Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
The Montenegrin participating broadcaster, Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG), organised the national final Montesong 2024 to select its entry for the contest.On 6 January 2024, RTCG outlined its aim to introduce a popular music festival, which could serve as its selection process for the 2025 contest, dependent on funding.Organised in a collaboration between the broadcaster and the Association of Variety Performers of Montenegro, a live final was initially scheduled for 26 November 2024, with an awards ceremony to be held the following day.[7][8] The competition took place at the Voco Hall in Podgorica, and was hosted by Marko Todorović and Vladana Vučinić, the latter of whom represented Montenegro in 2022, alongside Lazar Radulović and Andrea Šekularac reporting from the green room.At a press conference on 5 September 2024, Montesong director Danijel Alibabić, who represented Serbia and Montenegro in 2005 as part of No Name, confirmed that up to sixteen entries would be performed in the national final.[16][17] The competing entries (plus three backups) were announced on 10 October 2024 during the RTCG show Jutarnji program, which was broadcast on TVCG 1 [sr].On 4 November 2024, Boban Rajović withdrew from the competition due to personal comittments, and RTCG confirmed that reserve artist, Tamara Živković, would replace his entry for the contest.[31] On 1 December 2024, RTCG revealed that "Clickbait" was previously performed during Festival kulture Zabjelo in Zabjelo, Podgorica in June 2023, which breaches the contest's rules obliging that competing songs may not have been released commercially or publicly performed before 1 September 2024, and that it would discuss with the EBU the following day to decide whether the entry is eligible for the contest.[35] On 8 December, RTCG announced that the second place of Montesong 2024, "Dobrodošli" performed by Nina Žižić, would represent Montenegro at the contest.