Serbia_and_Montenegro_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004
Serbia and Montenegro debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Lane moje" written by Leontina Vukomanović and Željko Joksimović. The song was performed by Željko Joksimović and the Ad-Hoc Orchestra. The union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) organised the national final Evrop(j)esma 2004 in order to select the Serbia and Montenegro entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. UJRT, the Serbian national broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), and the Montenegrin broadcaster Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG) submitted a total of twenty-four entries to compete in the national final on 21 February 2004. "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from an eight-member jury panel and a public televote.
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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| Country |  Serbia and Montenegro | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Evropesma-Europjesma 2004 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 21 February 2004 | |||
| Selected entrant | Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra | |||
| Selected song | "Lane moje" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 263 points) | |||
| Final result | 2nd, 263 points | |||
| Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Serbia and Montenegro competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 20, "Lane moje" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Serbia and Montenegro placed first out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 263 points. In the final, Serbia and Montenegro performed in position 5 and placed second out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 263 points.
The union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) confirmed their intentions to debut at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest after an application was submitted to take part in 2003 but was rejected due to late changes to the relegation procedure.[1] Serbia and Montenegro had previously participated in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1961 to 1992 as part of Yugoslavia (later as FR Yugoslavia), winning in 1989 with "Rock Me" by Riva. UJRT would organise the selection process for the nation's entry with Serbia and Montenegro's respective broadcasters, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) and Radio i televizija Crne Gore (RTCG), broadcasting the event within their respective republics. A national final titled Evropesma-Europjesma was used in order to select their 2004 entry.
Beovizija 2004
Beovizija 2004 was the second edition of Beovizija. In 2004, the festival was used as the semi-final for Evropesma 2004, Serbia and Montenegro's national selection for their entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. It was held on February 20 at the Sava Center in Belgrade, Serbia. The ceremonies were hosted by Aleksandar Srećković and Ksenija Balaban. The top 4 songs qualified for the final - they were chosen by 9 jury members (8 individuals and televoting/SMS voting being the 9th member). Negative, Leontina, Boris Režak and Nataša Kojić qualified for Evropesma. Jelena Jevremović was the televote/SMS vote winner, while Nataša Kojić received the critical award for Music Artist Discovery of the Year.[2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Agata | "Na dlanu" | 11 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Marko Jeftić | "Jedna više" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Zorana | "Lepo vreme u Beogradu" | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Husa | "Erogena zona" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Mina Lazarević | "Namerno" | 9 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Nataša Kojić | "Moje oko plavo" | 59 | 0 | 59 | 4 |
| 7 | Suzana Petričević | "Nikad više" | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Jelena Karleuša | "Moli me" | 7 | 6 | 13 | 11 |
| 9 | Negative | "Zbunjena" | 70 | 9 | 79 | 1 |
| 10 | Danijela Vranić | "Telo uz telo" | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | Martin Vučić | "Opraštam ti sve" | 14 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| 12 | Leontina | "Zamisli" | 56 | 8 | 64 | 3 |
| 13 | Denis and Obule | "Tvoje oči žive" | 25 | 2 | 27 | 6 |
| 14 | Maja Nikolić and Ceca Slavković | "Otrov u malim bočicama" | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 15 | Luna | "222" | 19 | 4 | 23 | 7 |
| 16 | Aco Regina | "U prolazu" | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 17 | Koktel bend and Orkestar Bobana Markovića | "Grmi, seva" | 39 | 7 | 46 | 5 |
| 18 | Braco | "Meni ćeš doći" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 19 | Ksenija Ivanović | "Prokleti ponedeljak" | 15 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
| 20 | Darko | "Samo ti" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 21 | Ivana Knežević | "Zabranjeni ples" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 22 | Noć i Dan | "Svašta mi se desilo" | 11 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 23 | Đogani | "Od 1 do 10" | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 24 | Jelena Popović | "Nervoza" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 25 | Boris Režak | "Zauvijek" | 61 | 5 | 66 | 2 |
