "Praznina" | Svetlana Raičković | RTCG |
| Tatjana Đorđević | "Ko je kriv" | Snežana Vukomanović, Mirko Vukomanović | RTS |
| Teodora Bojović | "Ti si kriv" | Teodora Bojović | RTS |
| Viktorija | "Kaži sestro" | Maja Miloš, Zoran Lesendrić | RTS |
Final
The final took place on 4 March 2005 where twenty-three songs competed. The winner, "Zauvijek moja" performed by No Name, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel and the Serbian and Montenegrin public via televoting. The Serbian jury consisted of Ognjen Popović, Petar Ivanović, Silvana Ružić-Grujić and Biljana Arsić-Krstić, while the Montenegrin jury consisted of Marina Tuca, Zoran Živković, Tonči Petrović and Tijana Jovović. Eurovision contestants Constantinos Christoforou, who would represent, and Martin Vučić, who would represent, were featured as guest performers during the show.Controversy
During the voting of Evropesma-Europjesma 2005, the Montenegrin jurors did not award any points to the Serbian Beovizija 2005 winner and runner-up, Jelena Tomašević and Ogi. The probable partisan feeling that led to such a polarised outcome may be partly attributable to the fallout from earlier disputes, including a breach of the rules regarding the active airplay of the Serbian acts before the competition and that the Serbian jurors did not award any points to the Montenegrin acts in .On 7 March, former Serbian and Montenegrin Eurovision contestant and composer of Tomašević's song, Željko Joksimović, released a statement expressing his dissatisfaction towards the voting process as "the songs from Serbia were outvoted in a deeply unfair manner", while RTCG responded by stating that they did not influence the voting in any way. Plagiarism claims were also made towards "Zauvijek moja" as the introduction of the song was taken from the unofficial hymn of the Liberal Party of Montenegro titled "Poljem se vije". Following an investigation by the European Broadcasting Union, the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group concluded that "Zauvijek moja" was eligible for the contest.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" and the twelve highest placed finishers in the 2004 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. As Serbia and Montenegro finished second in the 2004 contest, the nation automatically qualified to compete in the final on 21 May 2005. On 22 March 2005, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and final, and Serbia and Montenegro was set to perform in position 12 in the final, following the entry from and before the entry from. Serbia and Montenegro placed seventh in the final, scoring 137 points.The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Serbia on RTS 1 and RTS Sat with commentary by Duška Vučinić-Lučić, and in Montenegro on TVCG 2 and TVCG Sat with commentary for the semi-final by Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković, and commentary for the final by Danijel Popović who represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. The Serbian and Montenegrin spokesperson, who announced the Serbian and Montenegrin votes during the final, was Nina Radulović.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro and awarded by Serbia and Montenegro in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Croatia in the semi-final and to Greece in the final of the contest.Points awarded by Serbia and Montenegro
| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |
| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |