Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Montenegro in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Participating broadcasterRadio i Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG)
Country Montenegro
Selection processArtist: MontenegroSong 2008
Song: Internal selection
Selection dateArtist: 27 January 2008
Song: 8 March 2008
Competing entry
Song"Zauvijek volim te"
ArtistStefan Filipović
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th)
Participation chronology
◄2007 2008 2009►

Montenegro was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Zauvijek volim te" (Заувијек волим те), composed by Grigor Koprov, with lyrics by Ognen Nedelkovski, and performed by Stefan Filipović. The Montenegrin participating broadcaster, Radio i Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG), organised the national final MontenegroSong 2008 in order to select its performer for the contest and, subsequently, it selected the song internally. Six artists competed in the national final on 27 January 2008 where public televoting selected Stefan Filipović as the winner with 3,325 votes. The song, "Zauvijek volim te", was internally selected and presented to the public in a television special on 8 March 2008.

Montenegro was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 20 May 2008. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Zauvijek volim te" was not announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Montenegro placed fourteenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 23 points.