| 26 | Yo | "Džemper" | 17 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
| 27 | Igor Tasovac | "Staro srebro" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 28 | Jelena Jevremović | "Ljubav u prahu" | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Evropesma-Europjesma 2004
Evropesma-Europjesma 2004 was the national final organised by UJRT in order to select the Serbian and Monetengrin entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition took place at the Sava Centar in Belgrade on 21 February 2004, hosted by Aleksandar Bojović and Nina Mudrinić.[3] The show was broadcast in Serbia on RTS1 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
UJRT together with the two broadcasters in Serbia and Montenegro, Serbian broadcaster RTS and Montenegrin broadcaster RTCG, each conducted separate selections in order to select the twenty-four entries to proceed to the national final: UJRT submitted sixteen entries, RTCG submitted four entries, while RTS organised Beovizija 2004 on 20 February 2004 where twenty-eight songs competed with the top four entries qualifying for the national final.[3] Among the competing artists was Extra Nena who represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Broadcaster |
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| Ana Milenković | "Takva žena" (Таква жена) | Kristina Kovač, Aleksandra Kovač | UJRT |
| Andrijana and Marija Božović | "Ni jedna suza" (Ни једна суза) | Milan Perić, Mirsad Serhatlić | RTCG |
| Boris Režak | "Zauvek" (Заувек) | Aleksandra Milutinović | RTS |
| Evropa | "Evropa" (Европа) | Slobo Kovacević | RTCG |
| Extra Nena | "More ljubavi" (Море љубави) | Aleksander Filipović, Vladimir Agić | UJRT |
| Jelena Tomašević | "Kad ne bude tvoje ljubavi" (Кад не буде твоје љубави) | Rastko Aksentijević | UJRT |
| Jovana Nikolić | "Posle tebe" (После тебе) | Vladimir Graić, Marko Kon, Svetlana Slavković-Ceca, Aleksandar Kobac | UJRT |
| Knez | "Navika" (Навика) | Snežana Vukomamović, Nenad Knežević | UJRT |
| Leontina | "Zamisli" (Замисли) | Leontina Vukomanović, Željko Joksimović | RTS |
| Madam Piano | "Igra" (Игра) | Madame Piano, Dejan Momcilović | UJRT |
| Mari Mari | "Kad ponos ubije ljubav" (Кад понос убије љубав) | Mari Mari, Uros Marković | UJRT |
| Mogul | "Ne trgujem osećanjima" (Не тргујем осећањима) | Nena Leković, Zoran Leković | UJRT |
| Nataša Kojić | "Oko plavo" (Око плаво) | Nataša Kojić | RTS |
| Negative | "Zbunjena" (Збуњена) | Ivana Pavlović, Negativ | RTS |
| Negre | "K'o nijedna druga" (К'о ниједна друга) | Kaja, Dejan Božović | RTCG |
| Peti element | "Reka bez povratka" (Река без повратка) | Kristina Kovač, Spomenka Kovač | UJRT |
| Saša Dragaš | "Dao bih sve" (Дао бих све) | Jelena Zana, Zika Zana | UJRT |
| Saša Vasić | "Priznaj" (Признај) | Saša Vasić | UJRT |
| Sergej Ćetković | "Ne mogu da ti oprostim" (Не могу да ти опростим) | Sergej Ćetković | RTCG |
| Slobodan Bajić | "Možeš da me ne voliš" (Можеш да ме не волиш) | Aleksandra Milutinović | UJRT |
| Tanja Banjanin | "Istina" (Истина) | Vesna Popov, Zoran Popov | UJRT |
| Tanja Jovićević | "Uzmi me" (Узми ме) | Ruza Jeremić, Dragana Jovanović | UJRT |
| Teodora Bojović and Night Shift | "Daj mi snage" (Дај ми снаге) | Teodora Bojović, Night Shift | UJRT |
| Željko Joksimović | "Lane moje" (Лане моје) | Leontina Vukomanović, Željko Joksimović | UJRT |
Final
The final took place on 21 February 2004 where twenty-four songs competed. The winner, "Lane moje" performed by Željko Joksimović, was decided by a combination of votes from a jury panel (8/9) and the Serbia and Montenegro public via televoting (1/9). The Serbian jury consisted of Vlada Marković, Vojkan Borisavljević, Ana Miličević and Rade Radivojević, while the Montenegrin jury consisted of Nebojša Vujović, Stana Šalgo, Aco Đukanović and Radovan Papović.[4] Former Eurovision contestant Johnny Logan, who won the contest for Ireland in 1980 and 1987, was featured as a guest performer during the show.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Jovana Nikolić | "Posle tebe" (После тебе) | 21 | 2 | 23 | 10 |
| 2 | Teodora Bojović and Night Shift | "Daj mi snage" (Дај ми снаге) | 33 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
| 3 | Evropa | "Evropa" (Европа) | 29 | 8 | 37 | 5 |
| 4 | Extra Nena | "More ljubavi" (Море љубави) | 15 | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| 5 | Saša Vasić | "Priznaj" (Признај) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Jelena Tomašević | "Kad ne bude tvoje ljubavi" (Кад не буде твоје љубави) | 20 | 0 | 20 | 11 |
| 7 | Slobodan Bajić | "Možeš da me ne voliš" (Можеш да ме не волиш) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Ana Milenković | "Takva žena" (Таква жена) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Tanja Banjanin | "Istina" (Истина) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Boris Režak | "Zauvek" (Заувек) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Knez | "Navika" (Навика) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | Negre | "K'o nijedna druga" | 37 | 9 | 46 | 3 |
