Tamara Živković has won Montesong 2025 and will represent Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna with “Nova zora”.
The final of Montesong 2025 took place tonight at the RTCG Studios in Podgorica. The show was hosted by Dajana Golubović Pejović, Jelena Božović, and Andrea Šekularac.
In addition to the competing songs, there were also performances from past Eurovision participants Nina Žižić (2025), Knez (2015), Abor & Tynna (Germany 2025), Shkodra Elektronike (Albania 2025) and Asja Džogović who represented Montenegro at Junior Eurovision 2025.
A total of 15 artists competed for the Montenegrin ticket to Vienna. The winner was decided by a combination of a seven-member jury (50%) and public voting (50%). The jury members were:
- Asja Džogović (Montenegro’s Junior Eurovision 2025 representative)
- Shkodra Elektronike (Albanian Eurovision 2025 representatives)
- Abor & Tynna (German Eurovision 2025 representatives)
- Vladimir Graić (Serbian composer behind three Eurovision entries Serbia 2007, Slovenia 2012 and Serbia 2015)
- Nina Žižić (Montenegro’s Eurovision 2025 representative)
The results were as follows (jury + public voting):
- Tamara Živković – “Nova zora” (New dawn) – 22 points (12+10) – Winner
- Lara Baltic – “Rhythm Boy” – 18 points (6+12)
- Lana Vukčević & Đorđe Savković – “Temperatura” (Temperature) – 13 points (7+6)
- Krstinja Manatović – “Oli oli” – 12 points (8+4)
- Majda Božović – “Ipak smo ljudi” (We are human after all) – 10 points (10+0)
- Luka Radović – “Pjevaj vilo” (Sing, fairy) – 8 points (0+8)
- Baryak – “Minerva” – 8 points (3+5)
- Tina Džankić – “Shadows” – 8 points (5+3)
- Đurđa – “Dominos” – 7 points (0+7 )
- Neno Murić – “Ako čuješ glas” (If you hear a voice) – 4 points (2+2)
- Lana Lopičić – “Doline” (Valleys) – 4 points (4+0)
- Dolce Hera – “Casanova 91” – 1 point (0+1)
- Mila Nikić – “Kao varnica” (Like a spark) – 1 point (1+0)
- Stefan Vukotić – “Nedekodirana” (Undecoded) – 0 points (0+ 0)
- Andrea Demirović – “I believe” – 0 points (0+0 )
19,549 votes were cast in Montenegro and a further 15,382 votes were cast online.
Nina Žižić represented Montenegro at Eurovision 2025 with the song “Dobrodošli”. She placed last in Semi-Final Two, scoring 12 points, all of which came from the Serbian televote.
Image source: RTCG
Montenegro debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest as an independent country in 2007, and participated until 2010 when they withdrew for financial reasons. They returned to the contest in 2012, and since then have mostly chosen their entry internally. Montenegro failed to qualify for the grand final until 2014, when Sergej Ćetković and his song “Moj svijet” placed 19th in the final. Their best result came a year later, when Knez performed “Adio” in Vienna. They have never reached the top 10, with Knez reaching 13th out of 27 countries.
