Serbia and Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Serbia and Montenegro participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005; their only participation during the country's existence. Filip Vučić represented the country with "Ljubav pa fudbal", which finished 13th for the country. Following the country's dissolution in 2006, Serbia continued to participate in the contest, debuting in 2006. Montenegro participated in the 2014 contest.

Serbia and Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT)
Participation summary
Appearances	1
First appearance	2005
Last appearance	2005
Highest placement	13th: 2005
Participation history 2005
External links
Serbia and Montenegro's page at JuniorEurovision.tv

Background

Prior to 2005, Serbia and Montenegro had broadcast the 2003 contest.^[1]

On 2 August 2005, it was announced that Serbia and Montenegro were to make their debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005,^[2] at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium on 26 November 2005.^[3] The national broadcasters Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) and Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) who are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was responsible for their debut participation in what would become the one and only time they competed as a nation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest,^[4] prior to the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006.^[5]

Following the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro, both would go on to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest from 2006,^[6] and Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest from 2014.^[7] Neustrašivi učitelji stranih jezika went on to being Serbia's first participant in 2006 as an independent nation,^[6] whilst child-duo Maša Vujadinović and Lejla Vulić represented Montenegro in 2014.^[8]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Junior Beovizija 2005

A national selection event entitled Junior Beovizija took place on 29 September 2005, which saw eighteen entries compete to become the first and last participant for Serbia and Montenegro. Filip Vučić won the national final with the song "Ljubav pa fudbal", achieving a score of fifty-eight points.^{[9][better source needed]}

Table key

1	First place
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place

Draw[9]	Artist[9]	Song[9]	Language	Points[9]	Place[9]
01	Katarina Ostojić	"Košava" (Кошава)	Serbian	1	18
02	Tea Kostić-Janković	"U snežnoj noći" (У снежној ноћи)	Serbian	17	10
03	Nevena Majdevac	"Da sam dobra vila" (Да сaм добра вила)	Serbian	17	10
04	Filip Vučić	"Ljubav pa fudbal" (Љубав па фудбал)	Montenegrin	58	1
05	Darja Srećković	"Sećanja" (Сећања)	Serbian	6	15
06	Aleksandra Mitrović	"Slanik i salveta" (Сланик и салвета)	Serbian	17	10
07	Jana Škobić and Andrea Osterbenk	"Sta je sreća" (Шта је срећа)	Serbian	3	16
08	Filip and Vladimir Čabak	"Neznalica" (Незналица)	Serbian	19	9
09	Sanja Jovanović	"Zvezdin sjaj" (Звездин сјај)	Serbian	40	3
10	Marija Ugrica	"Geografija" (Географија)	Serbian	10	13
11	Stefan Đoković	"Pesma otvara vrata" (Песма отвара врата)	Serbian	23	8
12	Kristina Mihajlovski	"Tragom zvezda snenih" (Трагом звезда снених)	Serbian	54	2
13	Jovan Jovović	"Grade moj" (Граде мој)	Serbian	33	6
14	Filip Trajanovski	"Ti uvek bićeš moja" (Ти увек бићеш моја)	Serbian	34	5
15	Danica Zečević	"Uzalud su snovi" (Узалуд су снови)	Serbian	8	14
16	Olivera Vitorović	"Pčelica i med" (Пчелица и мед)	Serbian	28	7
17	Anđela Đurović	"Noć puna želja" (Ноћ пуна жеља)	Serbian	35	4
18	Firuca Cina	"Šta sanjaju dečaci" (Шта сањају дечаци)	Serbian	3	16

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 17 November 2005, Serbia and Montenegro were drawn to perform tenth during the live televised final on 26 November 2005, following Netherlands and preceding Latvia.^{[10][better source needed]}

Participation

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place[11]	Points[11]
2005	Filip Vučić	"Ljubav pa fudbal" (Љубав па фудбал)	Montenegrin	13	29

Voting

During the voting presentation at the 2005 contest, Serbia and Montenegro awarded and was awarded the following points:

Points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro[12] Score Country 12 points[a] 10 points  Macedonia 8 points 7 points 6 points  Croatia 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point  Cyprus

Points awarded by Serbia and Montenegro[12] Score Country 12 points  Spain 10 points  Macedonia 8 points  Belarus 7 points  Romania 6 points  Croatia 5 points  Denmark 4 points  Greece 3 points  Norway 2 points  Latvia 1 point  Russia

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.^[13] The broadcasters from Serbia and Montenegro, RTS and RTCG, sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Serbian language (for RTS) and Montenegrin language (for RTCG). Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Serbia and Montenegro. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2005.

Year(s)	Commentator	Spokesperson
2003	Un­known	Did not participate
2004	No broadcast
2005	Duška Vučinić-Lučić	Jovana Vukčević

See also

• Montenegro in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Serbia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Young Musicians

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with 0 points.

References

1. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest: And the winner is ... Dino from Croatia!". EBU News. 17 November 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
2. Philips, Roel (2 August 2005). "Serbia & Montenegro, Lithuania and Ukraine join in Hasselt". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
3. Philips, Roel (4 March 2004). "Belgium organises Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005!". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
4. Fisher, Luke James (28 August 2015). "Where are they now? Filip Vučić". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
5. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1372 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
6. "Junior Eurovision Song Contest: Serbia". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
7. Fisher, Luke James (18 July 2014). "Montenegro joins Junior Eurovision!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
8. Juhász, Ervin (21 August 2014). "Maša and Lejla to sing for Montenegro!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
9. Mikheev, Andy. "Junior Eurovision Songcontes 2005, Hasselt, Belgium - all important information at one place". esckaz.com. ESC Kaz. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
10. Mikheev, Andy. "Junior Eurovision coverage". esckaz.com. ESCKaz. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
11. "Final of Hasselt 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
12. "Results of the Final of Hasselt 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
13. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.