| 13 | Madam Piano | "Igra" (Игра) | 25 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| 14 | Negative | "Zbunjena" (Збуњена) | 38 | 6 | 44 | 4 |
| 15 | Tanja Jovićević | "Uzmi me" (Узми ме) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | Saša Dragaš | "Dao bih sve" (Дао бих све) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 17 | Sergej Ćetković | "Ne mogu da ti oprostim" (Не могу да ти опростим) | 20 | 7 | 27 | 8 |
| 18 | Željko Joksimović | "Lane moje" (Лане моје) | 74 | 10 | 84 | 1 |
| 19 | Leontina | "Zamisli" (Замисли) | 12 | 3 | 15 | 12 |
| 20 | Peti element | "Reka bez povratka" (Река без повратка) | 43 | 4 | 47 | 2 |
| 21 | Nataša Kojić | "Oko plavo" (Око плаво) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 22 | Mogul | "Ne trgujem osećanjima" (Не тргујем осећањима) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 23 | Mari Mari | "Kad ponos ubije ljubav" (Кад понос убије љубав) | 9 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 24 | Andrijana and Marija Božović | "Ni jedna suza" (Ни једна суза) | 24 | 5 | 29 | 7 |
| Draw | Song | RTS | RTCG | Total | ||||||
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| V. Marković | V. Borisavljević | A. Miličević | R. Radivojević | N. Vujović | S. Šalgo | A. Đukanović | R. Papović | |||
| 1 | "Posle tebe" | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 21 | ||
| 2 | "Daj mi snage" | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 33 | |||
| 3 | "Evropa" | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 4 | "More ljubavi" | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | "Priznaj" | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| 6 | "Kad ne bude tvoje ljubavi" | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | "Možeš da me ne voliš" | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 8 | "Takva žena" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | "Istina" | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | "Zauvek" | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | "Navika" | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| 12 | "K'o nijedna druga" | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 37 | ||||
| 13 | "Igra" | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | "Zbunjena" | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | "Uzmi me" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | "Dao bih sve" | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | "Ne mogu da ti oprostim" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | "Lane moje" | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 74 |
| 19 | "Zamisli" | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
| 20 | "Reka bez povratka" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 43 |
| 21 | "Oko plavo" | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | "Ne trgujem osećanjima" | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 23 | "Kad ponos ubije ljubav" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 24 | "Ni jedna suza" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | ||||
Controversy
The competition caused some controversy as the Montenegrin acts did not receive any points from the Serbian jurors, while the Serbian Beovizija 2004 winner and runner-up, Negative and Boris Režak, did not receive any points from the Montenegrin jurors. However, the eventual winner Željko Joksimović received high points from both the Serbian and Montenegrin jurors.
It was announced that the competition's format would be expanded to include a semi-final in 2004. According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2003 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 12 May 2004 in order to compete for the final on 15 May 2004; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 23 March 2004, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Serbia and Montenegro was set to perform in position 20, following the entry from Denmark and before the entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the end of the semi-final, Serbia was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Serbia placed first in the semi-final, receiving a total of 263 points.[6]
The draw for the running order of the final was decided during the announcement of the ten qualifying countries and Serbia and Montenegro was subsequently placed to perform in position 5, following the entry from France and before the entry from Malta. Serbia and Montenegro placed second in the final, scoring 263 points.[7]
The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Serbia on RTS1 and RTS Sat with commentary by Duška Vučinić-Lučić, and in Montenegro on TVCG 2 and TVCG Sat with commentary by Dražen Bauković and Tamara Ivanković. The spokesperson who announced the votes of Serbia and Montenegro during the final was Nataša Miljković.
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 Macedonia in the semi-final and the final of the contest.
Points awarded to Serbia and Montenegro
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Points awarded by Serbia and Montenegro
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